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Originally Posted by ronaldo
Buffalo 4-2 with an empty netter. Back to Ottawa with all the pressure on the Sens.
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Predict0wn3d! :D
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -Postseason underachievers no more, Daniel Alfredsson and the Ottawa Senators are in the Stanley Cup finals for the first time.
The Senators captain scored 9:32 into overtime to seal a 3-2 win over the top-seeded Buffalo Sabres, sealing the Eastern Conference finals in five games on Saturday.
The Senators rallied from a 1-0 deficit and rebounded after Maxim Afinogenov forced overtime with a power-play goal with 9 minutes left in regulation.
Dany Heatley had a goal and two assists, and Jason Spezza also scored for the new and very improved Senators that had known only frustration in nine previous postseason appearances.
Leave it to Alfredsson, the player who has appeared in all of the franchise's 94 playoff games to finally push them through. Accepting Heatley's pass on the fly, Alfredsson broke over the blue line. He used Sabres defender Brian Campbell as a screen, and had his shot sneak in inside the right post.
Ottawa will now wait to face Anaheim or Detroit. The Western final series is tied at 2, with Game 5 at Detroit on Sunday.
The Presidents' Trophy-winning Sabres were knocked out in the semifinals for the second straight year.
3-2 Ottawa in OT.
I'm lovin it.