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TORONTO -- Phil Kessel was his usual subdued self in a rare post-game scrum following a four point night Saturday. Joe Looney 49ers Jersey . Kessel scored a hat trick, including the game winner, and set up Tyler Bozak as Toronto doubled up the Ottawa Senators 6-3. "It was a big win for us obviously and the fans were good and we found a way," said Kessel, who last had a four point night in Edmonton on Oct. 29. "Ive had chances in a couple games before and obviously they went in tonight." As for how he plans on celebrating his second hat trick of the season, Kessel said, "Go home and hang out." Bozak, who also shares an apartment in Toronto with Kessel, was shocked to see the forward talking to the media post-game. "Its pretty funny, surprised he talked to you guys today. Mustve had a good night I guess," joked Bozak. "Hes always played well since hes been here. Hes always put up points and done great things for our team, but Ive been starting to get some points now with him and thats been fun." Nazem Kadri and Joffrey Lupul had the other goals for the Leafs (30-21-6), who have won six straight at Air Canada Centre - their longest stretch since winning 10 in a row to conclude the 2006-07 season. Chris Neil scored twice and set up Colin Greening for the Senators (24-21-10), who have lost all three meetings between the Ontario rivals. It was Neils second career three-point game with his last one coming April 6, 2010 against Florida. Craig Anderson made 30 saves for Ottawa while Jonathan Bernier made 23 saves for the Leafs in the win. Bozak fed Kessel in front at 14:01 of the third period for his third goal of the night and 30th of the season to give the Leafs a 4-3 lead. The goal leaves Kessel alone in second among NHL goal scorers. Kessels first hat trick of the season came Oct. 22 against the Anaheim Ducks. "His skating always stands out and his shot on the second goal," said Lupul of Kessels play. "But you know when hes really playing well cause of how hes competing on pucks down low in the offensive end, turning his back, protecting the puck. Hes been doing that for a while now." Bozak then added an insurance marker at 18:27, one timing a Kessel feed past Anderson for his 11th of the season. Kadri added an empty netter with 28 seconds remaining. Kessel gave Toronto its first lead of the game at 7:34 of the third period on a power play, beating Anderson top corner with a wrist shot from the top of the face-off circle for his 29th of the season. Cody Franson picked up his 100th career assist on the goal. "I think with Phil, hes been classified as this one type of player and we think that hes got more of an all-round ability too," said Leafs coach Randy Carlyle. "He can distribute the puck, he can pass the puck and he can find people. He can do a lot more things than just shoot." Torontos lead was short-lived as less than two minutes later, Neil tied it 3-3 at 9:06 jamming home a loose puck. The play was reviewed before it was determined the puck just inched over the goal line for Neils eighth of the season. Ottawa had a 2-0 lead midway through the second period and had an excellent chance take a three-goal lead near the 11 minute mark as Erik Karlsson beat Bernier with a shot glove-side, but hit the post. "I felt we played hard. We gave up some chances in the second, but I thought we settled it down there in the third and got back after them," said Neil, who snapped a 12-game goalless drought in the loss. "I dont think its a 6-3 hockey game, thats for sure. It was pretty close back and forth." Toronto cut Ottawas lead in half two minutes later as Kessel put home a James van Riemsdyk feed. The Leafs completed the comeback at 14:39 of the middle frame on a questionable play. Kadri hit Senators defenceman Cody Ceci from behind and then centred the loose puck to Lupul for his 17th. Despite the Ottawa protest and the referees discussing amongst themselves, there was no penalty on the play. "He was actually looking up, looking up ice I think from what I remember when I was kind of engaging him," said Kadri. "I think he turned to just give himself a little more room at that point Im just fully committed to the hit and I just finished my check. "To be honest, I did let up a little bit and the puck was laying there and I just put it in front." Added Ceci: "I just kind of showed my back a bit hoping hed slow up and ended up face first in the boards and then they scored right on the play. It was a tough play, tough play for me. It was unfortunate I didnt get a call on the play and they ended up tying the game with that." As for the non-call, Ceci said he was surprised. "I guess I couldve stayed down a little longer," he said. "But I just tried to get up as fast as I could to continue to play, and they end up scoring right after that. I just had to skate off and just kind of shocked that nothing came of it." Ottawa took a 2-0 lead at 6:46 of the middle frame as Greening finished off a 2-on-1 feed from Neil for his fifth of the season. Toronto had back-to-back first period power play opportunities courtesy of consecutive Cory Conacher minor penalties, but had just two shots to show for it. Neil opened the scoring at 19:07 of the first using Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly as a screen and beating Bernier glove-side for his seventh of the season and first in 12 games. Ottawa continues its three-game road trip Monday in Pittsburgh before concluding it in St. Louis on Tuesday. Toronto heads out on its final road trip prior to the Olympic break visiting Florida on Tuesday and Tampa Bay on Thursday. Notes: Leafs forward Carter Ashton missed Saturdays game with a hand injury. a Peter Holland sat out his first game with what Toronto coach Randy Carlyle called a lace bite. a Torontos Frazer McLaren, who missed eight games with a shoulder injury, returned to the lineup for the first time since Jan. 14. a Senators forward Cory Conacher played in his 100th career NHL game Saturday. a Ottawa defenceman, Chris Phillips missed his third straight game with a lower body injury. a Referee Paul Devorski became the fifth official to ever work his 1,500th NHL game Saturday night. Leafs forward Greg McKegg made his NHL debut in the win. a Carlyle said forward Trevor Smith (hand), who sustained another injury in the weight room earlier this week, will not travel on the upcoming road trip to Florida. Jimmie Ward 49ers Jersey . The agreement Thursday was for $5,000 above the midpoint between the $2.4 million he had asked for and the $1.6 million the Indians had offered when the sides exchanged arbitration figures last month. Torrey Smith 49ers Jersey . Louis Blues just continue to roll -- especially against the Nashville Predators.GLENDALE, Ariz. -- At last, in his 16th NHL season, Shane Doan has a hat trick, and he needed the very last second to pull it off. The Phoenix captain, in his 1,161st game, fired a slap shot past goalie Evgeni Nabokov just before the buzzer sounded to complete the Coyotes 5-1 rout of the New York Islanders on Saturday night. "He wanted it in fashion tonight," teammate Keith Yandle said, "a walk-off, so to speak." Referees reviewed the goal as Doan waited, grinning. "I wasnt going to be surprised if it didnt count," he said. Thats the kind of attitude to expect from a player has who has come so close so often. If he had failed, his 39 two-goal games without a hat trick would have set an NHL record. Doan had been, along with Scott Mellanby, the only players in league history with 300 goals but no three-goal games. "There was a lot of excitement on that bench the last five minutes of the game," Phoenix coach Dave Tippett said, "a lot of players taking short shifts to get him back out there again." Doan scored early in the first and second periods to set the stage but had several close tries before getting the goal at the last possible instant. Taylor Pyatt and Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored for Phoenix. Frans Nielsen scored the Islanders lone goal. Nabokov had 25 saves. Mike Smith had 32 for Phoenix. Doan scored 1:41 into the first period and 1:39 into the second, so there was plenty of time for him to get that still-elusive third. But a handful of near misses in the third period left him empty handed. He said it was "getting kind of embarrassing" to have everyone trying so hard for him but failing to come through. "My teammates kept giving me the puck and Tips kept throwing me out there," Doan said. "Eventually something had to happen." Ray Whitney got Doan his final chance. "I looked up and there was like four and a half seconds left," Doan said, "and Whits got the puck and he started skating and I knew he was trying to find me and I was thinking Oh my goodness, Ive got to figure out how to get up there. ... I knew he was going to get it to me ffor a shot and I couldnt believe that it went in. Chris Cook 49ers Jersey. quot; Doans first goal of the night, and 10th of the season, came on a deflection of teammate Mikkel Boedkers shot. Doans shot slipped in above Nabokovs right shoulder. The Islanders tied it on a power play exactly halfway through the period after Marc-Antoine Pouliot was called for tripping. Smith had stopped the last in a flurry of shots but the puck slipped from his left hand just outside the goal line, where Nielsen knocked it in the unprotected net. "We had our chances, its not like we played poorly," Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. "We lost a couple of one-on-one battles that cost us goals." The Coyotes, who had lost six out of seven, scored twice in a 1:19 span in the second period to go up 3-1. Doan put Phoenix ahead with a breakaway goal, his shot dribbling between the legs of Nabokov after the goalie appeared to have the shot safely blocked. Pyatt ended a 14-game goal drought with a wrister that made it 3-1 with 16:19 left in the period. Ekman-Larsson sailed a shot into the right corner of the net over the embattled Nabokov and it was 4-1 with 5:21 still left in the third. John Tavares assist on Nielsens goal extended his points streak to five games. He has two goals and seven assists in that span. Nabokov has allowed nine goals in two games. The Islanders lost at Anaheim 4-2 on Friday night. "Its very disappointing," New Yorks Mark Streit said. "The first period of the last two games were good. We were in the game and then within a couple minutes we just threw the game away." NOTES: Doan had a hat trick in just 6:25 for Canada against Belarus in the 2007 world championships. ... Phoenix D Adrian Aucoin sat out the game with an injured right eye, the result of a puck to the face Thursday night in a 1-0 overtime loss to Los Angeles. ... Streit played in his 400th NHL game and teammate Tavares his 200th. ... Phoenix LW Raffi Torres returned after serving a two-game suspension. ... Doan had two power-play goals in the season opener against San Jose. ... Phoenix D David Schlemko left with a lower-body injury in the second period. cheap jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '