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Boston 2 2 0 0--4
Ottawa 2 2 0 1--5
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Boston, Samsonov 26 (Allison, Guerin), 3:37.
2, Ottawa, Yashin 37 (power play) (Alfredsson, Rachunek), 8:47. 3, Boston,
Samsonov 27 (Allison), 13:56. 4, Ottawa, Zamuner 19 (York), 17:43.
Penalties: Goren, Bos (fighting major), 3:14; Roy, Ott (fighting major),
3:14; Gill, Bos (cross checking), 8:24; Eloranta, Bos (hooking), 15:21;
Redden, Ott (tripping), 18:04.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Boston, Kovalenko 15 (power play)
(Eloranta, Thornton), 4:01. 6, Boston, Allison 32 (Guerin, Gill), 6:59. 7,
Ottawa, Fisher 6 (Zamuner), 9:56. 8, Ottawa, Redden 8 (power play)
(Yashin, Rachunek), 13:08. Penalties: White, Ott (slashing), 3:37;
Rolston, Bos (Obstr hooking), 12:26; Axelsson, Bos (slashing), 16:03;
Arvedson, Ott (hooking), 18:32.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Redden, Ott (high sticking),
2:30; Kovalenko, Bos (Diving), 6:13; Fisher, Ott (hooking), 6:13; York,
Ott (holding), 9:13; Mceachern, Ott (boarding), 12:06; Arvedson, Ott (
double high sticking minor), 15:13.
OVERTIME -- Scoring: 9, Ottawa, Havlat 19 (Hossa), 2:26.
Shots on goal:
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Boston 15 19 12 2--48
Ottawa 7 10 7 2--26
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Power-play Conversions: Bos - 1 of 8, Ott - 2 of 4. Goalies: Boston,
Dafoe (26 shots, 21 saves; record: 18-13-7). Ottawa, Lalime (48, 44;
record: 34-18-5). A:18,500. Referees: Koharski, Pollock. Linesmen: G
Devorski, Scapinello.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
Boston Ottawa
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Allison 1 2 +2 5 Alfredsson 0 1 -1 0
Axelsson 0 0 -1 0 Arvedson 0 0 -1 0
Eloranta 0 1 even 5 Dackell 0 0 -1 0
Gill 0 1 even 1 Fisher 1 0 +1 2
Goren 0 0 even 0 Havlat 1 0 +2 3
Guerin 0 2 +2 4 Hossa 0 1 +1 3
K Mclaren 0 0 even 4 Leschyshyn 0 0 +1 0
Knuble 0 0 -1 0 Mceachern 0 0 -2 4
Kovalenko 1 0 -1 3 Phillips 0 0 even 2
Kultanen 0 0 even 2 Rachunek 0 2 -1 1
Nazarov 0 0 even 0 Redden 1 0 -1 4
Popovic 0 0 +1 0 Roy 0 0 even 0
Rolston 0 0 -3 8 Salo 0 0 even 1
Samsonov 2 0 +3 6 Sillinger 0 0 even 1
Sweeney 0 0 even 1 White 0 0 even 0
Thornton 0 1 -1 7 Yashin 1 1 -2 3
Ward 0 0 even 0 York 0 1 +1 1
Weinrich 0 0 even 2 Zamuner 1 1 +2 1
C Mann Healthy Bonk Thumb Injury
Kolarik Healthy Lacroix Healthy
Rivers Healthy
Persson Healthy
Hnidy Healthy
Game Story
OTTAWA (Ticker) -- Rookie Martin Havlat scored 2:26 into
overtime as the Ottawa Senators clinched the Northeast Division
with a 5-4 victory over the Boston Bruins.
In a wide-open overtime in which both teams went for the win,
Havlat took a pass from Marian Hossa inside his own zone and
began a 2-on-1 against Boston defenseman Eric Weinrich.
Havlat skated along the left wing into the Bruins zone and
snapped a quick wrist shot from the faceoff circle that went
between the pads of goaltender Byron Dafoe. Havlat's 19 goals
are two behind Tampa Bay's Brad Richards for the NHL lead among
rookies.
"It's nice to score in overtime," Havlat said. "I've never
scored in overtime before. It was a 2-on-1, I wanted to take a
good shot and it goes in. Two points is better than one. It
was similar to a playoff game."
Patrick Lalime made 44 saves and improved to 34-18-5 as the
Senators moved one point in front of the idle New Jersey Devils
for the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
"We want first in the conference and there's still four games
left, it's going to be a very tough battle," Lalime said. "This
was a big game for us to win the guys showed some character.
Sure we gave up a lot shots on the power play, but we had some
quality scoring chances at the other end."
Sergei Samsonov scored two first-period goals for Boston, which
fell one point behind Carolina for the eighth and final playoff
spot in the East. The Hurricanes defeated Washington, 4-3, in
overtime on Friday. Carolina has three more wins than Boston
and also has won the season series.
The Bruins were 1-for-8 on the power play, including a
four-minute span late in the third period after Magnus
Arvedson's stick clipped Dixon Ward and drew blood.
"It's frustrating we gave up a two-goal lead," Boston coach Mike
Keenan said. "Sure a point is a point, but we're down two now.
We're down two now in terms of what we need to get into the
postseason. Our power play needs to score goals if we're going
to go anywhere. We weren't desperate enough out there at times
and it really showed up on our power play."
Ottawa had the best chance during Boston's four-minute man
advantage. Mike Fisher took a pass in the neutral zone and
began a break that ended with Dafoe making a sprawling save on
his backhander with 1:27 left.
"Our power play couldn't get the big one we needed and that kind
of sealed it for us," Dafoe said. "Both teams were going to the
net and they didn't have many shots, but they had some good
scoring opportunities. Sometimes that distinction makes a big
difference. We lost ground, but we've got a chance for another
two points tomorrow. We can't dwell on our losses right now, we
have to focus in the few games we have left."
Boston's only power-play goal gave it a 3-2 edge 4:01 into the
second period. After Lalime stopped shots by Joe Thornton and
Mikko Eloranta, Kovalenko stuffed the rebound in from the top
left crease for 15th goal.
Jason Allison's 32nd goal gave the Bruins a 4-2 advantage at
6:59 of the second. Allison took a cross-ice pass from Bill
Guerin and beat Lalime with a wrist shot from the left circle.
Ottawa cut the deficit to 4-3 when Fisher took a pass from Rob
Zamuner and lifted a shot over Dafoe's shoulder for his sixth
goal with 10:04 left in the second.
The Senators were on a power play when Wade Redden used Daniel
Alfredsson as a screen and fired a long slap shot past Dafoe for
his eighth goal with 6:52 remaining in the second.
Alexei Yashin and Zamuner scored in the first period for the
Senators.