Senators come back to win 3-2 in OT and knot series

2011-12 Playoff Game No. 4; Road Game No. 2	Series tied 2-2
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GAME RECAP Associated Press Kyle Turris scored at 2:42 of overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 victory over the Rangers on Wednesday night, tying the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series at two games apiece. Milan Michalek and Sergei Gonchar scored in the second period for the Senators to erase a 2-0 deficit, and Craig Anderson stopped 31 shots. Anton Stralman and Ryan Callahan had power-plays goals early in the first period for the Rangers. Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves. Both teams had great opportunities to take the lead in the third period. Ottawa created a flurry of chances in the final minute, but was unable to beat Lundqvist. The Rangers' best opportunity came with just over five minutes remaining when Nick Foligno was called for tripping, but the Senators killed the penalty. Anderson made big saves on Brian Boyle and Brad Richards early in the period, and Lundqvist made a huge save on Chris Phillips with just over seven minutes remaining. Ottawa cut it to 2-1 at the 7:04 of the second. Matt Carkner, coming out of the penalty box, took a pass from Jason Spezza and fed it to Michalek, who backhanded it over Lundqvist's right shoulder.  The crowd of 20,340 at Scotiabank Place gave Ottawa a standing ovation for more than 3 minutes. Ottawa tied it on the same power play, with Gonchar's shot from the top of the faceoff circle making it through traffic and past Lundqvist with 2:10 left in the period. After going 1-for-11 on the power play in the first three games, the Rangers scored twice with the man advantage in the first period. Stralman opened the scoring at 49 seconds, and Callahan was left all alone at the side of the net to bang in a rebound at 6:10. • COMMENT ON BLUESHIRTS UNITED | PHOTO GALLERY

PHOTO OF THE GAME STATS OF THE GAME The Rangers have tallied the first goal of the contest in each game this series. ... The Blueshirts notched two goals in seven power play attempts (10:35 total icetime), and are now 3-for-18 (16.7 percent) on the man-advantage in the playoffs. The two power play goals were the most by the Rangers in a postseason game since they tallied two against the Washington Capitals on Apr. 26, 2009. ... The Rangers were credited with 30 blocked shots in the contest, THREE STARS (selected by newyorkrangers.com) 1. Richards 2. Girardi 3. McDonagh

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THE BIGGER PICTURE This is why finishing No. 1 in the Eastern Conference was so important for the Rangers. It all comes down to home-ice advantage now, and the Blueshirts are fortunate to have it. Look for the Garden crowd to spur them on to a big win on Saturday.

RANGERS LEADERS Icetime -- Girardi (31:17) Shots -- Richards (8) Hits -- Prust (4) Blocks -- Richards (6) Takeaways -- Callahan (2) Faceoffs -- Boyle (28)

NEW YORK RANGERS' GAME 4 LINEUP AT OTTAWA
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Derek Stepan	Brad Richards	Marian Gaborik
Brandon Dubinsky	Artem Anisimov	Ryan Callahan
Ruslan Fedotenko	Brian Boyle	Brandon Prust
Mike Rupp	John Mitchell	Chris Kreider

DEFENSE PAIRINGS
Left Defense	Right Defense
Ryan McDonagh	Dan Girardi
Marc Staal	Anton Stralman
Michael Del Zotto	Stu Bickel
Goaltenders: Henrik Lundqvist, Martin Biron Starting Lineup: Lundqvist, McDonagh, Girardi, Fedotenko, Boyle, Prust.

POWER PLAY UNITS
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Ryan Callahan	Brad Richards	Marian Gaborik
Brandon Dubinsky	Brian Boyle	Artem Anisimov

POINT MEN
Left Point	Right Point
Michael Del Zotto	Stepan/Stralman
Ryan McDonagh	Dan Girardi

PENALTY KILLING UNITS
FORWARD UNITS
Forward	Forward
Prust/Dubinsky	Brian Boyle
Ruslan Fedotenko	Artem Anisimov
Ryan Callahan	Derek Stepan

DEFENSE PAIRINGS
Left Defense	Right Defense
Ryan McDonagh	Dan Girardi
Marc Staal	Del Zotto/Stralman