TAMPA, Fla. — Teddy Purcell scored
in the third round of a shootout to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3
victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.
Purcell and Martin St. Louis scored
first-period goals, and Steven Stamkos added his 48th goal of the season
early in the second on a power play to make it 3-0.
Ottawa's Nick Foligno beat Lightning
goalie Mike Smith on a power play to cut it to 3-1 midway through the
second. Jason Speeza added a power-play goal with 1:18 left in the
second, and Mike Fisher tied it with another power-play goal early in
the third.
Fisher took a pass from Daniel
Alfredsson in the slot and easily shot it past Lightning goalie Mike
Smith.
Smith made 35 saves for the Lightning,
including a stop on a point-blank shot from Ottawa's Peter Regin with a
minute left in regulation.
In the shootout Elliott was able to
stop shots from Stamkos and St. Louis but Purcell executed a deke and
slipped a backhander into the goal. Fisher had a chance to send the
shootout into a fourth round, but his shot went high and wide.
Notes
Smith and Ottawa forward Chris
Neil exchanged blows after Neil tripped him. Both players received
double minors. … Lightning forward Andrej Maszaros was hit in the
throat with a slap shot in the second period and quickly left the ice.
He returned in the third period.