Ottawa captures series lead
ottawa » Kyle Turris capped Ottawa’s comeback fromtwo deficits and pulled the Senators one win fromreturning to the Eastern Conference final for the first time in 10 years.
Turris scored 6:28 into overtime to lift the Senators to 5-4 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday for a 3-2 series lead in their second-round series.
Derick Brassard tied the score with 1:26 left in the third period for Ottawa, which trailed 2-0 just 5½ minutes into the game and 4-3 with 7:12 remaining.
“We’ve talked about not sabotaging ourselves, and we were on our way to do that again,” Sena- tors coach Guy Boucher said of the early deficit.
Mark Stone, Mike Hoffman and Tom Pyatt also scored and Craig Anderson stopped 29 shots to help Ottawa get its fifth overtime win of the postseason, including a double-overtime victory here against the Rangers in Game 2. Erik Karlsson had three assists.
Jesper Fast, Nick Holden, Ryan McDonagh and Jimmy Vesey scored for the Rangers, and Henrik Lundqvist finished with 32 saves.
Michael Grabner appeared to win it for the Rangers less than 5 minutes into overtime, but it was disallowed because his redirection came on a high-stick.
Turris then knocked in the re- bound of his own shot through Lundqvist’s five-hole to put the Senators one win away from returning to the conference finals for the first time since 2007.
“You have to have that belief. You’re not going to score the first goal every game. It’s not going to always go your way,” Pyatt said.
Capitals 4, Penguins 2
washington » EvgenyKuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin struck 27 seconds apart in the third period to give theCapitals a two-goal victory over the Penguins and crawl back into their second-round series in the EasternConference 3-2.
Kuznetsov scored 7:20 into the third. Nicklas Backstrom tied the score at 2-2 early in the third as the Capitals finally solved Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who allowed four goals on 32 shots.
Penguins star SidneyCrosby returned to the lineup for Game 5 after missing the previous game with a concussion.
Crosby had an assist and Carl Hagelin and PhilKessel scored for the Penguins.
Late Friday: Ducks 4, Oilers 3, 2OT
anaheim, calif. » Corey Perry scored 6:57 into the second overtime after the Anaheim Ducks rallied from a three-goal deficit in the final minutes of regulation, completing a spectacular victory over the Edmonton Oilers and seizing a 3-2 lead in their second-round series.