OTTAWA —  The Maple Leafs made a lot more noise back home in Toronto than they did in a shootout with the Ottawa Senators.

Overshadowing their 2-1 loss Thursday night, the Maple Leafs reached a deal with Brian Burke to take over as president and general manager.

"I am really excited that Brian is able to get this straightened out, if it is true," said Toronto coach Ron Wilson, Burke's college roommate at Providence.

The Associated Press learned Thursday night that the Maple Leafs completed negotiations with Burke, the former Anaheim general manager who led the Ducks to the 2007 Stanley Cup title. Burke will replace Cliff Fletcher, hired as interim general manager following John Ferguson's firing in January.

"He's done a great job setting the table for Burkie," Wilson said.

In the only other NHL game Thursday night, Calgary beat Vancouver 4-3.

The Senators kept it simple in the shootout against Vesa Toskala.

Rather than trying to deke the goalie, Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson scored on wrist shots from the low slot to give Ottawa its second straight victory.

"He plays a little deeper than most guys so that was kind of my reasoning behind shooting," Spezza said. "I thought maybe to deke if he came out far, but ... I think he was relying on playing deep and not letting us beat him on a deke."

Alfredsson scored on Ottawa's third attempt.

"Usually, I kind of take it as it goes, but today I just made up my mind to kind of pull it in and then go high glove," Alfredsson said.

Alex Auld stopped Nikolai Kulemin and Lee Stempniak in the shootout after turning aside 25 shots in regulation and overtime.

"Toskala stood on his head, but Auldie's just been rock solid for us," Spezza said. "He hasn't allowed too many goals, his numbers are great, he's playing with a lot of confidence and he seems to be a guy who's really seeing the puck well."

Mike Fisher, back in Ottawa's lineup after missing two games because of a knee injury, opened the scoring early in the first, but Kulemin tied it moments later.

Toskala stopped 34 shots to help the Maple Leafs earn a standings point despite extending their losing streak to five (0-3-2).

"He was awesome for us," rookie defenseman Luke Schenn said. "He definitely gave us a chance to win."

Ottawa outshot Toronto 35-26, including a 5-0 margin in overtime as Toskala came up with a pair of big stops on Fisher in the final seconds.

"It wasn't for lack of chances," Fisher said. "We had some good, quality shots and chances and he played really well."

The Maple Leafs ended a team-record 17-game stretch without being outshot.

The Senators hadn't played since their 4-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday ended a 0-4-2 skid.

Jason Blake didn't play for Toronto because of a suspected concussion. Blake was injured when he was hit by Atlanta's Colby Armstrong on Tuesday night.

Fisher got credit for his third goal of the season 3:54 in when his centering pass toward Shean Donovan went into the net off Toronto defenseman Tomas Kaberle's skate.

Kulemin tied it 59 seconds later when he tapped in Mikhail Grabovski's pass through the crease for his fourth goal.

Flames 4, Canucks 3

At Vancouver, British Columbia, Michael Cammalleri scored three times, and Curtis Glencross added the winner for Calgary on a breakaway with 6:31 left.

Cammalleri's hat trick goal gave the Flames a 3-2 lead 1:18 into the third period.

Mason Raymond tied it on a delayed penalty, but Glencross intercepted a pass just over 2 minutes later and beat Curtis Sanford with a backhander.

Miikka Kiprusoff made 27 saves to help the Flames win for the fourth time in five games and move within three points of the Northwest Division-leading Canucks.

Darcy Hordichuk and Daniel Sedin also scored for Vancouver. The Canucks lost in regulation for the first time in 11 games (8-1-2).

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