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Fisher opened the scoring at 8:16 of the first period with his eighth goal of the season.
Ottawa is 9
1 against Tampa Bay since March 30, 2000. The Senators also remained unbeaten against Southeast Division opponents this season (5
1-0).
Skating down the right wing, Havlat circled around the net and pushed the puck to Fisher, who one-timed a shot from the slot past goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin.
Coming off a 3-2 loss to Nashville, the Senators scored twice in the first two minutes of the second period to open a 3-0 lead and chase Khabibulin, who made 13 saves.
Defenseman Curtis Leschyshyn added two assists and Patrick Lalime stopped 23 shots for his 99th win with Ottawa, which improved to 6-1-1-0 in its last eight games.