OTTAWA http://www.officialducks.com/authentic-adidas-ryan-kesler-jersey , Ontario (AP) — The Ottawa Senators played one of their best defensive games of the season, yet still fell short against the Detroit Red Wings.Jonathan Bernier stopped 35 shots for his first shutout of the season and the Red Wings defeated the Senators 2-0 Saturday night, despite Ottawa allowing a season-low 21 shots.“This one’s frustrating,” Ottawa head coach Guy Boucher said. “When you have 35 shots and you only give up 21 and you see your players’ hard work, it was a great improvement off Friday night, our execution, we created some nice plays and we did a lot of good things, but we weren’t able to produce.”Danny DeKeyser and Darren Helm scored for the Red Wings, who won their third straight and improved to 5-2-0 in their last seven games.Overall, the Red Wings felt they didn’t play their best game, but were pleased to see Bernier rewarded for a solid performance.“We didn’t do a whole lot of things right Ryan Miller Jersey , but we found a way to get the two points,” defenseman Niklas Kronwall said. “We didn’t play well enough, not even close to where it needs to be, but we got a great goaltending performance and that’s what made the difference.”Craig Anderson made 19 saves for the Senators, who are mired in a four-game losing streak.Ottawa has lost its last two games since returning from a nine-day break.“Not getting the results is frustrating, but I think we’re playing pretty good,” said Senators defenseman Dylan DeMelo. “Obviously, that first game back against Pittsburgh we were a little loose defensively, but I think (Saturday), against a pretty good offensive team and we kept them under 25 shots so we did a really good job of committing to that defensive game and we didn’t go out of sorts in order to cheat for offence or anything like that like we did against Pittsburgh.”Both teams were playing the second half of a back-to-back. The Red Wings posted a 3-2 overtime win over Toronto, while Ottawa lost 5-3 to Pittsburgh.The Senators looked to rally in the third Womens Alex Goligoski Jersey , but Bernier was solid.“I thought Bernier was real good,” Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill said. “They had a number of shots in the first and he was able to keep it out and I thought in the third when Bernier needed to make big saves he was real good. I’ve got lots of faith in Bernier.”The Senators thought they had scored late in the third, but it was waved off.Leading 2-0 to start the second, the Red Wings had a great opportunity to extend their lead as Brady Tkachuk took a double minor for high sticking Luke Glendening. With 29 seconds remaining in the penalty, Zack Smith took a tripping penalty, but Detroit was unable to take advantage of the power-play time.Detroit scored twice in 39 seconds in the first period.DeKeyser opened the scoring with a shot just inside the blue line that made its way through traffic.Seconds later, Detroit made it 2-0 as Helm and Martin Frk played give-and-go, with Helm skating through the goal crease and tucking a backhand past Anderson.NOTES: The Senators recalled Rudolfs Balcers from their American Hockey League affiliate in Belleville, Ontario, as Mikkel Boedker was injured in Friday’s game against Pittsburgh. … Nick Paul was a healthy scratch for the Senators. … Detroit was without Dylan Larkin. The Red Wings said he had a strained oblique.UP NEXTRed Wings: Home against Vegas on Thursday.Senators: At Toronto on Wednesday. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — T.J. Oshie got the Washington Capitals going Thursday night Christian Dvorak Jersey , and Alex Ovechkin helped poured it on from there.Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 39th goal, Oshie had two goals and an assist, and the Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks 5-1.Jakub Vrana and Tom Wilson each had a goal and an assist, and Nicklas Backstrom had two assists for Washington. Braden Holtby stopped 24 shots, and Ovechkin added an assist as the Capitals won for the fifth time in seven games after dropping seven straight.With the Capitals trailing 1-0 early, Oshie’s power-play goal in the first period turned the game around.Oshie reached a milestone with his 500th career point later in the game. He has 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) in his last 13 games.“(Oshie) was really the one that set the tone for us tonight,” Capitals coach Todd Reirden said. “Obviously getting his 500th point, phenomenal. Kind of how it should work, that you sacrifice and do all the little things and you end up getting rewarded for it.”San Jose ended a six-game winning streak, which began with a 7-6 overtime win at Washington on Jan. 22. Sharks goalie Martin Jones turned back 18 shots.“Just seemed from the drop of the puck guys were excited to play http://www.officialcoyotes.com/authentic-adidas-clayton-keller-jersey , just happy and having fun,” Oshie said. “If anyone knows anything about this team, we play our best when we’re having fun.”The Sharks took an early lead on Kevin Labanc’s 11th goal at 2:06 of the first period, but it was all Washington after that.Oshie tied it on a power play less than two minutes later, and Vrana scored midway through the first period to give Washington a 2-1 lead.Ovechkin scored at 4:14 of the second period, and Oshie connected on his 18th goal with just under two minutes before the second intermission.Wilson added an empty-netter with 2:35 left in the game.The loss knocked San Jose out of sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division. The Sharks fell into a tie with Calgary, which picked up a point in a shootout loss to Florida. San Jose and Calgary are in a three-way tie atop the Western Conference with Winnipeg, which lost to Colorado.“We didn’t compete hard enough tonight and they went all in,” Sharks forward Evander Kane said. “The won all the puck races, they had their skate legs and we didn’t. We didn’t execute in the middle of the ice and the middle of the zone. They had a lot of transition opportunities of that.”The Capitals remain in second place in the Metropolitan Division, three points behind the New York Islanders Youth Derek Stepan Jersey , who defeated Columbus.“They were hungrier and a little bit better than us,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. “We had some pretty good nights in the last month and tonight wasn’t our best and – and we couldn’t out score our problems tonight. The first game from a trip like that is always tough, no matter what. They are a good team and if you aren’t right on you are going to have a hard time.”NOTES: Sharks D Erik Karlsson (groin injury) missed his ninth straight game, but the six-time All-Star appears to be moving closer to a return. Karlsson practiced Wednesday and participated in Thursday’s optional skate. … Sharks C Joe Thornton had an assist on Labanc’s goal, moving the 39-year-old past Hall of Famer Teemu Selanne for 15th on the NHL’s career points list with 1,458. … The Sharks had won 13 of their previous 16 games. … Labanc’s goal was his fifth in five games. … Capitals F Dmitrij Jaskin, a scratch the last two games, replaced C Nic Dowd in Thursday’s lineup. … Ovechkin has 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in his last nine games.UP NEXTWashington: At Anaheim on Sunday.San Jose: Hosts Vancouver on Saturday.