"It hurts, because he's one of our better players," said DeBoer, who didn't know the extent of Carter's injury.

The Senators finally tied the game at 1-1, when 40-year-old captain Alfredsson lifted a backhand attempt over Brodeur with 11:48 left. It was the fourth goal of the season for Alfredsson and the 420th of his 17-year career. Silfverberg and Kyle Turris received assists on the play.

The game went into overtime with the Senators having a one-man advantage, 4-on-3, but the Senators managed just one shot by Alfredsson that was stopped by Brodeur.

Notes: Knowing that he lost Karlsson for the season, MacLean was less than cordial before the game. "We're a work ethic-based team and that never changes," he said. "That's what we're going to be. We're always going to play the same way." Karlsson had 19 goals and 59 assists for the Senators last season, earning the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman. ... DeBoer admitted his team has hit a bit of a lull. "We lost a little bit of that edge we had early on," he said. "We need to get that back." ... The Devils sent center Jacob Josefson to Albany of the AHL and recalled center Andrei Loktionov, who was acquired in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings Feb. 6 for a fifth-round draft pick. Josefson saw action in each of the previous 15 games, collecting just one assist. DeBoer said it was a move to attempt to keep the third and fourth lines as fresh as possible. ... Defenseman Mark Fayne, who made two giveaways Friday night in the win over the Philadelphia Flyers, was a healthy scratch for a second straight game for the Devils. ... Kovalchuk saw his six-game scoring streak come to an end.