Pens fall to Senators in double overtime; Final Score 2-1

by Theresa · May 20, 2013

OTTAWA — With the Ottawa Senators’ playoff lives flashing before their eyes, the never-say-die team found yet another way to win Sunday night.

Captain Daniel Alfredsson made sure of it.

Alfredsson tied the game with a shorthanded goal with 28.6 seconds remaining in regulation, and Colin Greening won it with a goal at 7:39 of the second overtime to give the Senators a 2-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

Instead of being down 3-0, the Senators trail the best-of-7 series 2-1 with Game 4 Wednesday night at Scotiabank Place (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, RDS).

“I’m sure they look at it like this one hurts, they could have put a stranglehold on us,” Alfredsson said. “Now we’re right back in it.”

When a slashing penalty was called on Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson at 18:33 of the third period, it appeared the powerhouse Penguins would coast to a commanding series lead.

But with Ottawa goaltender Craig Anderson, who finished with 49 saves in another stellar performance, on the bench for an extra attacker, the Penguins somehow left the greatest player in Senators history all alone in front of their net.

Milan Michalek saw Alfredsson cruising in front and put a wrist shot toward him, allowing the Senators’ all-time leading scorer to tip the puck into the top corner past goalie Tomas Vokoun, sending the sellout crowd of 20,500 into a state of delirium moments after they thought they were witnessing what would have virtually amounted to the end of their team’s season.

“When you get rewarded and score the goal you can feel the whole building the way it erupted and that gives you energy,” Alfredsson said. “It’s a great feeling.” >> Continue Reading Recap <<

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