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Heatley and Emery help Ottawa sweep Carolina

San Jose Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov, right, of Kazakhstan protects the goal as the Nashville Predators' Martin Erat, left, of the Czech Republic dives for the puck during the second period of their NHL game in San Jose, California, on Wednesday. PHOTO: AP

Dany Heatley scored his team-leading 38th goal and Ray Emery made 27 saves to give the Ottawa Senators a 2-0 victory over Carolina on Wednesday night and a home-and-home sweep of the Hurricanes.

Jason Spezza had a goal and an assist as Ottawa beat Carolina for a second straight night, extending its winning streak to three.

Emery dived to make a glove save against Justin Williams and held off two Hurricanes power-play opportunities late in the third to earn his fifth shutout this season and eighth in his NHL career.

Ottawa, which has won eight of nine (8-0-1), became the third Eastern Conference team to reach 80 points and improved their hold on fourth place.

Cam Ward stopped 24 shots for the Hurricanes, ninth in the East with 71 points. Carolina, which won six of nine (6-3-0) before the sweep by Ottawa, is one point behind Montreal and the playoff cutoff.

Flames 2, Wild 1, SO

At Calgary, Alberta, Jarome Iginla scored in the shootout to give Calgary its first shootout victory of the season.

After Iginla scored, Calgary goalie Miikka Kiprusoff secured the victory by stopping Minnesota's Pierre-Marc Bouchard.

Robyn Regehr scored at 15:29 of the third period to tie the game for Calgary, which is an NHL-best 27-6-1 at home, including a 13-1-1 mark over their last 15 games at the Pengrowth Saddledome.

Pavol Demitra scored his 19th of the season for Minnesota, which began a key three-game road trip against Northwest Division opponents.

Predators 4, Sharks 3, SO

At San Jose, California, J.P. Dumont scored in the fourth round of the shootout to end Nashville's victory and spoil Bill Guerin's debut with San Jose.

Tomas Vokoun made 27 saves and stopped three of the Sharks' four shootout attempts to remain unbeaten in his last six starts against San Jose.

Alexander Radulov of Russia scored in the third period and again in the shootout as the Predators earned their league-best 43rd victory.

Evgeni Nabokov made 28 saves for San Jose and forced the shootout with a stunning glove save on Paul Kariya with a second left in overtime, but the Sharks still lost for the sixth time in eight games.
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