Fisher's OT winner lifts Senators over Lightning

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03/11/2009 - Ottawa, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Fisher scored 2:38 into overtime and the Ottawa Senators won their fourth straight with a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Scotiabank Place.

Ryan Shannon and Chris Kelly lit the lamp in regulation for the Senators, who ended a season-high eight-game homestand 5-2-1. Brian Elliot made 22 saves to get the win. Ottawa had lost six out of seven games prior to its current streak.

Cory Murphy and Adam Hall scored for the Lightning, who have lost four straight, six of seven and 10 of their last 12 games.

Karri Ramo turned aside 24-of-27 shots in the loss coming off a forgettable performance in Saturday's 9-3 loss to Carolina, in which he allowed six goals on 22 shots.

On the game-clinching play, Chris Phillips offered up a wrist shot from the left point and Fisher, circling toward the left post from the slot, chipped the rebound past Ramo to win the game.

Both teams got a power-play goal in the first period, as Murphy's slap shot from the left point got things started 2:37 into the game. Shannon then took a feed from Jason Spezza across the goal-mouth at the right side of the net for a wrister that tied the game a little over two minutes later.

Tampa Bay set up for another power play in the second, following a tripping call on Cristoph Schubert just over eight minutes in. But Daniel Alfredsson broke out of the Tampa Bay zone and motored up the right wing shorthanded, setting up a streaking Kelly in the low slot to gain a 2-1 lead at 9:25.

That lead lasted all of 13 seconds, as the Lightning used a series of crisp passes to break into the Ottawa zone. Hall sent the puck on net from the right boards at a wide angle and it found its way between the legs of Elliot for a power-play marker.

The game stayed tied at two entering the third and each team had a pair of chances on the power play, but the goaltenders prevailed with a little help from the officials.

Spezza had the puck go off his skate while charging the net and the disc scooted through the legs of Ramo with just under five minutes remaining. But a review determined it was scored with a kicking motion and the contest moved to overtime.

Game Notes

The Sens are 17-12-6 as the host club this season while Tampa Bay is 10-18-5 as the guest...The home team has won in each of the three meetings in the season series between these clubs...The Sens have taken four of the last six overall in the series, while Tampa Bay has dropped three of four in Canada's capital city...Both Phillips and Alfredsson had two assists for Ottawa.

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