TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Martin Prusek stopped Tampa Bay's best

scoring chance -- a three-man breakaway -- and extended the

Lightning's scoring woes.

Prusek made 29 saves for his third straight win and Jason Spezza had two goals to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 4-1 victory over the Lightning on Thursday night.

Prusek stopped Shane Willis' wrist shot from the low slot during a three-man rush in the final seconds of the second period. Willis, who took a pass from Vincent Lecavalier, hit Prusek in the upper body with his shot.

"It was nothing that I did," Prusek said through an

interpreter. "The puck hit me right on the shoulder, so I was

lucky.

"I was just in the net, waiting for the moves from the guys. I

was waiting to see what would happen."

Tampa Bay coach John Tortorella called the play crucial.

"I think the most important of the game was the

three-on-zero," Tortorella said. "We have probably one of our

best players [Lecavalier] with the puck. I think you need to be

selfish right there and go down and score the goal.

"That's the mind-set we need to get, too. It's not a negative

on Vinny, but you can't be worrying about setting somebody else. We

need to have someone say 'I'm going to make the difference here.' "

Prusek has allowed just two goals in his three wins while

filling in for Patrick Lalime, who is sidelined by the flu.

"Prusek has been unbelievable for us," Spezza said. "To have

him stopping three-on-0s and stuff like that, it's great. It's

awesome."

Bryan Smolinski and Antoine Vermette also scored for Ottawa. It

was Vermette's first NHL goal, coming in his 20th game.

Dave Andreychuk scored for the Lightning, who have lost three

straight. Tampa Bay is winless in its last six games (0-4-2) and

has scored just six goals in the span.

"You can sense the frustration," Andreychuk said. "We have to

try and stay positive, and that's the way we're going to get

through it."

Tampa Bay built a 13-3 advantage in shots in the first period as

the teams traded power-play goals.

Smolinski put the Senators ahead 11:38, and Andreychuk tied it

at 13:36.

Andreychuk, who has 615 career goals, snapped a 14-game

scoreless streak and raised his career power-play goal total to

262.

Prusek made several strong saves in the first period, including

two chances from close range by Martin St. Louis.

Prusek also made two point-blank stops on shots by Andreychuk

during a Tampa Bay power play just before Spezza scored to give the

Senators a 2-1 lead.

Spezza made it 3-1 on a third-period breakaway goal at 6:34, and

Vermette scored into an empty net in the final minute.

Game notes

Lalime did not accompany the team for a two-game road trip

that started Wednesday at Florida. ... Andreychuk played in his

1,537th game, which is three short of tying John Bucyk for eighth

place on the career list. ... Senators RW Daniel Alfredsson

assisted on Smolinski's goal and has a seven-game point streak. He

has six assists and nine points over the stretch. ... Lightning LW

Andre Roy missed the game because of a sprained left knee and is

expected to miss seven to 10 days. It's the first man-game lost to

injury for Tampa Bay this season.