Regin’s 2 points lead Senators to 4-1 win over Blackhawks

Sens beat Blackhawks for 4th straight win

OTTAWA — Peter Regin had a goal and an assist and Brian Elliott made 29 saves to lead the Ottawa Senators to their fourth straight win, a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.

Regin restored Ottawa’s two-goal lead late in the second when he beat Chicago’s Cristobal Huet on a wraparound after Zack Smith and Ryan Shannon scored in the first to put the Senators up 2-0.

Mike Fisher scored a power-play goal 16:45 into the third to seal the win and extend Ottawa’s streak.

Marian Hossa scored his third short-handed goal of the season earlier in the second for the Blackhawks, who ended a three-game winning streak.

Chicago, which held a 30-18 advantage in shots, entered tied with San Jose for No. 1 overall in the NHL with 72 points after beginning a season-high eight-game trip with wins in Columbus and Detroit over the weekend.

Huet stopped 14 shots.

Hossa, who spent his first seven seasons with Ottawa, drove in on a breakaway and sent a slap shot past Elliott for his 13th goal 6:05 into the second while Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews was in the penalty box.

Chicago, which entered tied with the Sharks for the league lead in short-handed goals, became the first team to reach eight this season.

Regin, who assisted on Shannon’s goal 12:31 in, restored Ottawa’s two-goal margin when he drove the right side and went around the back of the net to put a backhand into an open left side with 1:55 left in the second.

Elliott came up with a big stop on Patrick Kane’s shot off a rebound with just over 4 minutes remaining in the third. Elliott survived a close call earlier in the third when he recovered to make a sprawling stick save on Hossa just over 6 minutes into the third after he misplayed a puck behind his net.

Hossa had a wide open net staring at him when Elliott inadvertently directed a dump-in toward his vacated crease. The Senators’ goalie lunged and stuck out his stick to deny Hossa’s shot.

Smith scored his second goal in three games at 6:51 of the first.

Shannon made it 2-0 at 12:31 when he redirected Regin’s centering pass from the left side beyond Huet for his fifth goal.

NOTES: Hossa, who was chosen 12th overall by the Senators in the 1997 draft, had 188 goals and 202 assists for 390 points in 467 regular-season games with Ottawa from 1997-98 to 2003-04. … Senators RW Alex Kovalev extended his points streak to a season-high four games with an assist on Shannon’s goal. He has a goal and three assists during that span. … Ottawa RW Chris Neil had two assists.