Plus/Minus: Mike Fisher Leads Senators to Fight-Filled Win

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Plus Of The Day: Mike Fisher, Ottawa Senators

Tuesday's Battle of Ontario between Toronto and Ottawa was one of those examples of going to a fight and having a hockey game break out. The two bitter rivals combined for four fights, an ejection and 60 penalty minutes in the Senators 3-2 win.

Leading the way for Ottawa was veteran center Mike Fisher, who scored a pair goals and was a plus-two with four shots on goal in nearly 22 minutes on the ice. He was also an impressive 12-for-18 in the faceoff circle, including a dominating 7-for-8 performance in the defensive zone. Mikhail Grabovski was 0-for-7 against him on the night, and 0-for-9 overall.

For Fisher, the first 18 games of this season represent quite a turnaround from his 2008-09 campaign where he scored just 13 goals -- his lowest total in four years -- in 78 games. He already has nine goals this year.

Minus Of The Day: Carolina's Power Play

After snapping a 14-game losing streak on Sunday, the Carolina Hurricanes dropped a 3-2 shootout decision in Montreal on Tuesday. It has to be a tough loss for the 'Canes to swallow, seeing as how they went 0-for-4 with the man-advantage, and came up empty on a 4-on-3 advantage to close out the final two minutes of the overtime period after Jaroslav Spacek was issued a four-minute double-minor for high sticking.

To be fair, of course, Montreal goaltender Carey Price deserves a large amount of credit for the outcome as Carolina did manage to fire seven shots at him in the extra period, including four on the power play.

Highlight Of The Day: Alex Ovechkin made his triumphant return to the Capitals lineup on Tuesday night and scored his 15th goal of the season in Washington's 4-2 win at the Garden. The game-winning tally, however, belonged to Matt Bradley, who earlier in the game had his face busted open in a fight with Rangers forward Aaron Voros. Nice way to come back.