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Senators' Erik Condra, left, Colin Greening, center,
Jean-Gabriel Pageau, right, and Daniel Alfredsson
celebrate after Greening scores the winning goal
against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the second
overtime period of Game 4 of their Stanley Cup Eastern
Conference semifinal NHL hockey series at Scotiabank
Place in Ottawa on Sunday, May 19, 2013. |
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OTTAWA —
Colin Greening scored 7:39 into double overtime, and the
Ottawa Senators rallied for a 2-1 victory over the
Pittsburgh Penguins that cut their series deficit to 2-1 on
Sunday night.
Daniel
Alfredsson got Ottawa even 1-1 by scoring a short-handed
goal with 29 seconds left in regulation, just after the
Senators pulled goalie Craig Anderson for an extra skater.
Anderson
made 49 saves, including 18 after regulation. Tomas Vokoun
stopped 46 shots for Pittsburgh and took his first loss
(4-1) since taking over for No. 1 Penguins goalie Marc-Andre
Fleury.
Game 4 of
the Eastern Conference semifinal series will be in Ottawa on
Wednesday.
Tyler
Kennedy scored with just over a minute to play in the second
period to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead. That goal stood up
until Alfredsson tied it.
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New
York Rangers right wing Ryan Callahan (24) celebrates
his goal and center Derek Stepan cheers from behind as
Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara (33) reacts
during the first period in Game 2 of the NHL Eastern
Conference semifinal hockey playoff series in Boston,
Sunday, May 19, 2013.
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BRUINS
5, RANGERS 2
BOSTON —
Johnny Boychuk broke a tie midway through the second period,
and Boston scored two goals in the third to beat the New
York Rangers and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference
semifinal series.
Boychuk's
third playoff goal made it 3-2 at 12:08 of the second. Brad
Marchand, whose overtime goal won the opener, and Milan
Lucic stretched the Bruins' lead in the final period.
Boston
rookie Torey Krug scored the first goal before Ryan Callahan
tied it for the Rangers in the first period. Gregory
Campbell made it 2-1, and New York pulled even again on Rick
Nash's goal in the second.
Games 3 and
4 of the best-of-seven series will be played in New York.
Rangers
goalie Henrik Lundqvist, last year's Vezina Trophy winner,
had his second straight tough game after posting consecutive
shutouts in Games 6 and 7 of the first round against the
Washington Capitals when the Rangers faced elimination.
Tuukka Rask
was solid for Boston, stopping 35 shots.