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Mike Fisher scored 1:14 into overtime, giving the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 comeback victory over the Washington Capitals on Monday night.

When the inevitable Dany Heatley trade went down last summer, it seemed as if the Ottawa Senators had done about as well as they could in procuring Jonathan Cheechoo, Milan Michalek and a swapping of draft picks from San Jose in exchange for the perturbed sniper.

Kovalev will miss tomorrow's game against the Sabres while he's in Russia following the death of his mother-in-law and Shean Donovan will be out possibly long term after suffering a knee injury from a knee-on-knee hit in Thursday nights game.

Penguins Fall To Senators, 6-2 Share + Nov 19, 2009 11:39 pm US/Eastern Penguins Fall To Senators, 6-2 OTTAWA 1 of 1 Chris Phillips #4 of the Ottawa Senators handles the puck against the Tampa Bay Lightning during a game at Scotiabank Place on October 15, 2009 in Ottawa, Canada.

For 799 career games with the Ottawa Senators, Chris Phillips has earned a reputation as one of the NHL's steadiest defenders -- not flashy, but capable of shutting down a top scorer.

Captain Daniel Alfredsson leads the Senators with 19 points, but couldn't score in the last three games.

Jason Blake looks up at the clock as Alexandre Picard and Mike Fisher celebrate the first Senator goal in the first period as the Ottawa Senators meet the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Place in NHL action November 17, 2009.

With a horde of media types scrunched around him, a candid Mike Fisher, tongue planted firmly in cheek, offered a recipe for success for his Ottawa Senators against the hated Maple Leafs tonight.

The Senators are firing blanks in the NHL shootout. The problem isn't new. While the club is 1-2 this season after Saturday's 2-1 shootout loss to the New York Rangers, the Senators are ranked 30th, dead-last, since the shootout was put in place in 2005-06. With a 12-25 lifetime record, the Senators have won just 32% of their shootout games.

A struggling and banged-up New York Rangers team heads north of the border today to battle the Ottawa Senators in the second meeting between the clubs of the 2009-10 campaign.

Recent callup Pierre Parenteau scored the deciding goal in a shootout Saturday and Henrik Lundqvist made 35 saves to lift the New York Rangers to a 2-1 triumph over the Ottawa Senators.

Pascal Leclaire is going to take more heat for allowing another bad goal, maybe two - and he should - but the Senators' stars simply weren't good enough against the Flyers' big guns.

It had been a while between starts for Edmonton Oilers goaltender Jeff Deslauriers.

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

Ray Emery always gave the Senators plenty to talk about during his time in Ottawa.

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.

Ryan Shannon will draw back in to the Senators lineup tonight versus the Oilers.

Dustin Penner, left, has given the Oilers a big lift with 21 points in 17 games.

The Senators are taking a close look at Peter Forsberg. The Swedish superstar, who is eyeing a comeback, is playing in the Karjala Cup in Finland this weekend.

Jason Spezza's timing was perfect. The Senators centre returned to the lineup after missing two games with a back/groin injury and scored his first goal of the season with 42.4 seconds left on the clock in overtime to give the club a timely 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning last night at Scotiabank Place.