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Youth John Moore Jersey , Ontario (AP) Colin White has only had 11 games to make a positive impression in Ottawa. But with the Senators missing four
veteran forwards Tuesday night, that’s exactly what he did.The 21-year-old White
scored his first NHL goal and undermanned Ottawa went on to a 5-3 victory over
the New Jersey Devils.White, who has split time between Ottawa and the American
Hockey League this season, looked right at home playing alongside Matt Duchene
and Mike Hoffman, who also scored.”He’s getting better and better every night,”
said Duchene, who had three points. ”He’s going to be a heck of a hockey player
in this organization and I’m really enjoying playing with him.”Senators coach
Guy Boucher has been impressed with White, but said Duchene deserves a great
deal of credit for taking him under his wing and helping him adapt to the NHL.”I
think the kid is learning fast and he’s helping us,” Boucher said. ”Right now
he’s showing us that he’s ready to play at this level and we’ll see where it
takes us. He’s relentless, and that’s my type of person.”I like the fact that
Duchene is really leading with him and helping him and that connection is
good.”White was excited to finally get his first goal. He picked up his first
career assist last Saturday.”It was a nice play all around,” White said.
”Duchene brought it in, (Thomas Chabot) looked off the D and made a great play
back door and then I just got it and ripped it. It was pretty exciting.”Duchene
had a goal and two assists. Chris DiDomenico and Zack Smith also scored for
Ottawa, and Craig Anderson made 30 saves.The Senators were already missing Mark
Stone (knee) and Bobby Ryan (hand) on Tuesday when they learned they would be
without Derick Brassard, who is banged up, and Nate Thompson, who left the
morning skate early as he continues to deal with a lower-body injury.Travis
Zajac, Taylor Hall and Kyle Palmieri scored for the Devils. Keith Kinkaid
allowed four goals on 20 shots before being replaced by Eddie Lack, who gave up
one goal on 12 shots.Trailing 5-2 to start the third period, the Devils made it
a two-goal game on Palmieri’s 11th of the season.The Senators took a 4-1 lead
midway through the second when White scored on a great feed from Chabot in front
of 13,991 at Canadian Tire Centre. The goal put an end to Kinkaid’s night.The
Devils trimmed the deficit when Hall scored his 19th of the season on a power
play, extending his scoring streak to 11 games (seven goals, 10 assists). Alex
Burrows was given a double-minor after taking exception to a hit from Hall and
chasing him down before punching him.”I thought it was a clean hit,” Hall said.
”He was losing his mind and I think he kneed me in the back of the head at one
point.”The Senators made it 5-2 in the final minute of the second when
Jean-Gabriel Pageau fed Smith for a breakaway as he stepped out of the penalty
box. He made no mistake in beating Lack, who made his first appearance in goal
for the Devils.”I feel I’ve got to make that save on the breakaway to give us a
chance to come back,” Lack said. ”Three goals is a little bit too much to start
the third.”An entertaining first period saw the Senators jump out to a 3-1
lead.The Devils opened the scoring two minutes in as Stefan Noesen took
advantage of a turnover and found Zajac
Womens Kyle Palmieri Jersey , who beat Anderson short side.The Senators made the most of a two-man advantage as Hoffman beat Kinkaid with a one-timer to
the top corner. On the ensuing power play, DiDomenico scored his fifth of the
season.Duchene completed the scoring, beating Kinkaid short side on a play that
started with a great behind-the-back pass from Hoffman.NOTES: Ottawa recalled
Max McCormick from Belleville of the AHL. … Hall played in his 500th NHL game.UP
NEXTDevils: Host the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.Senators: Host the
Nashville Predators on Thursday night.— DALLAS (AP) Dougie Hamilton got home
from a workout, turned on the TV to watch the NHL draft and saw his name on the
screen as part of a trade to the Carolina Hurricanes.”That’s where I found out,”
Hamilton said.He might want to stay tuned because the Hurricanes are just
getting started.Carolina acquired Hamilton, winger Micheal Ferland and forward
prospect Adam Fox from the Calgary Flames on Saturday for center Elias Lindholm
and defenseman Noah Hanifin in the latest move during a time of drastic
turnover. The Hurricanes, who have missed the playoffs each of the past nine
seasons, have gotten a new owner, general manager and coach so far this year and
will have a very different team on the ice.”When you’ve gone as long as we have
without making the playoffs the message is we want to be better, we want to
compete and we want to win,” GM Don Waddell said. ”We have a lot of other
possibilities, pieces to move around. We wanted to acquire the best players we
could and let the rest shake out as we move forward.”Waddell started shaking up
the roster by shipping out two pending restricted free agents in Lindholm and
Hanifin and added a right-shot defender in Hamilton who could make co-captain
Justin Faulk expendable. The Hurricanes should trade for a goaltender and could
move Faulk and winger Jeff Skinner soon.”We’ll stay busy,” Waddell said. ”I
can’t say for sure anything will get done. I’m pretty confident something will
get done, whether it’s in the next few days or next 10 days.”The 25-year-old
Hamilton now has been traded at the draft twice after going from the Boston
Bruins to the Flames three years ago. Waddell said there were ”no red flags”
about Hamilton because of that and was thrilled to pick up an offensive-minded
blue liner who has 220 points in 423 regular-season games.Hamilton figures being
traded is easier this time.”It’s definitely a learning experience, something
that helps you grow,” Hamilton said on a conference call. ”You have to go
through different experiences and stuff and I think you get growth from
that.”The Hurricanes have gone through some growing pains over the past few
months. Tom Dundon bought the team from Peter Karmanos Jr. removed Ron Francis
as general manager and replaced him with Waddell and promoted assistant Rod
Brind’Amour to head coach.This trade changes Brind’Amour’s mix as Carolina looks
to end the league’s longest playoff drought. Ferland gives the Hurricanes a big
winger who can produce after putting up a career-high 41 points last season with
Calgary.”We talked all along that we feel like we’ve got a lot of skill pieces
up front and we need a little size and muscle up front, so Ferland, who scored
20 or 21 goals last year, fit that bill pretty well for us,” Waddell said.Giving
up the 21-year-old Hanifin and 23-year-old Lindholm was a heavy price to pay for
the Hurricanes. Hanifin was the fifth overall pick in 2015 and joins an already
deep blue line that includes Mark Giordano and T.J. Brodie.Hanifin and Lindholm
are reunited in Calgary with coach Bill Peters, who stepped down from the
Hurricanes at the end of the season amid uncertainty within the front
office.”Obviously Bill spoke very highly of both players and really likes both
players,” Flames GM Brad Treliving said. ”Both guys are great character. He
liked both players. It was a great resource to have.”—This story has been
corrected to show that Micheal Ferland had 41, not 78, points last
season.—
