ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Ryan Getzlaf scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 4:46 to play on a freaky deflection off Lance Bouma's skate, and Anaheim took a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. The Senators should have put it away long before it got to that stage, but neither team could get the victor in the third so they were forced to do the extra work for the second straight game to determine which team would take advantage in the series. "I tried to get as much on it and luckily it found a way through". The Senators jumped out to a 3-0 lead less than five minutes into the second period.
Noel Acciari and David Backes also scored for the Bruins.
Craig Anderson made 17 saves in the Ottawa goal while Rask had 28 saves for Boston. Scoring the other Senators goals were Derick Brassard, Chris Wideman and Clarke MacArthur. It's the playoffs and no one feels sorry for us.
Despite a spirited comeback from the Boston Bruins, the Black and Gold were unable to seal the deal against the Ottawa Senators Monday night at TD Garden, dropping a 4-3 overtime contest in Game 3 of the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It's going to be a tough series. "They're passionate fans and they're going to try to help their team win games. The crowd kind of willed them into it".
And Monday was the Patriots' Day holiday in MA and before the hockey game came the 121st Boston Marathon, with close to 30,000 participants pounding the pavement.
"We just have to stick with it and not get too high", winger Zack Smith said.
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The Senators started the overtime period with the man advantage as the Bruins took a delay of game penalty with 12.5 seconds remaining in regulation. Possessing the puck from behind the Senators' net, Karlsson spotted Hoffman slipping behind Boston's blue liners and fired home a Hail-Mary pass that hit his forward in stride. Backes, in alone, pulled Boston to within a goal by beating Anderson at 6:47 to cut Ottawa's lead to 3-2. Hoffman was one of the two players I singled out as needing to step up, and he did so as well. After scoring 85 points in 80 games, Marchand has just one goal in the series.
Even Bobby Orr, the beloved former Bruin great who was among those in attendance, must have had trouble digesting what was unfolding at ice level.
As the final lineup is confirmed, these lines will be updated to best reflect the lines in game three. D Tommy Cross, a Boston College product, made his playoff (and also his 2016-17) debut with the Bruins, who were missing four defensemen because of injury. Boston just barely avoids an elimination game in Ottawa on Friday.
The Bruins were already down to their ninth defenseman on the depth chart as Joe Morrow was in for an injured Colin Miller.
Boston stretched their lead to 3-1 a few minutes later on the power play, and cameras caught captain Erik Karlsson yelling at teammate Derrick Brassard from the bench and looking rather unhappy.
And the Bruins were not done yet.
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