The Bruins took Game 1 in Ottawa and then jumped out to a 3-1 lead in Saturday's Game 2 before the Senators stormed back to win 4-3 in overtime and knot the series up at a game apiece.
Dion Phaneuf scored at 1:59 of overtime and the Ottawa Senators rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday. Ottawa was awarded the man advantage when Boston's Riley Nash was whistled for roughing 4:38 into overtime after throwing a punch at Ryan.
"Noel was playing good hockey when he got hurt", Bruins interim coach Bruce Cassidy said.
"They front load a few of them and that will tilt our decisions", said Cassidy. There's 10 guys. You just can't put them in that position to make that call.
BOSTON - The Ottawa Senators could make one change Monday in Game 3.
"It feels incredible and we took home-ice back and that's what's important", Ryan said.
Considering the physical tone in Monday's contest, Bruins forward David Backes acknowledged that he was surprised that matching penalties on Nash and Ryan were not issued at the very least.
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CHICAGO - Pekka Rinne made 30 saves in his second consecutive shutout and picked up two assists, helping the Nashville Predators pound the Chicago Blackhawks for a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.
Game 2 was pretty event in most ways. Through the first two games, the Sens have outshot the Bruins 56-54 (but trail 96-95 in 5-on-5 shot attempts), surrendered only one power play goal and hold an 86-80 edge in hits. Ottawa added another goal early in the second before Boston produced a dramatic comeback. Then Backes, in alone after a bouncing puck eluded Ryan, pulled Boston to within a goal by beating Anderson at 6:47.
Acciari, making his playoff debut, scored on a redirect at 6:05 to cut the deficit to 3-1.
The Bruins made up for their sloppy start and came out more aggressive on the offensive end in the second period, scoring three goals on just seven shots - including the two in 42 seconds - to get back into the game. Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots. They could easily be down 0-2 in this series but took advantage of defensive breakdowns by the Bruins to even things up.
Mark Borowiecki will be replaced in the Ottawa Senators' lineup by Ben Harpur in Game 3 against the Boston Bruins. Neither Torey Krug (knee) nor Adam McQuaid, who sustained an upper-body injury in Saturday's Game 2, skated on Sunday.
When you look at the championship disparity between the Celtics' 17 National Basketball Association titles and the Bruins' five Stanley Cups, that leaves the latter team with plenty of years when an otherwise good season is overshadowed: 1969, 1976, 1981, 1986, and 2008 were years in which the Bruins made the playoffs, but in which the Celtics would win their championship in those springs.
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