New Jersey Devils' left wing Patrik Elias (No. 26) shoots the puck wide of Ottawa Senators' goalie Craig Anderson (No. 41) during their NHL game at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Wednesday. — Reuters NEWARK, N.J. — Craig Anderson made 34 saves, and Kyle Turris scored two goals as the Ottawa Senators beat the New Jersey Devils 2-0 Wednesday night. Anderson earned his third shutout of the season and 29th in his NHL career. He had struggled recently, going 2-6-2 in his previous 10 starts. New Senators coach Dave Cameron improved to 2-1-1 since he replaced the fired Paul MacLean. The Devils, whose losing streak was extended to five games, went 0 for 5 on the power play — stymied by Anderson throughout. Turris gave the Senators a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 2:47 in on Ottawa's first shot of the game. Turris was off balance as he deflected Erik Karlsson's point shot past Cory Schneider for his first goal in 11 games. He added an empty-net goal in the final second of the game. The Devils, lethargic at the start, picked up their game after falling behind. New Jersey outshot Ottawa 10-4 in the first period but couldn't beat Anderson. Patrik Elias, activated from the injured list earlier Wednesday, came closest with a drive that rang off the post. The frustration built for the Devils in the scoreless second period as they outshot the Senators 16-4. Anderson came up with save after save and stopped Jaromir Jagr twice early in the period. The first was Jagr's power-play blast from the left circle. Anderson later stretched to make a skate stop on Jagr, denying a 2-on-1 break with Scott Gomez. Anderson was on his toes throughout the period. One of his best stops was made with two minutes left when he turned aside a wrist shot by Elias. New Jersey kept pressing in the third, and Anderson made early close-in stops on Elias and Adam Henrique. Anderson almost scored in the final seconds into the empty Devils net, but his clearing shot rolled just wide. Bruins 3, Wild 2 (OT) Left winger Loui Eriksson scored in overtime as Boston snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over Minnesota. Carl Soderberg and Patrice Bergeron also scored for a Boston team that had lost six of the previous seven games. Goalie Niklas Svedberg, back in the net after a five-game layoff, stopped 35 Minnesota shots in the win. The Wild out-shot the Bruins by a wide margin, getting goals from center Kyle Brodziak and right winger Jason Pominville but were unable to put anther puck past Svedberg. Goalie Niklas Backstrom had 22 saves for Minnesota. The winning goal came when Eriksson received a cross ice-pass and slapped the puck behind Backstrom, who had been pulled out of position. It was the scorer's second goal in three games. Crosby back on ice Sidney Crosby, one of the latest National Hockey League (NHL) players diagnosed with the mumps, returned to the ice on Wednesday but it was uncertain as to when the Pittsburgh Penguins captain will be cleared to play. The NHL's reigning Most Valuable Player, who has missed his team's last three games, skated on his own before practice while three team mates were tested for mumps. “He looked good on the ice,” Penguins coach Mike Johnston told reporters. “It was a full skate. He worked on some extra conditioning drills.” — Agencies
