AP - Rookie defenseman Andrej Meszaros scored a pair of power-play goals, and Daniel Alfredsson netted his career-high 38th goal and assisted on another as the Ottawa Senators became the first team to reach 100 points this season with a 5-2 win Tuesday night over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

AP - Take your time Dominik Hasek, your backup is doing fine in goal for the Ottawa Senators. Hasek is still sidelined by the groin injury that knocked him out of the Turin Olympics, but the Senators haven't missed a beat with Ray Emery. The rookie stopped all 24 shots he faced at New Jersey and skated off with his third shutout in the Senators' 4-0 victory over the Devils on Sunday night.

AP - Dany Heatley's power-play tally keyed a three-goal second period, and Ray Emery made 22 saves as the Ottawa Senators regained sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference with a 4-0 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday night.

AP - Peter Schaefer and Bryan Smolinski each had a goal and an assist and the Ottawa Senators beat Buffalo 4-2 on Saturday night to tie Carolina for the Eastern Conference lead and end the Sabres' winning streak at eight games.

AP - Buffalo at Ottawa (7 p.m. EST). Buffalo has won eight straight to move within a point of first-place Ottawa in the Northeast Division.

AP - Patrice Bergeron scored the winning goal in the shootout and Tim Thomas stopped three shots to help the Boston Bruins snap a six-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Paul Martin will formally step down this weekend as leader of the Liberal party.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Easing prices for gasoline and less expensive fresh produce helped hold the annual inflation rate increase to 2.2 per cent in February, Statistics Canada said Thursday.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from an alleged Montreal mob boss over whether he is entitled to bail during a prolonged extradition fight.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - The federal fisheries minister has increased the total allowable catch for this spring's annual seal hunt off the East Coast.

AP - Daniel Alfredsson scored with 5.2 seconds left in the third period to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Liberal party brass are divided over key details of the party's leadership race, from the date and location to the amount that candidates need to fork over in order to run.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Rita Graveline can't argue that she was both in a robotic state and acting in self-defence when she shot her husband to death, says a Crown lawyer who wants the Quebec woman retried.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - A Quebec woman who shot her husband dead while he slept is hoping the Supreme Court of Canada will uphold her acquittal by a lower court, partly on the grounds that she was in a robotic state when she pulled the trigger.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Federal officials are investigating an Ottawa-area public servant for alleged abuse of a government credit card.

AP - Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza each had a goal and two assists to help the Ottawa Senators beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Sunday.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper appears to be backing away from a confrontation with Alberta over its Third Way health proposals.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Taxpayers are picking up the tab for more than $1.3 million in legal fees to help Jean Chretien and two top aides, Jean Pelletier and Jean Carle, defend their actions in the sponsorship affair, government documents show.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - A booming economy in the West plus a rise in part-time work last month pushed the unemployment rate back down to 6.4 per cent, matching a 30-year low set last November, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer Ottawa, Canada (AHN)—While Dominik Hasek recovers from a groin injury, the Ottawa Senators needed a little padding and decided to use goalie Mike Morrison from the Edmonton Oilers. According to the Associated Press report, Morrison started the season in the...