Sabres, down by 6-5, rally to 7-6 win in OT
Tim Connolly tied the game and then Chris Drury scored the game-winner.
OTTAWA (AP) -- Chris Drury and the Buffalo Sabres beat the high-scoring Ottawa Senators at their own game.
Drury scored 18 seconds into overtime after Tim Connolly netted his second goal of the night with 10.7 seconds remaining in regulation and the Sabres stunned the Senators with a 7-6 victory Friday in a wild Eastern Conference semifinal opener.
The teams scored three goals in the final 1:37 of regulation as Buffalo's Derek Roy tied it at 5 with a short-handed effort for his second of the game at 18:23. But Bryan Smolinski scored his second 24 seconds later during the same power play to give Ottawa its fifth straight lead, 6-5.
The Sabres pressed for one more, and Connolly got it as he swept a puck that lay within Ray Emery's reach up and over the rookie goalie to shock the sellout crowd. The winning goal was even more sudden as Drury beat Emery with a shot from the left circle.
Game 2 is Monday
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series won't be until Monday because the arena is unavailable over the weekend.
Five of the game's 13 goals were scored within the first or last minute of a period, including Mike Grier's opener just 35 seconds in which put Buffalo up 1-0. That was the Sabres' only lead until they won.
Mike Fisher set a Senators record for fastest playoff goal from the start of a period when he scored 16 seconds into the third to make it 5-4. Jason Spezza and Bryan Smolinski scored 15 seconds apart early in the second, setting a Senators record for fastest two playoff goals.
Martin Havlat and Dany Heatley each had a goal and an assist for Ottawa, which led the NHL with 314 goals this season.
Roy, who set up Grier's goal, had four points. Teppo Numminen also scored for the Sabres.
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