Music: {allcanada} Lehner, Ryan lead Senators past Bruins

Saturday, December 13, 2014

{allcanada} Lehner, Ryan lead Senators past Bruins

It's a Wonderful Life / The Polar Express

BOSTON -- Ottawa Senators forward Bobby Ryan was unable to beat Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask in overtime Saturday.

Ryan didn't have the same problem in the shootout.

Ryan scored in the third round of the shootout and David Legwand scored a game-tying power-play goal in the third period in the Senators' 3-2 comeback victory against the Bruins at TD Garden.

Ottawa coach Dave Cameron earned his first NHL win in his second game.

Mika Zibanejad also scored in the shootout for the Senators (12-12-5). Ottawa goaltender Robin Lehner and Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask each had 29 saves. The Senators won for the second time in their past eight games (2-5-1).

Brad Marchand scored in the shootout for the Bruins (15-13-2), who lost for the first time this season in three shootouts.

Bruins forward Craig Cunningham scored his first NHL goal at 11:45 of the first period to give Boston 1-0 lead. During a penalty kill, Cunningham won a race to a clear by defenseman Zdeno Chara, and then slapped a shot from the top of the right circle through Lehner's five-hole.

Cunningham's made up for a missed opportunity to score by the Bruins on an earlier penalty kill. Lehner left his crease to play the puck and Marchand stole the pass. With Lehner out by the faceoff dot Marchand attempted a shot at the empty net from the bottom of the circle but defenseman Erik Karlsson made the block.

Zibanejad tied the score 1-1 for Ottawa with a shot from the right circle at 2:24 of the second period. Zibanejad faked a slap shot and then beat Rask with a wrist shot a few strides later.

The Bruins went back ahead on a goal by Loui Eriksson at 10:33. After Carl Soderberg and Kevan Miller cycled the puck in the right circle, Miller carried the puck to the bottom of the circle and passed to the front. Eriksson stopped the pass and then beat Lehner for a 2-1 lead.

Rask preserved that lead for the rest of the period with several saves, including a left-to-right move that denied Colin Greening at 15:55 a scoring opportunity after a cross-ice pass.

Ottawa tied the game 2-2 on a power play at 4:17 of the third. Senators forward Mark Stone got hit in the left foot by teammate Kyle Turris' shot from the point. The puck deflected to Legwand, who stuffed it in. Stone celebrated and headed to the dressing room. Stone returned without missing a shift.

The Bruins won the previous meeting with the Senators 4-2 on Nov. 1. Boston and Ottawa will meet three more times this season.

A Charlie Brown Christmas / All I Want for Christmas