RALEIGH, N.C. -- Cam Ward has made many, many saves in his NHL career. Still, he can appreciate a good one. Ward stopped 35 shots in the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night, with none more entertaining than his desperation stick save against Colin Greening in the first period. "I had goose bumps after that one," Ward said. "We play this game for a living but when you make a save like that, I turn into a little kid. It also was a sigh of relief to get that save because that was a big part of the game in the first period." Ward had already given up a rebound goal to Jason Spezza 1:07 into the game when he stopped Greening to keep it close for Carolina, who scored three times in the second to take command. Ward said his confidence grew immensely playing on consecutive days for the first time this season. He missed 10 games with a lower-body injury and returned to the lineup on Nov. 18. Eric Staal had a goal and two assists, and Patrick Dwyer, Tuomo Ruutu and rookie Elias Lindholm each scored for the Hurricanes, who have won 10 of 11 at home against Ottawa. Staal scored an empty-net goal with 2:29 left. With both teams playing the second of back-to-back games, it was visiting Ottawa which jumped out early on Spezzas 10th of the season But Ottawa coach Paul MacLean said his team didnt play hard enough to win. "We dont play long enough to consistently win," MacLean said. "A three-minute span in the second period and we end up making two costly errors that were self-inflicted. One ends up in our net and the other ends up in penalty, then ends up in our net. Dwyer got his third goal of the season with a stinging shot inside the upper far post from the right circle at 3:10 to tie it. Three minutes later Ruutu gave Carolina a 2-1 lead, and midway through the period Lindholm, a rookie, scored on the power play for the Hurricanes. Ottawa goalie Robin Lehner was solid except for the 6-minute stretch in the second period, finishing with 33 saves. We have to find the answer to why we cant be aggressive three periods a game," Lehner said. "They scored three good ones and we couldnt catch up. The factor on the last two was that they had too much time. The first one was a pretty good goal and the last two they had a lot of time." NOTES -- Carolina LW Jirii Tlusty played his 300th NHL game. ... Staal extended his point streak to six games. ... Ottawa C Mika Zibanejad has three points (1g, 2a) in his last three games. ... The Senators played their 1,600th game in franchise history. Terrance Ferguson Jersey . The midfielder had an operation on Saturday, and is set to miss seven Premier League games, the third round of the FA Cup and the semifinals of the League Cup. Abdel Nader Thunder Jersey . 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The pair represented one of the more formidable one-two offensive punches in the majors at the beginning of the decade, but injuries have slowed both players in recent years. Tulowitzki has been named an All-Star in four of the past five seasons and is still one of the best-hitting shortstops in the game. He posted a career-high .340 average in 2014, but was limited to just 91 games after injuring his hip. The knock on Tulowitzki, though, is not a production concern, its health. The 30-year-old has missed an average of 56 games over the past five seasons, fluctuating from a low of 47 in 2012 to a high of 143 in 2011. Over that span hes hit above .300 four of five years. He had hit 25 home runs or more in four of the past six seasons and 90-plus RBI four times between 2007 and 2011. He is under contract until 2021 on a deal that could pay him up to $129 million over that span, including $20 million in each of the next five seasons. That marks a $4 million increase from his 2014 earnings and is double what the Rockies paid him in 2013. Gonzalez, 29, led the National League in hits in 2010 with 197 and also chipped in a career-high 34 home runs and 117 runs batted-in that season. He signed a seven-year, $80.5 million contract extension in January, 2011 that keeps him under club control until the end of 2017. However, Gonzalez salary rises significantly over the next three seasons, jumping frrom $10.dddddddddddd5 million in 2014 to $16 million and $17 million in 2015 and 2016 respectively. He is owed $20 million in 2017, the final year of the deal. The problem is that his health and production have both declined in recent years. The 145 games Gonzalez played in 2010 still represent a career-high. He played a career-low 70 games in 2014, producing a batting average of just .238 with an OPS of .723 (down more than 200 points from his 2013 mark of .958). He also posted a -0.7 WAR, slipping to the wrong side of the ledger from a 4.8 in 2014 and a 5.9 in 2010. Gonzalez, like Tulowitzki, is coming off major surgery having undergone a procedure on his knee this past season. Speaking about the contracts and health concerns, Rosenthal told the MLB Network that trading the pair poses not only a challenge for the Rockies, but also signifies a major philosophical shift. When you look at those two things together, along with what Colorado would want - there not going to want to simply dump these guys, theyre going to want to make significant trades - Im not sure anything is going to happen anytime soon, Rosenthal said. The significance is, until now, we have heard consistently from that team and from the owner in particular, Dick Monfort; were not trading these guys. Theyre ours. Theyre ours forever. Rosenthal added. This is the first sign of a departure from that philosophy... The first sign that they are at least willing to listen and entertain the idea of trading one or both. And, frankly, well have to see where this goes. Given the demand for offence in todays game, I would be surprised if nothing happens. ' ' '