Fisher pounces on rebound midway through OT to lift Sens to 4th straight win

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Game Information

Arena: Scotiabank Place Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Referees: Chris Ciamaga, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Steve Miller

Attendance: 19,231 (104.0% full)

Team Stat Comparison
207	Goals	213
269	Goals Against	231
61	Power Play Goals	66
89	Power Play Goals Allowed	64
4	Shorthanded Goals	8
9	Shorthanded Goals Allowed	5
1306	Penalty Minutes	1098
16	Average Penalty Minutes	13

Scoring Summary
1ST PERIOD			TAM	OTT
2:37		Cory Murphy (Power Play) Assists: Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis	1	0
4:53		Ryan Shannon (Power Play) Assists: Jason Spezza, Daniel Alfredsson	1	1
2ND PERIOD			TAM	OTT
9:25		Chris Kelly (Shorthanded) Assists: Daniel Alfredsson, Chris Phillips	1	2
9:38		Adam Hall (Power Play) Assists: Evgeny Artyukhin, Lukas Krajicek	2	2
3RD PERIOD			TAM	OTT
No scoring this period			2	2
OT			TAM	OTT
2:38		Mike Fisher Assists: Chris Phillips, Anton Volchenkov	2	3

OTTAWA -- Mike Fisher and the Ottawa Senators finished off an eight-game homestand with yet another victory.

Fisher scored off a rebound at 2:38 of overtime to give Ottawa its fourth straight victory, 3-2 over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night.

"We've felt like we've upped our game and we're finding little ways to win and trying to be patient regardless of the circumstance in the game," Fisher said. "I think we've done a good job of not panicking and tonight we stuck it out and got a big win."

Chris Phillips took a shot from 30 feet out that goalie Karri Ramo stopped, but Fisher controlled the rebound in the slot and scored his 11th goal of the season.

"I was just trying to crash the net and Philly got a good shot on net and I was able to get the rebound," Fisher said. "It was nice to get that one in overtime. I don't think we played our best game and we have to be better in certain areas."

Brian Elliott made 22 saves for his fourth victory in a row, and Ryan Shannon and Chris Kelly scored in regulation. The Senators were 5-2-1 on the homestand.

Cory Murphy and Adam Hall scored for Tampa Bay, and Ramo stopped 24 shots.

The Lightning, coming off a 9-3 home loss to Carolina on Saturday night, have lost four straight and 15 of 19.

"We played hard," Lightning coach Rick Tocchet said. "I don't think we gave them much and the goals that they did get they were opportunistic. I thought we played good and I was happy after our last game that they came out with this effort.

"You can tell the guys played a lot harder than Saturday, but it was still a tough one because you want to win these types of games."

The teams traded power-play goals early in the first period, with Murphy opening the scoring for Tampa Bay at 2:37, and Shannon tying it at 4:53.

Kelly gave Ottawa the lead with a short-handed goal at 9:25 of the second, but Hall tied it 13 seconds later with a power-play score.

Ottawa's Jason Spezza appeared to score with just under 5 minutes to play, but the goal was immediately waved off because Spezza kicked the puck into the net. After a video review, the call on the ice stood.

Game notes
Spezza assisted on Shannon's goal for his 400th assist. ... The Lightning will face Toronto on Thursday night at Air Canada Centre. ... The Senators are 37-17-2-4 overall against the Lightning.