OTTAWA — Henrik Sedin had a goal and three assists, and Alex Burrows added a goal and two assists in the Vancouver Canucks’ 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.
Linemate Daniel Sedin had a goal and an assist, with his goal 8:35 into the second putting Vancouver up 4-0.
Henrik Sedin got his third assist of the game on the play after contributing a goal and two assists in the first. Burrows, who had a goal and an assist in the first, also assisted on the Canucks’ fourth goal as Vancouver’s top line combined for nine points.
Kevin Bieksa and Pavol Demitra also scored, and Roberto Luongo stopped 25 shots for the Canucks, who have won three in a row and seven of eight overall.
Dany Heatley and Mike Fisher scored later in the second for Ottawa, which fell in regulation for the first time since a 1-0 loss to Los Angeles on Feb. 3 in interim coach Cory Clouston’s NHL debut.
The Senators were without Daniel Alfredsson, who learned earlier in the day that he would be sidelined for at least a week because of a broken jaw.
The Ottawa captain suffered a fracture that won’t require surgery when he was hit by a puck shot by Heatley on Tuesday night in a 3-2 overtime loss in Colorado.
The Senators ended a season-high five-game winning streak Tuesday to finish a 4-0-1 road trip and are 5-2-2 overall under Clouston.
Rookie Brian Elliott made 19 saves in his first start for Ottawa since Saturday in Minnesota, when he was pulled after allowing the first three goals in a game the Senators came back to win 5-3.
Burrows opened the scoring with his 14th goal 3:14 in and Henrik Sedin made it 2-0 with his 12th goal at 10:49.
Bieksa scored on a slap shot from the point for a power-play goal at 15:23 that increased the lead to three.
After Daniel Sedin’s goal 8:35 into the second made it 4-0, Heatley got his 27th on a power play at 12:37 to put Ottawa on the board.
Fisher drew Ottawa to 4-2 at 16:18 when Senators defenseman Chris Phillips’ point shot went in off him while Luongo was knocked into the net after he was bowled over by Canucks defenseman Mattias Ohlund.
Luongo stuck out his left pad to deny Heatley on a breakaway 6:30 into the third.
Demitra scored into an empty net with 11.8 seconds remaining.
Notes: On Saturday night, Vancouver’s Mats Sundin will play his
first game in Toronto since leaving the Maple Leafs as a free agent. … C Chris Kelly took Alfredsson’s place at right wing alongside Heatley and C Jason Spezza on Ottawa’s top line.
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