second goal of the game on a power play in overtime to give the
Nashville Predators a 6-5 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday
night.
Weber, who also had an assist, ripped
a shot between goalie Pascal Leclaire‘s pads with Matt Carkner serving
an interference penalty.
The goal put an end to a game that
saw the Predators blow a 3-0 lead in the third period and the team’s
exchange last minute goals.
Chris Phillips scored the tying goal
for the Senators with 1.6 seconds left while Ottawa was playing
short-handed and Leclaire on the bench for an extra attacker.
Ryan Suter had two goals and an
assist, and J.P. Dumont scored once and set up four other goals to help
the Predators snap a six-game winless slide.
Rookie Cody Franson also scored for
Nashville. It was the first career goal for Franson, who was playing in
just his third NHL game.
Dave Scatchard, a veteran of 637 NHL
games who was recalled Tuesday from Milwaukee of the AHL, recorded an
assist, his first NHL point since Jan. 7, 2007. Rookie Alexander
Sulzer, also recalled Tuesday, had his first career point with an
assist.
Pekka Rinne made 27 saves for his first victory of the season.
Anton Volchenkov had a goal and an
assist, and Chris Campoli, Nick Foligno and Milan Michalek also scored
for Ottawa. Jason Spezza had three assists, Daniel Alfredsson added
two, and Leclaire finished with 31 stops.