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OTTAWA, Ontario -- Jaromir Jagr fueled the Florida Panthers on a strong offensive night. Still, the veteran forward was ready to credit this victory to his goaltender.Roberto Luongo made 39 saves to back a three-point effort by Jagr, helping the Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 on Saturday night.The score says we won 4-1, Jagr said, but Lou saved three or four goals at least, so we have to thank him.Jagr had a goal and two assists, and Jussi Jokinen, Jonathan Marchessault and Derek MacKenzie also scored for the Panthers.When we got our chances, we buried them, and sometimes thats all it takes, Luongo said. All in all, I made a couple of big saves, but the boys were able to take advantage of the opportunities and give me a little bit of breathing room.Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored and Craig Anderson made 19 saves for the Senators, who have lost back-to-back games for just the second time this season.We did a lot of good things, and we have to build off it, Ottawa wing Chris Neil said, adding that if you play like that, youre going to win more games than youre going to lose.Pageau ended Luongos shutout bid when his shot from below the goal line found its way between the netminder and the crossbar at 4:45 of the third period.Through 40 minutes, the Senators had nothing to show for two very solid periods of hockey, other than 27 shots on goal.At one point in the first, they held a 12-3 advantage in shots but trailed 2-0 after Jagr had a hand in on both goals.He opened the scoring 25 seconds in when his backhand shot was redirected by the stick of Senators forward Derick Brassard.Jagr then left the puck at the Ottawa blue line for Aleksander Barkov. He found Jokinen in the slot, and Jokinen beat Anderson high glove side with a wrist shot.Luongo got some help in the second period when Aaron Ekblad slid to block Mark Stones shot after the original attempt by Brassard went off the end boards right to Stone at the side of the net.Luongo later stopped Pageau point blank with a sprawling save, then foiled Dzingel on a breakaway.We were pretty lucky, Jagr said. Its nice to get a win but we were lucky and Lou played excellent and was unbelievable in the net.Marchessault gave the Panthers a 3-0 lead at 14:55 of the second when a blocked shot went right to his stick at the side of the goal. He quickly swatted the puck past Anderson.MacKenzie scored for the Panthers at 9:16 when his shot barely got through Anderson and across the goal line.Game notesBobby Ryan, Mike Hoffman and Andrew Hammond were scratches for the Senators while Dylan McIlrath, Greg McKegg and Kyle Rau were scratches for the Panthers. ... 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Patrice Bergeron and Daniel Paille scored 20 seconds apart a few minutes after Stamkos was taken off the ice on a stretcher with a broken right leg, and the Bruins beat the Lightning 3-0 on Monday afternoon.CLEVELAND -- The Indians will carry two catchers and two left-handed relievers on their American League Championship Series roster against Toronto.For its matchup with the Blue Jays, Cleveland added rookie lefty Ryan Merritt and dropped catcher Chris Gimenez, who was on the roster for the division series sweep of Boston but didnt play. Without Gimenez, Roberto Perez and Yan Gomes will handle the catching duties.Gomes has made a remarkable recovery from a broken hand sustained in September to be ready for the ALCS. He had been expected to miss up to two months, but Gomes worked his way back and said the fracture has healed enough that he can play.Gimenez and Gomes were the last two players to leave the field Thursday as the Indians worked out before Fridays series opener. Both catchers took turns throwing to third and second iin what may have been a final test to make sure Gomes was OK.ddddddddddddMerritt spent the ALDS in Arizona, where he and several other Indians pitchers threw bullpen sessions and simulated games. Merritt gives Indians manager Terry Francona a second lefty option put of the bullpen along with Andrew Miller, who shut down the Red Sox in two appearances.Merritt pitched five innings in his first major league start against Kansas City on Sept. 30. He has gone 13-8 with a 3.79 ERA over the past two seasons at Triple-A Columbus.Indians starter Danny Salazar remains sidelined with forearm tightness. The club had hoped he might be available for the ALCS, but Francona said the right-hander isnt quite there. ' ' '