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Maybe it's a good omen. The last time Jason Spezza had such a slow start, he wound up with the best season of his career.

Daniel Alfredsson had two goals and an assist and Filip Kuba had a goal and three assists to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.

Leafs lines from morning skate: Kessel-Stajan-Ponikarovsky Hagman-Grabovski-Blake Stempniak-Mitchell-Kulemin Mayers-Wallin-Orr Defensive pairings: Kaberle-Finger Beauchemin-White Gunarsson-Schenn Leafs' odds Which players are most likely to score in the next game? Which team is most likely to win? And what's the likelihood there will be a fight? ...

The Senators welcome Sidney Crosby, and the Pittsburgh Penguins onto the Scotiabank Place ice tonight .

The Ottawa Senators' Alex Kovalev is contributing behind the scenes. Alex Kovalev is a different cat.

Jason Speza's flirtation with composite sticks has come to an end. Over the past few weeks, he has gone back to his personal supply of wooden Sherwood sticks, and soon Reebok, his stick company, will begin making its own brand of wooden sticks for him.

Daniel Alfredsson won't be looking for a change of address to win a Stanley Cup.

THE STORY: The Ottawa Senators have let a hot start go to waste, dropping game after game they should have won.

Ray Emery acknowledged it was a special night -- and he was relieved when it was over.

Once again, Daniel Alfredsson delivered with the spotlight shining brightly on him.

THE STORY: Ray Emery always liked being the centre of attention when he played for the Ottawa Senators, and that'll certainly be the case when he faces his old team tonight.

Senators defenceman Anton Volchenkov skated hard before his teammates practised at the Bell Sensplex yesterday morning.

The Edmonton Oilers make their first and only trip to Ottawa this season to take on the Senators.

Jason Spezza scored the winning goal in the shootout for the Ottawa Senators, who twice came from behind to beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Daniel Alfredsson missed Ottawa Senators practice on Monday, but coach Cory Clouston says it was only for a oemaintenance," meaning the captain is expected to be back in the lineup for Tuesdaya s game at Scotiabank Place against the Edmonton Oilers.

The Calgary Flames now lead the league in shots. Those would be H1N1 flu shots and shots to the organization's reputation after the club arranged for its players and their families to get the vaccine ahead of other Alberta residents.

Zach Parise and David Clarkson each had a goal and an assist on the power play, and the New Jersey Devils won their eighth straight road game with a 3-2 comeback victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.

THE STORY: The Ottawa Senators have shown early on that they can pick up home wins against teams below them in the standings, but how about a game against the National Hockey League's No.

Spezza sinks Bolts in overtime Ottawa Senators Jason Spezza, right, celebrates his game-winning overtime goal on Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Antero Nittymaki with teammate Mike Fisher during their NHL hockey game in Ottawa November 5, 2009.

THE STORY: If the Ottawa Senators are playing the Tampa Bay Lightning, someone's probably going to get a beating.