Senators continue to roll, off to 4-0 start

Daniel Alfredsson got his second assist on Wade Redden’s power-play goal 5:33 into the third period before he scored into an empty net to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Monday in Ottawa.

Jason Spezza also got his second assist of the game as Redden put the Senators up 3-1.

Alfredsson scored his fifth goal of the season into an empty net with 48.7 seconds remaining.

Dany Heatley got his fourth goal of the season and Chris Kelly also scored for Ottawa, which is off to its second 4-0 start in the past three seasons.

Capitals 2, Islanders 1: At Uniondale, N.Y., Olie Kolzig stopped 30 shots in yet another impressive performance against New York, and Brooks Laich snapped a third-period tie to lift undefeated Washington over the Islanders.

Richard Park scored for the Islanders, who got 10 saves from Rick DiPietro.

Red Wings 4, Oilers 2: At Detroit, Mikael Samuelsson had a goal and an assist to lift the Red Wings to a win over Edmonton.

Chris Chelios, Tomas Holmstrom and Kris Draper also scored for Detroit. Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Zetterberg each had two assists.

Chelios, the NHL’s oldest player at 45, skated in his 1,550th game, breaking a tie with Hall of Famer Alex Delvecchio to move into eighth place on the career list.

Off the ice

Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake has a rare form of leukemia that he said leaves him in no immediate danger and is highly treatable. The 34-year-old left wing has started treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia and doesn’t expect to miss any playing time. … The NHL Network, available in Canada since 2001, will begin airing this month through carriage agreements with Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, DirecTV, Dish Network and Time Warner Cable.