OTTAWA, March 14 (UPI) -- Rem Murray scored the eventual game-winner in the first period and Tommy Salo made 20 saves Thursday night as Edmonton snapped a three-game winless streak with a 4-1 triumph over Ottawa.
After Anson Carter erased the Oilers' one-goal deficit 9:18 into the game, Murray got the go-ahead tally just under seven minutes later. Georges Laraque chased a dump-in deep into the Ottawa zone and backhanded the puck to Murray, who put a one-timer from the slot past goaltender Jani Hurme for his sixth goal.
Edmonton improved to 10
3 in the last 13 meetings with the Senators and also is unbeaten in its last six trips (5
1) to the Corel Center. Ottawa has not beaten the Oilers since a 4-3 overtime win on Jan. 18, 1994.
Making his first NHL appearance this season, Brian Swanson scored 5 1/2 minutes into the third period before Mike Comrie added an empty-netter, his 28th, in the final minute.
Andre Roy had the lone goal for the Senators, who have lost three of their last five games.
