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Senators 4, Lightning 3, OT
Associated Press

OTTAWA - Mike Fisher scored 3:17 into overtime and the Ottawa Senators extended Tampa Bay's losing streak to a season-high seven games by beating the Lightning 4-3 on Saturday night.

Fisher put a shot from the left side past Johan Holmqvist for his 15th goal, giving Ottawa its second straight win following consecutive losses to Washington.

Dany Heatley scored his 25th goal 4:26 into the third period to get the Senators even at 3-3.

The Lightning are 0-5-2 since defeating Toronto at home on Dec. 20.

Holmqvist's clearing attempt behind the net struck teammate Jason Ward's discarded stick in the left corner. Ottawa's Jason Spezza recovered the puck and sent a centring pass to Heatley, who beat Holmqvist with a wrist shot from the slot.

Randy Robitaille scored twice for the Senators, who won 5-3 in Buffalo on Friday.

Ray Emery made his second straight start and stopped 16 shots.

Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis each had a goal and an assist to stake Tampa Bay to a 2-0 lead midway through the first.

St. Louis opened the scoring with his 16th goal 5:43 in before Lecavalier netted his team-leading 28th goal after making a sensational stickhandling play.

Lecavalier, who leads the NHL with 62 points, received defenceman Paul Ranger's pass behind him and pushed the puck forward between his legs. He then put a backhand past Emery at 11:17.

Holmqvist made 23 saves, and Jan Hlavac also scored for Tampa Bay, which hasn't won a road game in regulation since Nov. 10.

The Lightning are a league-worst 3-14-2 on the road.

Robitaille began Ottawa's comeback with 38.2 seconds remaining in the first when he beat Holmqvist to cut the lead to 2-1.

Hlavac made it 3-1 with his sixth of the season 3:38 into the second, but Robitaille cut the Senators' deficit to 3-2 with his second of the game and sixth overall at 16:07.

Notes: Holmqvist started for the second time in eight games. He is 0-4-2 in his last six appearances ... With the Senators reaching the midway point of the regular season, Heatley is on pace for his third straight 50-goal season. He has scored 50 goals in each of his first two seasons with Ottawa, reaching the mark in the final regular-season game both times.


Three star selections
1st:   MIKE FISHER
2nd:   RANDY ROBITAILLE
3rd:   VINCENT LECAVALIER
Winning Goaltender
Ray Emery

Losing Goaltender
Johan Holmqvist

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EASTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 z - PIT 48 36 12 0 165 119 72
2 y - MTL 48 29 14 5 149 126 63
3 y - WSH 48 27 18 3 149 130 57
4 x - BOS 48 28 14 6 131 109 62
5 x - TOR 48 26 17 5 145 133 57
6 x - NYR 48 26 18 4 130 112 56
7 x - OTT 48 25 17 6 116 104 56
8 x - NYI 48 24 17 7 139 139 55
9 WPG 48 24 21 3 128 144 51
10 PHI 48 23 22 3 133 141 49
11 NJD 48 19 19 10 112 129 48
12 BUF 48 21 21 6 125 143 48
13 CAR 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 TBL 48 18 26 4 148 150 40
15 FLA 48 15 27 6 112 171 36

STATS

2012-2013 PLAYOFFS
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
D. Alfredsson 7 2 5 3 7
K. Turris 7 4 2 1 6
J. Pageau 7 4 2 6 6
E. Condra 7 1 5 1 6
E. Karlsson 7 1 5 2 6
M. Methot 7 1 4 1 5
S. Gonchar 7 0 5 2 5
M. Zibanejad 7 1 3 -1 4
C. Conacher 6 3 0 0 3
J. Silfverberg 7 2 1 -1 3
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
R. Lehner 0 1 0 .952 1.58
C. Anderson 4 2 0 .931 2.52
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