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{allcanada} Anderson, Senators stay alive against Canadiens

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MONTREAL -- The Ottawa Senators are halfway to another dramatic comeback.

Bobby Ryan and Patrick Wiercioch scored first-period goals, and Craig Anderson stopped 45 of 46 shots to help Ottawa defeat the Montreal Canadiens 5-1 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Bell Centre on Friday.

Erik Karlsson and Mike Hoffman scored power-play goals, and Erik Condra scored for the Senators, who won their second straight elimination game and trail the Canadiens 3-2 in the best-of-7 series.

Ottawa was 14 points out of a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs when it began a 23-4-4 season-ending run to qualify.

Game 6 will be played at Canadian Tire Centre on Sunday (6 p.m. ET; CBC, NBCSN, TVA).

Canadiens goalie Carey Price, who was named a Vezina Trophy finalist Friday, made 20 saves.

Anderson, who shut out Montreal 1-0 in Game 4 on Wednesday, had his shutout streak ended at 101:44 when Canadiens defenseman Tom Gilbert scored early in the third period to make it 3-1.

Ryan got his first point of the series, his first goal in more than a month, with a shot from the left side at 9:29 of the first period.

Wiercioch scored his second goal unassisted at 15:39 to give the Senators the first lead of more than one goal in the series.

Karlsson increased Ottawa's lead to 3-0 with a power-play goal at 14:29 of the second period.

The Canadiens went 0-for-3 on the power play; they have one goal in 19 opportunities in the series.

Montreal, which has allowed the first goal in every game, took the first seven shots before Ryan scored on the Senators' second shot, using traffic in front of Price to take the lead.

Ryan, who hadn't scored in 16 games since March 19, put a shot between Price's left arm and the left side of his body and the puck slid slowly behind him over the goal line.

Wiercioch was patient with the puck as bodies assembled in front of Price before beating him with a wrist shot to make it 2-0, his fourth point of the series.

Karlsson drove a slap shot past Price from the left point for his fourth point.

Ottawa left wing Clarke MacArthur left the game in the second period with a lower-body injury.

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