Bruins Force OT but Fall Short
Former Bruin Auld made 44 saves and kept Ottawa in the game.
Ottawa (AP) - In a game where Ottawa tried everything possible to give the Bruins the game, it was journeyman goaltender Alexander Auld who came up huge in keeping Ottawa alive. Boston had a total of 9 power plays which aided in their putting up a whopping total of 47 shots on goal. This included an extended 4 on 3 in overtime in which Boston had a barrage of chances turned away.
The Bruins looked like they were going to bury themselves early in the 3rd period as a turnover in their own defensive zone resulted in a goal by Dean McAmmond putting the Sens up 3-1 with 18 minutes to go in the game. The Bruins would not give up, however, as Marc Savard hooked up with Phil Kessel on a beautiful feed to the streaking winger. Kessel broke away from the defense and dangled his way to his 3rd goal of the season with just under 8 minutes to go. Things, however, started to look bleak for the Bruins as they entered the final minute still trailing as they blew another opportunity on the power play.
Zdeno Chara quickly changed that tone as he blasted in his second goal of the season with 49 seconds to go in regulation. Auld got a piece of it with the blocker but the shot was too hot to handle and it deflected over and in from the point. The Bruins had a golden opportunity earlier to tie it on a rebound off a point shot from Stuart to Kobasew. Kobasew was stoned by Auld as he stacked the pads to take away the rebound chance.
However, the Chara goal was the last good news of the night for the Bruins as they blew an extended 4 on 3 as the Sens committed two penalties in the overtime. Then with just 33 seconds to go and finally back to full strength Dany Heatley buried his second goal of the game to give the Senators the overtime victory.
The Bruins will have tomorrow off and then have a back-to-back on Monday with the Penguins for their home opener at the Garden followed by a road game in Buffalo Tuesday night. Thomas is expected to get the call in net vs. the Pens while Manny will handle the duties in Buffalo.
Box Score
Code:
1 2 3 OT Total
Ottawa 1 1 1 1 4
Boston 0 1 2 0 3
Scoring Summary
1st Period
Ottawa 9:57, Dany Heatley (D. Alfredsson, J. Smith)
2nd Period
Boston 4:02, Chuck Kobasew (2) (K. Tkachuk, M. Hunwick)
Ottawa 11:07, Sean Avery (PP) (A. Vermette, M. Fisher)
3rd Period
Ottawa 1:38, Dean McAmmond (Unassissted)
Boston 12:15, Phil Kessel (3) (M. Savard) 12:15
Boston 19:11, Zdeno Chara (2) (P. Bergeron, B. Wheeler)
Overtime
Ottawa 4:27, Dany Heatley (A. Volchenkov, J. Smith)
Team Shots on Goal Faceoffs Power Plays
1 2 3 OT Total Won Lost Converted Total
BOS 13 7 20 7 47 30 18 0 9
OTT 8 11 7 4 30 18 30 1 4
Ottawa
Goalies Shots Saves
A. Auld 47 44
Skaters TOI G A +/- SOG PIM
D. Alfredsson 18:47 0 1 0 4 6
S. Avery 18:49 1 0 0 4 0
S. Donovan 11:02 0 0 0 1 0
M. Fisher 21:22 0 1 0 2 0
N. Folgino 19:17 0 0 1 0 0
D. Heatley 15:14 2 0 2 3 2
C. Kelly 12:02 0 0 0 2 0
F. Kuba 21:42 0 0 0 1 2
D. McAmmond 11:39 1 0 1 2 4
C. Neil 4:24 0 0 -1 0 0
C. Phillips 18:45 0 0 -3 0 0
A. Picard 18:40 0 0 0 1 0
C. Schubert 10:37 0 0 -1 1 0
J. Smith 24:47 0 2 3 0 0
J. Spezza 14:21 0 0 -1 3 0
A. Vermette 15:24 0 1 0 3 2
A. Volchenkov 26:38 0 1 0 0 2
L. Wilson 18:28 0 0 -2 3 0
Boston
Goalies Shots Saves
T. Thomas 30 26
Skaters TOI G A +/- SOG PIM
P. Axelsson 8:39 0 0 0 1 0
P. Bergeron 18:50 0 1 2 3 0
Z. Chara 27:56 1 0 0 10 0
A. Ference 15:25 0 0 0 0 0
M. Hunwick 18:22 0 1 0 0 0
P. Kessel 21:16 1 0 1 4 0
C. Kobasew 10:23 1 0 1 4 0
D. Krejci 21:02 0 0 1 5 0
M. Lucic 14:26 0 0 -2 1 4
M. Ryder 22:20 0 0 -1 4 2
M. Savard 22:56 0 1 -2 6 0
M. Stuart 17:17 0 0 0 2 0
S. Thornton 9:29 0 0 0 1 0
K. Tkachuk 17:55 0 1 1 0 2
A. Ward 21:31 0 0 -1 0 0
B. Wheeler 17:38 0 1 1 4 0
D. Wideman 16:51 0 0 0 2 0
S. Yelle 11:42 0 0 0 0 0
Penalty Summary
1st Period
Boston Cross Checking- 2 Min 0:25, Milan Lucic
Ottawa Holding- 2 Min 10:20, Dean McAmmond
Ottawa Tripping- 2 Min 15:38, Filip Kuba
2nd Period
Boston High Sticking- 2 Min 10:11, Milan Lucic
Ottawa Tripping- 2 Min 11:31, Dany Heatly
Boston Tripping- 2 Min 12:16, Michael Ryder
Ottawa High Sticking- 2 Min 18:25, Dean McAmmond
3rd Period
Boston Cross Checking- 2 Min 3:33, Keith Tkachuk
Ottawa Tripping- 2 Min 4:10, Daniel Alfredsson
Ottawa Holding- 2 Min 9:11, Antoine Vermette
OTtawa Tripping- 2 Min 16:27, Daniel Alfredsson
Overtime
Ottawa Holding- 2 Min 1:01, Daniel Alfredsson
Ottawa Delay of Game- 2 Min 2:16, Anton Volchenkov