Ottawa recovered from a loss to the Washington Capitals by beating the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 at home. The game entered the 3rd period with Montreal leading by a solitary goal, scored in the 1st period, but two goals from the Sens just 1:40 secs apart sealed the deal for the Ontario team. Daniel Alfredsson & Chris Neil had those two goals and the Swede had another goal to lead his team to victory. Martin Gerber stopped 28 shots for his league-leading 11th win.
A couple of nights back, the Sens fell to Washington 4-1. Alfredsson scored his 11th goal late in the second for Ottawa, which lost for just the second time in 15 games (13-2-0).
Ray Emery stopped 31 shots in his third start of the season for the Senators. Senators defenceman Anton Volchenkov left the game in the first period because of a bruised right thigh.