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OTTAWA - It was always supposed to be a memorable night in Ottawa — it just turned out differently than expected.On a day when longtime Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson announced his retirement and said his goodbyes to the Ottawa crowd, it was Islanders goaltender Jaroslav Halak who stole the spotlight once the game started.Halak made 20 saves Thursday night, setting a franchise record for consecutive wins as New York defeated the Senators 2-1.Halak, with a 14-4-0 record this season, won his 11 straight game to surpass Billy Smiths 1982 record.Its always nice, but I would say Im not here to chase any records or anything, said Halak. Im here to have fun, play hockey and try to help the guys win the game.Casey Cizikas scored the game winner for the Islanders (19-7-0). Brock Nelson also scored.The Senators (10-10-5) are now winless in their last four games.After one loss youve got some concern, said Ottawas Chris Neil. You want to win as many games as possible, but right now were just finding ways to lose games.Mika Zibanejad scored the lone goal for Ottawa, while Craig Anderson faced 25 shots.Anderson has lost his last five starts for the first time since an eight-game skid from Jan. 21-Feb. 11, 2012.The Senators goaltender was unavailable for comment following the game.Alfredsson, who announced his retirement in the morning, took part in the pre-game warm-up where he bid his final farewell to a soldout crowd of 20,511 at Canadian Tire Centre.I still think the day was what it is and it was a great day, said captain Erik Karlsson. That was the positive of the day and obviously we didnt win the game and thats not fun and thats a separate situation from the other one and I dont think either of them are going to overshadow the other one.Added alternate captain Chris Phillips: Its very disappointing not to win that game with the hype and energy that we had out there.This was the Senators second straight loss to the Islanders this week. New York defeated Ottawa 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday.Halak was instrumental in both games, although the Senators rarely tested him Thursday night with just nine shots through two periods.I think the last two nights (Halak) would be the first to tell you I thought we did a pretty good job, said Islanders coach Jack Capuano. We didnt give him much (to face) through two periods tonight, and the last game we didnt give the opposition too much.To me youve got to stay focused, and hes doing that. Its great to see him break the record and he deserves it.The Islanders took the lead at 13:33 of the third as Thomas Hickey made a cross-ice pass to Cizikas, who beat Anderson with the one-timer.Special teams were the difference in the second period as both teams scored with the man advantage.The Islanders opened the scoring at the 11-minute mark as Nelson took a great pass from Frans Nielsen behind the net to beat Anderson.The Senators made the most of a two-man advantage to tie the game. With Nelson already in the box, Brian Strait took a high-sticking penalty. Erik Karlsson and Zibanejad played give-and-go before Zibanejad rifled a shot through Halaks pads.Both teams failed to score in the first period.Overall we played pretty solid and (Anderson) gave us a chance to win the game, but we just couldnt get the puck in the net, said Karlsson. Thats frustrating sometimes, but at least we played well for most of the 60 minutes and we just have to build off that.Ottawa defenceman Marc Methot played his first game of the season after missing the first 24 games with a lower body injury.I was pretty happy with my game, said Methot. I just kept it simple and I didnt try and do anything too fancy. I think as the games progress Ill get better.The Senators are back in action Saturday as they take on the Pittsburgh Penguins, while the Islanders return home to take on the St. Louis Blues.Notes: The Senators placed D Patrick Wiercioch on injured reserve with a muscle strain. D Jared Cowen, C Colin Greening and C Zack Smith were healthy scratches. The Islanders were without D Travis Hamonic (upper-body) and RW Cal Clutterbuck (lower-body). Both are day-to-day. C Josh Bailey was a healthy scratch. Johnny Bower Jersey . -- Aaron Rodgers looked fine on the practice field Thursday. 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The Diamondbacks have lost nine of 10 and have the worst record in the majors (5-17). Arroyo and Wood were plenty familiar with each other having been teammates on the Cincinnati Reds from 2010-11. Wood tagged Arroyo with his three-run homer in the second inning and RBI double in the fourth. With the bases loaded in the sixth, Gibson called on J.J. Putz to face Wood, and Wood hit the ball right back to the right-hander to start an inning-ending double play. "Its supposed to be the free out in the lineup," Arroyo said. "Tonight it obviously wasnt, I mean, (Wood) pushed across almost all the runs. Hes always been good at the plate, thats something you just dont want to let beat you, but thats the way it went tonight." Wood, with a grin, admitted he was swinging hard for another home run when he faced Putz. The right-handed swinging, lefty-throwing Wood was unsure if an opposing manager had ever made a pitching change with him at the plate. Cubs manager Rick Renteria said he has not previously seen a reliever brought in to face a pitcher. "He was a one-man wrecking crew," Renteria said of Wood. "I can see where (Gibson) was looking a guy who was swinging the bat today. His sense was he needed more velocity and Putzs split." Welington Castillo hit a two-out bloop single to right field to score Starlin Castro from second for a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Ryan Kalish followed Castillos RBI single with a single of his own to extend the inning. Arroyo fell behind in the count 1-0 before Wood hit a hanging slider for a three-run shot into the left field bleachers. It was Woods seventh career home run. Wood drove in another run in the fourth wiith an RBI double that nicked off Arizona centre fielder Tony Campanas glove near the wall.dddddddddddd Arroyo stranded Wood at second by getting Emilio Bonifacio to ground out to end the fourth, but Woods fourth RBI gave the Cubs a 5-0 lead. "Hes a good guy and a good pitcher," Wood said of Arroyo. "I was fortunate enough to get him tonight." Diamondbacks left fielder Mark Trumbo hit his MLB-leading seventh home run in the seventh. Trumbo hit the first pitch he saw from Wood into the centre field bleachers to cut the Cubs lead to 5-1. One of the Diamondbacks best chances to score against Wood came in the sixth. Arroyo led off with a broken-bat single to left field and Chris Owings singled to put runners on first and second with nobody out. But Wood struck out Hill, got Paul Goldschmidt to fly out to right field and forced Martin Prado to pop out in foul territory to strand the runners. "(Wood) was hitting that outside corner and he came out throwing his cutter inside early," Gibson said. "Mixing in his changeup, just hitting the corners. He tired a little bit there late, we had a good opportunity and we only got one run out of it." The Cubs had a prime opportunity to blow the game open in the sixth. However, they failed to score with the bases loaded and no one out. NOTES: The start of the game was delayed 1 hour, 1 minute because of rain. ... Cubs manager Rick Renteria said RHP Carlos Villanueva will remain in the starting rotation and make his next start Friday against Milwaukee. ... RHP Jake Arrieta (shoulder stiffness) pitched 5 2-3 innings at High-A Daytona, likely his last rehab start before being activated from the 15-day disabled list. Arrieta allowed five runs (three earned) on five hits with seven strikeouts and two walks. He allowed three home runs. ... Diamondbacks CF A.J. Pollack was not in the lineup Monday after leaving Sundays game against the Dodgers in the sixth inning with stiffness in the left side of his neck. Pollack will be going to see a chiropractor and is day to day. ... OF Gerardo Parra was given the day off Monday. Parra is hitting .160 in his last six games. "Hes played every game and you see certain things in his game, hes just grinding down a little bit," Gibson said. "Everything weve been going through, its been tough on everybody and you just try and rotate the guys in and give guys a break." ' ' '