Bruins outshine Sens to secure top spot

Boston: The Boston Bruins moved into first place in the Northeast standings after Michael Ryder scored the only goal of a shootout for a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

Ryder scored past Ottawa netminder Brian Elliott in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Bruins their fifth win in six games.

"He didn't give me much for a deke, so I just wanted to try to get a high shot on him, and I beat him glove side," Ryder, who also had a goal in regulation, told reporters.

Ottawa's Daniel Alfredsson opened the scoring five minutes into the first period and then assisted on Milan Michalek's power-play score at 7:22.

"I thought we got off to a real good start, almost too good too soon and then we got very lethargic in the middle frame," said Senators coach Cory Clouston.

David Krejci scored a power-play goal less than a minute into the second period to make it 2-1 and Ryder levelled the score, again with the man advantage, just before the 10-minute mark.

Dennis Wideman gave the Bruins their first lead at 3-2 midway through the third with their third power-play goal of the game, before Michalek forced the overtime.

Results
home team in CAPS

NEW JERSEY 6 NY Islanders 1

BOSTON 4 Ottawa 3

BUFFALO 5 Carolina 1

Washington 4 MONTREAL 3

ATLANTA 1 Philadelphia 0

Calgary 4 COLUMBUS 3

PI'SBURGH 8 NY Rangers 3

Detroit 4 ST LOUIS 3

NASHVILLE 4 Florida 1

DALLAS 4 Tampa Bay 3

Minnesota 3 COLORADO 2

VANCOUVER 7 Edmonton 3

L. ANGELES 2 Chicago 1