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BOSTON -- The Ottawa Senators overcame one hurdle by finally beating the Boston Bruins behind young goaltender Robin Lehner. Asdrubal Cabrera Jersey . And now the confident goalie thinks they can pass the defending Stanley Cup champions in the standings, too. Lehner stopped 32 shots for his first career shutout and Erik Karlsson scored the lone goal, lifting surging Ottawa to a 1-0 win over Boston on Tuesday night. It was the Senators first victory in five games against the Bruins this season. With the win, the Senators moved one point behind the Northeast Division-leading Bruins, who have played four fewer games than Ottawa. Ottawa won for the sixth time in seven games and sent the Bruins to their fourth loss in six. "Were trying our best. I think we can," the 20-year old Lehner said after blanking the Bruins in just his 11th career game. Lehner, playing because regular goaltender Craig Anderson is sidelined indefinitely after cutting his hand last week in a kitchen accident, benefited from some strong defensive play in front of him. His teammates blocked 18 shots and limited most of Bostons shots to beyond the faceoff circles. After losing to the Bruins at home on Saturday night, the Senators came out with a different attitude and werent thinking as much about the divisional chase. "I think the last game we played them at home, we played a little too cautious," captain Daniel Alfredsson said. "This game, we came out and took our chances." Tim Thomas made 37 saves for the Bruins, but lost to a divisional opponent for just the second time in 14 games this season. Boston got off to a poor start, but stayed close thanks to Thomas play. "The first two periods were really painful to watch and see," Boston coach Claude Juilen said. "You need your goalie to be good on these types of nights to give you a chance. He was good and gave us a chance." But they couldnt open up ground on the hard-charging Senators. "Its a point, but we have four games in hand," Julien said. "Its up to us to just do our job." Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron knew his team wasted a good chance to push Ottawa down. "We knew it was a huge game and we were one shot away," he said. "We had some good chances. Were going to be in some tough games down the stretch and weve got to find a way to win them." The Bruins had a power play late in the game when defenceman Sergei Gonchar hooked Zdeno Chara with 2:09 to play. But they had trouble getting set up even after pulling Thomas for an extra skater with just over a minute left. Ottawa grabbed the lead on Karlssons blast from the point 14:44 into the opening period. With Tyler Seguin off for interference, Karlsson shifted from the right point to the middle of the zone before unloading a rising shot that beat Thomas over his left shoulder. Jason Spezza extended his points streak to 10 games with an assist and Karlsson got a point in his eighth straight (7 goals, 11 assists). "I didnt see it," Thomas said of the shot. "I barely saw it released and where I saw it going was blockers side." It could have been worse, too. The Senators controlled play for long stretches in the first period and outshot the Bruins 13-7, limiting limited them to very low percentage scoring chances while storming the Boston end. Thomas had to make a couple of scrambling saves early in the game to keep it scoreless. And in the second period, with Thomas out of position, Erik Condra collected a rebound in front of the net, but missed the wide-open goal. Bostons offence finally had a pair of decent chances later in the period. Gregory Campbell was stopped on a shot in close and Lehner made a right skate save on Shawn Thorntons shot from the bottom of the right circle. NOTES: Spezza has eight goals and 13 assists during his streak. ... Two of Bostons trade-deadline acquisitions, D Mike Mottau and RW Brian Rolston, both acquired from the Islanders, played. D Greg Zanon, picked up from Minnesota for D Steven Kampfer, arrived after the teams morning skate and was a healthy scratch. ... Bruins D Johnny Boychuk, who suffered what the team called a "mild concussion" on a hit from Ottawas Chris Neil in Saturdays 5-3 win, did not play. Bruins F Nathan Horton missed his 15th straight with a concussion. ... The Senators newest player: D Matt Gilroy, acquired from Tampa Bay at the deadline, made his debut. ... Patriots WR/DB Julian Edleman rode one of the Zambonis between the first and second period. Michael Brantley Jersey . The 33-year-old right-hander was 14-7 with a career-low 3.64 ERA in 28 starts for his hometown San Diego Padres last season. He joins a rotation that includes NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw, Chad Billingsley, Ted Lilly and fellow newcomer Chris Capuano, who signed a $10-million, two-year deal last week. Bob Feller Authentic Jersey . The deal, filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, calls for the NCAA to toughen return-to-play rules for players who receive head blows and create a $70 million fund to pay for thousands of current and former athletes to undergo testing to determine whether they suffered brain trauma while playing football and other contact sports. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Matt Moore made the most of a big hit by B.J. Upton. Upton hit a tiebreaking two-run double, Moore won for the first time after losing four straight decisions and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-4 on Sunday. Upton gave the Rays a 4-2 lead with a two-out hit off Jake Arrieta (2-7) in the fifth. Arrieta walked three during the inning. "A clutch hit," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "B.J.s ball down the (left field) line is pretty large right there." Moore (2-5) allowed two runs and seven hits over six innings. The left-hander had four losses in five starts since beating Seattle on May 1. "Im going to do everything I can to feed off this," Moore said. "Its good to get a win." Moore has pitched with the lead in nine of his 11 starts this season. "Matt really held it together well," Maddon said. The AL East-leading Rays (31-23), with nine players on the disabled list, took two of three from Baltimore and lead the Orioles by one game. "Weve been able to hold serve," Maddon said. "Were still on top. The guys who have been out there have been doing a great job. The effort has been fantastic." Matt Wieters and Mark Reynolds homered for the Orioles, who have lost seven of eight. Arrieta, 0-5 over his last six starts, gave up four runs, two hits and four walks in 4 2-3 innings. "Certain parts of the order, youd really like to see him attack a little more," Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said of Arrieta. "I know its frustrating for him, you see how good hes capable of being through spurts. But youre always going to have one inning, and it seemed like he couldnt get through it." Arrieta threw just 41 of 83 pitches for strikes. "Im not pitching well right now, theres no doubt about that," Arrieta said. The Rays extended the lead to 8--2 during a four-run sixth, aided by a pair of Baltimore errors. Satchel Paige Indians Jersey. Wieters made an errant throw from behind the plate attempting to pick off Ben Zobrist at third. After Elliot Johnson hit an RBI single, another run scored when third baseman Steve Tolleson misplayed Jose Molinas grounder. Carlos Pena added a sacrifice fly. Tampa Bay took a 2-1 lead in the fourth when Matt Joyce drove in Pena with a sacrifice fly. Upton also scored from second on the play when Baltimore centre fielder Adam Jones made a bad throw attempting to get Upton out at third. Nick Johnson pinch hit for Jones, who was hit on the left wrist by a pitched ball Wednesday, in the ninth. "I didnt want to take a chance, especially as banged up as we are," Showalter said. Reynolds tied it at 2 on an RBI single in the fifth. He also had an eighth-inning solo shot. Wieters put the Orioles up 1-0 on a second-inning leadoff homer. Baltimore then failed to score any additional runs despite having two on with no outs. Steve Pearce hit a flyball and both Tolleson and Robert Andino struck out. Wieters also had a run-scoring hit in the ninth. NOTES: Orioles INF Wilson Betemit was out of the lineup because of a fever. ... Tampa Bay RHP James Shields (6-3) will pitch against New York LHP Andy Pettitte (2-2) in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. Shields is 0-4 with a 4.18 ERA in his last five road games against the Yankees. ... Baltimore RHP Jason Hammel (6-2) and Boston LHP Jon Lester (3-4) are scheduled starters for Tuesday nights game at Fenway Park. ... The Orioles purchased the contract of RHP Steve Johnson and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. To make room for Johnson on the 40-man roster, LHP Zach Britton (left shoulder) was transferred from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day one. cheap jerseys from china cheap jerseys ' ' '