The New York Rangers cannot hold a lead in Ottawa. Simple as that really.
On Saturday afternoon, Kyle Turris scored 6:28 into overtime to give the Senators a 5-4 win and 3-2 series lead over the Rangers.
“I know it’s Kentucky Derby day. I guess that was our horse tonight,” Senators coach Guy Boucher said of Turris. “Definitely somebody who came out with the max character and the pushback we can expect from him. It was very inspiring.”
Former Rangers, Derick Brassard scored with under two minutes left in regulation to force the extra session.
Craig Anderson made 29 saves to get the win.
“We played two great games and they came out today with a really good effort,” Rangers defenseman Marc Staal said. “We’ll look to do the same. Come back in our building and play our best hockey.”
Mark Stone, Mike Hoffman and Tom Pyatt also struck for the Sens in regulation.
Jesper Fast, Nick Holden, Ryan McDonagh and Jimmy Vesey scored for the Rangers.
“We found a way to lose some games here. That’s pretty much it,” Staal said. “We had our opportunities to close out some games here, just haven’t been able to do it. We have to win our home game now.”
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Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves in the loss.
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