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NEW YORK -- The Ottawa Senators showed patience in waiting for their opportunities and taking advantage of them.Mark Stone had a goal and two assists, Zack Smith scored twice and the Senators beat the New York Islanders 6-2 Sunday night. Bobby Ryan, Derick Brassard and Tom Pyatt also scored to help Ottawa win for the second time in two nights.This is a back-to-back where we traveled, where we get to bed at 3:30 in the morning and we come here and we win, Senators coach Guy Boucher said. We were playing a very patient game.Andrew Hammond started and stopped all seven shots he faced before leaving with 3:15 left in the first period due to an apparent injury. Mike Condon replaced him and had 18 saves the rest of the way.Anders Lee and Anthony Beauvillier scored for New York, which has lost five straight and sits in last place in the Eastern Conference at 11-14-6. Only Colorado (23) and Arizona (27) have fewer points.Its a frustrating game, Travis Hamonic said. It needs to be a better effort through the end of the game. Right there for the taking again.Jean-Francois Berube made 27 saves in his second straight start for the Islanders. The third-string goalie was victimized by some bad fortune and some defensive breakdowns.Stone scored the tiebreaking goal to put the Senators up 3-2 with 4:57 left in the second period. It came just 56 seconds after Beauvillier had tied it and was the eighth power-play goal the Islanders have allowed in the last five games.When your special teams is at the bottom of the league and your goaltending is not kicking where it was last year, its a recipe for a losing streak, Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. Just look at the teams that were high in the standings at the start and look where they are now. Its all correlated. ... We have to fix (those units).New York captain John Tavares nearly tied it 4:30 into the third, but his shot hit the crossbar. Initially, the Barclays Center scoreboard reported the goal was good, but a review showed the puck hit the crossbar and did not cross the line.We have to continue to keep having a good work ethic, a good attitude and keep believing in ourselves. We have a great group in here, Tavares said. A lot of it starts with me, being a difference maker. I know for myself, try to be better and raise my game to another level.Brassards sixth goal of the year 1:15 later doubled the lead to 4-2. Smith and Pyatt had empty-net goals in the final minutes.Ottawa opened the scoring 10 1/2 minutes into the game when Kyle Turris shot ricocheted off of Ryans elbow and past Berube, who had angled his body to cut off the Ottawa centers shot. Ryans goal was his sixth of the season and his third in three games.New York had a chance to tie the game late in the period, as Shane Prince fired a slap shot that caused Hammond to contort his body before diving to knock the puck away. The Ottawa goaltender sustained a leg injury on the play and left the game. He returned to Ottawas bench early in the second period.Its never good to come in especially when a guy gets hurt and when I saw (Hammond) make that move, right away I knew that was something pretty serious, Condon said. Hopefully he can get back quick.Smith deflected Stones point shot to push the lead to 2-0 with 2:40 to go in the opening period.Thats where I need to go to score, screen and tips, stuff like that, Smith said. When the team is playing well and the puck is going well, if youre there, youre going to get chances.New York halved the lead 27 seconds into the second on Lees 10th goal of the season.The Islanders had a chance to tie the game five minutes later, but Tavares backhander was blocked by Cody Ceci while Condon dove to get back into position.Beauvillier then did tie it with 5:53 remaining in the period. The rookie left wing was sprung for the breakaway by Hamonics stretch pass, and he fired his third goal of the season low and to the stick side.Game notes New York LW Andrew Ladd played in his 800th NHL game. He started on a line with C Alan Quine and RW Jason Chimera. ...The Senators were 1 for 2 on the man advantage and killed all three New York power plays. ... Ottawa scratched G Craig Anderson, D Ben Harpur and LW Mike Hoffman. ... G Thomas Greiss was New Yorks scratch. ... Islanders C Casey Cizikas missed his second straight game with what the team is calling an upper body injury. ... The teams will meet twice more this season, Feb. 11 in Ottawa and April 9 in New York.UP NEXTSenators: At Chicago on Tuesday night.Islanders: At Boston on Tuesday night. Vapormax Plus Cheap . Belfort (24-10) needed just 77 seconds to down Henderson in the headlining bout of Saturdays "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson" event at Goiania Arena in Goiania, Brazil. 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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Hard-to-please coach Bob Huggins showed his grumpy side after No. 20 West Virginia won its season opener by 28 points.On Monday night, the Mountaineers (1-0) get a chance to show progress during another nonconference tuneup against Mississippi Valley State (0-1).I thought our effort sucked, Huggins said after Fridays 87-59 blowout of Mount St. Marys. I think most people would say the effort was OK, but not for the way were trying to play and for what we have to get done.Though Press Virginia forced 21 turnovers with its full-court defense, Huggins didnt see enough defenders challenging passing lanes or intensity on traps.We play in spurts. We dont play with a lot of consistency yet, he said. That in all honesty is as poor a performance weve had in pressure in three years.Senior forward Nathan Adrian had 13 points and junior guard Jevon Carter added 10 as 11 players scored for West Virginia. Freshman forward Sagaba Konate -- with 11 points, six rebounds and two blocks in only 12 minutes -- made an impressive debut.Junior gguard Daxter Miles, a two-year starter and key defender, sat out with an illness and his status remains uncertain for Monday.ddddddddddddHuggins said point guard Tarik Phillip (nine points, two assists, three turnovers) played with a sprained knee against Mount St. Marys and forward Esa Ahmad (eight points) had a sprained ankle.Mississippi Valley State absorbed a 94-63 beating at Northwestern in its opener, trailing by double digits after seven minutes.I didnt like the way we played defense at the start of the game, Mississippi Valley coach Andre Payne said. We got after it a little better in the second half, but that start set us back.The Delta Devils, picked to finish sixth in the 10-team SWAC, start five seniors but have posted a 14-52 record the past two seasons under Payne.Guard Marcus Romains 16 points were offset by six turnovers during the loss. Junior forward Amos Given scored 11 points in a reserve role. ' ' '