Alfredsson gives Senators shootout win

MONTREAL (AP) -- Daniel Alfredsson and Craig Anderson teamed up to help the Ottawa Senators enjoy a very brief trip home in the middle of a long and, so far, very successful stretch on the road.

Alfredsson scored on Ottawa's third shootout attempt and the Senators extended their winning streak to four with a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

Anderson, who got his first shutout of the season Thursday night at the New York Rangers , was perfect after making 33 saves in regulation and overtime.

" Andy was huge in the shootout by stopping all three shots,'' said Alfredsson, who has scored on each of his four shootout attempts this season. " They played well. Andy played unbelieveable and he gave me a chance to win it for us."

Kyle Turris and Jason Spezza scored in the third to give Ottawa a 2-1 lead.

Max Pacioretty scored with 38.9 seconds to tie it at 2 with Carey Price pulled for an extra attacker.

" You don't want to give up a lead in the last minute,'' Anderson said. " They had a couple of whacks at it. It's frustrating but at the end of the day we found a way to get the win."

The Senators face Winnipeg on Monday night before going back on the road for their second six-game trip of the season.

" We found a way to get the two points and that's the result we wanted," said Spezza, who scored his 19th goal on a power play 13:42 into the third to put Ottawa up by one after Tomas Plekanec was given a double minor for high-sticking Zack Smith in the face.

Plekanec scored a short-handed goal on a breakaway 42 seconds into the third to put Montreal up 1-0.

Price made 23 saves for the Canadiens, including a sprawling stick save to deny Bobby Butler's scoring chance moments after Plekanec's goal.

Montreal, which lost its third in a row, fell to 1-6 in shootouts this season.

" We have to find a way to win those,'' Price said. " I don't really know what to say. We've just got to find a way to get the extra point."

The Canadiens have won only three times in their last 13 games, including a 3-8-1 mark since interim head coach Randy Cunneyworth took over from Jacques Martin, who was fired on Dec. 17.

Montreal had an apparent goal by P.K. Subban disallowed 7:12 in. Referee Paul Devorski waved off the tally and called a goaltender interference penalty on Andrei Kostitsyn, who appeared to have been pushed into the crease by Senators left wing Milan Michalek.

" To me it was a legitimate goal that should have counted," Cunneyworth said.

Newly acquired Canadiens forward Rene Bourque sat out the final game of a five-game suspension for elbowing Washington's Nicklas Backstrom in the head on Jan 3.

Bourque, who is eligible to make his Montreal debut on Sunday night against the New York Rangers , was acquired from Calgary on Thursday in a multiplayer deal that sent Michael Cammalleri to the Flames.

Scott Gomez returned to the Canadiens' lineup after missing 21 games because of a groin injury. A center throughout his 12-year NHL career, Gomez played left wing on center Tomas Plekanec's line.

NOTES: Senators D Brian Lee was left out of the lineup. ... Gomez, who missed nine games earlier in the season, had four assists in 14 games. ... Canadiens D Alexei Emelin did not dress for the game.