Avalanche rally, beat Senators in OT
The official game recap Colorado Avalanche vs Ottawa Senators.
Tyson Barrie scored 33 seconds into overtime Wednesday to give the Colorado Avalanche a 4-3 win against the Ottawa Senators at Pepsi Center.
Barrie beat goalie Craig Anderson with a shot from the right hash marks after taking a passout from Paul Stastny, who tied the game with 2:20 remaining in regulation. Stastny's goal came on a rebound after Anderson made a save against Gabriel Landeskog, who had beaten the defense and broken in alone on the goaltender.
Down 2-0 early in the first period, the Senators scored two goals 1:25 apart in the second period to take a 3-2 lead.
Jason Spezza, who missed the previous four games because of a hip flexor, tied the game at 12:53 during a 5-on-3 advantage. Spezza was parked to the right of Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov when he tucked Clarke MacArthur's pass inside the left post.
Cory Sarich (slashing) and Jan Hejda (delay of game) were in the penalty box. The Avalanche complained that Hejda's clearing attempt hit Maxime Talbot's hand before going over the glass.
Kyle Turris scored four seconds after the end of the ensuing 5-on-4 advantage at 14:18 with a one-timer from the left circle off a pass from Mark Stone.
The Senators nearly scored during a power play earlier in the period. Bobby Ryan shot the puck off the goal post and Cody Ceci cranked a shot off the crossbar.
Anderson stopped Matt Duchene skating into the Ottawa zone with speed with 55 seconds to play in the period.
The Avalanche took a quick 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Jamie McGinn and Hejda, but the Senators answered late on a goal by MacArthur, stretching his goal-scoring streak to four games.
McGinn, who has four goals in the past five games, connected for his 10th of the season at 2:19 on Colorado's lone power play of the game. Nick Holden passed across to Erik Johnson at the right point for a shot that McGinn deflected past Anderson from the right hash marks.
The Senators killed 20 of 21 penalties in the previous six games.
Hejda made it 2-0 at 4:54 with a shot from just inside the blue line that beat Anderson, who was screened by Landeskog, to the stick side. The goal was Hejda's fifth, matching his career high.
Anderson made a big stop against Landeskog skating down the slot midway through the period, deflecting the puck into the corner with his stick.
The Senators got on the board at 15:02 after Avalanche defenseman Andre Benoit lost the puck and fell in his own end. Ryan scooped up the puck, skated behind the Avalanche net, and passed to MacArthur in the slot for a shot that eluded Varlamov.
Benoit left Ottawa in July to sign with the Avalanche as a free agent.
-- by Rick Sadowski for NHL.com --
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09/01/2014 - 06:30
