Tip-in by Ryan lifts Senators over Bruins 4-3 in overtime

The one loss to Boston of course was a one goal loss in game one.

The Senators came into the playoffs wondering about Erik Karlsson's foot injury and Marc Methot's finger, which was nearly severed at the tip by a Sidney Crosby slash.

Craig Anderson has gone from being the stone wall he was during the regular season to being inconsistent at best, posting a 0.892 save percentage and allowing eight goals in three games.

After missing the first two games with an upper-body injury, David Krejci was back in the lineup, landing a shot on goal in 14:38 of ice time.

MacArthur tied the score 70 seconds later with the Senators on a power play. And he directed all of his anger towards Derick Brassard, who was also an option for Anderson on that play.

Karlsson and Methot are playing in the playoffs.

"I haven't had a good practice in a really long time, but I knew that". "We had many opportunities to end it in the third".

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kevin Fiala scored on a backhander 16:44 into overtime, and the Nashville Predators rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the third period to push the Blackhawks to the brink of elimination.

In Game 2, Ottawa was fortunate enough to convert on two of their shots from outside the home plate area. Multi-goal leads have vanished in an instant.

The Ottawa Senators were all smiles Sunday.

It was there where you found your heart your throat as Acciari came up with a big block on Cody Ceci just a minute into the overtime. I don't mind it. I saw the replay, he took a couple of hits there and then gave him a little shove, so the refs can't see the replays the way we can. "Before the third period, we just said we've got to stay positive as much as we can".

Drew Stafford, Tim Schaller and Patrice Bergeron scored for Boston.

Tuukka Rask is not infallible. But he spotted Brassard wide open at the left faceoff dot and threaded a flawless pass across the ice. Braden Holtby made 48 saves before being beaten on the overtime victor. And with that exuberant exchange, all of the earlier tension and frostiness between the two players disappeared into the thunderous applause from a sold-out crowd.

Overall, there have been more good spring seasons than there have been bad ones as far as sports go in the Hub. "Everything was fine and we're moving on". "We have to get better because we haven't played a great game yet". "And not every second shift - but every shift".

Because of the ravaged rearguards on their roster, both Chara and McAvoy are being asked to play herculean minutes against Ottawa.

I hope you've had 24 hours to recover from Game 2, because tonight we do it all over again. With so many injuries on the backend, the team will need to play as a unit and share the effort in a complete 60-minute game. After all, when you look at Karlsson's Game 2 résumé against Boston, you could have sworn it was an Alfredsson-esque performance.

That goal doesn't get scored (or at least, not in the manner it was scored) if the referees call both Ryan and Nash for their respective offenses, and Ryan is then off the ice for the 4-on-4 play that would have taken place instead.