Ottawa @ Detroit 6-0 - The Senators were definitely focused, from start to finish, in their most complete game of the season. It was Ottawa's first victory in Detroit since Dec. 12, 2006, the Senators' first game against the Red Wings as Atlantic Division rivals and their first game at Joe Louis Arena since Oct. 7, 2011, when Paul MacLean's coaching debut was spoiled by a 5-3 defeat. This time the Senators (4-3-2) flipped the script, building a big lead and extending Detroit's winless streak to three games. Eric Gryba and Jared Cowen scored the other goals for Ottawa, which got 31 saves by Craig Anderson. Alfredsson started the game at right wing on the top line with captain Henrik Zetterberg and star center Pavel Datsyuk after practicing at this week on the right side of the second unit. It turned out to be a 21-second ode to his illustrious past in Ottawa, as Detroit coach Mike Babcock readjusted his line combinations back to their usual look after the first four shifts. Gryba scored his first of the season at 5:46 of the opening period when he took a feed in the slot from Mika Zibanejad and wired a wrister into the top left corner past Howard to the blocker side. Zibanejad, recalled from Binghamton of the American Hockey League on Tuesday, collected the puck behind the net after Detroit rookie defenseman Danny DeKeyser couldn't control it. Spezza scored his first one from the left circle with a slapper that caromed off two Detroit defenders before eluding Howard at 10:48 and Ryan zipped a shot from the right circle off a defender's leg into the top left corner of the net at 14:14. The Red Wings got one back on Todd Bertuzzi's power-play wraparound goal two minutes later and that was all the scoring they could get against Anderson. Detroit dominated the early minutes of the second period, but Anderson kept them from scoring and Spezza's goal at 5:12 took a lot of the air out of the Red Wings and the crowd. Spezza fired from the high slot and missed the net to the left of Gustavsson, but the puck caromed right back to him and he smacked a shot under the goalie's left pad and into the net. It was followed by a big fist pump, even though he and the rest of the Senators tried to downplay the personal importance of the game after the morning skate. Cowen fired home a wrister 1:50 into the third period and Ryan slammed home a rebound at 6:13 to complete the scoring.
Boston @ Buffalo 5-2 - At 5:49 of the third period, Sabres forward John Scott was given a match penalty for illegal check to the head on Eriksson. The Bruins forward left the game and did not return. Lucic started the scoring at 10:01 of the first period with his fourth goal of the season, deflecting a Jarome Iginla shot past Ryan Miller. Lucic took a puck in the face late in the first period after Sabres defenseman Mark Pysyk's pass went awry. His injury brought cheers from some of the 17,645 fans at First Niagara Center. He returned after taking five stitches and added his second goal of the night 40 seconds into the second period to make it 2-0. The Bruins took a bench minor for too many men at 7:38 of the second period and the Sabres capitalized when Cody Hodgson tipped in Thomas Vanek's pass to make it 2-1 at 8:21. The Bruins made it a two-goal game again at 11:50 when Dougie Hamilton scored his second goal of the season, converting Brad Marchand's cross-crease pass. The Sabres cut into the lead again when Nikita Zadorov scored his first NHL goal at 15:10. Krug put the game away with two third-period goals.
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