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Bonk's six-point night leads Senators
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OTTAWA (AP) -- Radek Bonk and the Ottawa Senators got all the
bounces.
Bonk had his first hat trick and added three assists for a
career-high six points as the Ottawa Senators beat Tampa Bay 8-3
Thursday night.
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Bonk's six points matched the Senators' single-game record set
by Dan Quinn on Oct. 15, 1995, also against Tampa Bay.
"I had my pregame nap, and I woke up and I felt great," Bonk
said. "I haven't felt like that in a long time and it just went
good from there. A couple of lucky bounces and I ended up with six
points. That was a good night."
Marian Hossa, Bonk's linemate, had a team-record five assists
and defenseman Wade Redden scored twice for the Senators, who won
their second straight at home following a season-worst, six-game
winless streak.
Andre Roy, Martin Havlat and Magnus Arvedson also scored for
Ottawa.
"Sometimes you get a breakaway or an open net and you don't
score," Bonk said. "Sometimes, just like today, the bounces go
your way. We capitalized on our chances."
Bonk scored his second short-handed goal of the season in the
first and added his second goal of the game 8:29 into the second as
the Senators built a 4-2 lead and chased Tampa Bay goalie Kevin
Weekes.
Bonk, who assisted on both of Redden's goals, completed his hat
trick in the third period when his shot caromed off Lightning
forward Martin St. Louis past Dan Cloutier, who replaced Weekes.
"That was a kind of fluky goal, but that was my highlight,"
Bonk said.
Hossa assisted on Bonk's first two goals, both of Redden's, and
Arvedson's power-play goal late in the third for career bests in
assists and points in a game.
"I just felt comfortable out there tonight," Hossa said.
"Everything went in for us. We got kind of lucky sometimes. We got
funny bounces but everything went in. It was a fun night."
Hossa was also awarded a penalty shot 3:35 into the third when
he was dragged down from behind while breaking in on Cloutier. He
failed to score.
"You can't do everything perfect, I guess," Hossa said.
Arvedson, on the same line as Bonk and Hossa, also assisted on
Bonk's third goal as the trio combined for 13 points.
"They're a great line, but we let them play their kind of
hockey, too," Lightning rookie Brad Richards said. "We didn't
come out and get our forecheck going and bang them around like we
wanted, to get them off their game plan. When you (fail) to do that
against a team and a line as talented as that, that's how you end
up with an 8-3 score."
Brian Holzinger, Alexander Kharitonov and Ryan Johnson scored
for Tampa Bay, which lost its third straight and saw its winless
streak reach four games.
Holzinger opened the scoring 1:57 into the first with a long
backhander over goalie Patrick Lalime's left shoulder for his fifth
goal of the season.
Bonk tied the game at 4:01 on a pass from Hossa while teammate
Andreas Dackell was off for tripping.
Ottawa forward Rob Zamuner was given a double high-sticking
minor at 4:36 and the Lightning had a two-man advantage for the
next 26 seconds. But Tampa Bay was unable to mount any pressure
with the extra skaters and lost two minutes of its power play when
Todd Warriner was sent off for tripping at 5:04.
Bonk took advantage of the 4-on-4 as he carried the puck into
the Lightning zone along the right-wing boards and fed a pass to
Hossa, who was driving to the slot.
Bonk's pass went off Hossa's leg and Redden fired a shot past
Weekes to give the Senators a 2-1 lead.
"I saw Marian coming in late and I tried to pass it to him,"
Bonk said. "It went off him to (Redden), and that was just a great
shot -- top shelf. I don't think a goalie has much of a chance
against that."
Roy, who scored his first goal in 56 games in a 3-1 win over St.
Louis Tuesday night, scored for the second straight game.
Kharitonov scored his fourth goal of the season 7:42 into the
second to draw the Lightning within 3-2.
The Senators chased Weekes 47 seconds later when Bonk tapped in
a rebound of Hossa's shot.
Ottawa got three unanswered goals in the third from Redden, Bonk
and Havlat for a 7-2 lead.
Johnson scored the Lightning's third goal on a power play at
14:34.
Game
notes
Bonk had two career short-handed goals in 397 games
entering this season. ... Bonk had a four-point game against
Anaheim on Nov. 13, 1999.
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