Senators 5 at Islanders 3
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Final 1 2 3
Senators  1 0 4
5
Islanders 1 2 0
3
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Uniondale, New York
Three Stars
1st Star 2nd Star 3rd Star
Senators
Sergei Gonchar
G A PTS SOG
1 2 3 1
Islanders
Kyle Okposo
G A PTS SOG
0 2 2 3
Senators
Zack Smith
G A PTS SOG
1 0 1 3


Senators 5, Islanders 3
Ottawa defenseman Sergei Gonchar has a nickname, according to Senators goalie Ben Bishop, who watched from the crease as the 38-year-old defenseman scored the winning goal that beat the New York Islanders. ''We call him Benjamin Button,'' Bishop said, referring to the 2008 movie character who gets younger as he ages. ''Sergei keeps finding ways to help us win, that's for sure.'' Gonchar's go-ahead goal with 1 minute left was part of a four-goal, third...
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Scoring Summary
1st Period Scoring Summary Score
6:23 Matt Kassian (1)
Assisted by Sergei Gonchar (17) and Patrick Wiercioch (8)
Ott 1-0
17:53 Keith Aucoin (5)
Assisted by Kyle Okposo (8) and Josh Bailey (4)
Tied 1-1
2nd Period Scoring Summary Score
0:14 Josh Bailey (3)
Assisted by Kyle Okposo (9) and Frans Nielsen (12)
NYI 2-1
11:46 Power-Play Lubomir Visnovsky (2)
Assisted by Matt Moulson (19) and Brad Boyes (17)
NYI 3-1
3rd Period Scoring Summary Score
1:07 Jakob Silfverberg (7)
Assisted by Patrick Wiercioch (9) and Peter Regin (3)
NYI 3-2
2:15 Zack Smith (3)
Assisted by Sergei Gonchar (18) and Andre Benoit (7)
Tied 3-3
19:00 Sergei Gonchar (2)
Assisted by Patrick Wiercioch (10) and Guillaume Latendresse (3)
Ott 4-3
19:51 Empty Net Guillaume Latendresse (3)
Assisted by Daniel Alfredsson (12)
Ott 5-3

Season Series
Date Home Score Goalies
Tue 2/19 Ott Ott 1 - 3 W:
Sun 3/3 NYI NYI 2 - 3 W:
Tue 3/19 NYI Ott 5 - 3 W:
Game Stats
FORWARDS
Name G A S +/- PIM
G. Latendresse 1 1 3 1 2
M. Kassian 1 0 1 1 2
J. Silfverberg 1 0 2 2 0
Z. Smith 1 0 3 0 0
D. Alfredsson 0 1 1 0 2
P. Regin 0 1 0 2 0
E. Condra 0 0 1 0 2
C. Greening 0 0 0 0 0
C. Neil 0 0 0 1 0
J. O'Brien 0 0 0 1 0
K. Turris 0 0 2 0 0
M. Zibanejad 0 0 1 1 0
FORWARDS
Name G A S +/- PIM
J. Bailey 1 1 2 -1 0
K. Aucoin 1 0 2 -2 0
K. Okposo 0 2 3 0 0
B. Boyes 0 1 1 -1 0
M. Moulson 0 1 2 -1 0
F. Nielsen 0 1 2 0 0
E. Boulton 0 0 0 -1 0
C. Cizikas 0 0 1 0 0
M. Martin 0 0 4 -1 0
C. McDonald 0 0 1 -1 0
M. Reasoner 0 0 0 -1 0
J. Tavares 0 0 2 -1 0
DEFENSEMEN
Name G A S +/- PIM
S. Gonchar 1 2 1 5 2
P. Wiercioch 0 3 2 3 0
A. Benoit 0 1 3 0 0
E. Gryba 0 0 1 -1 2
M. Methot 0 0 0 -2 0
C. Phillips 0 0 2 1 0
DEFENSEMEN
Name G A S +/- PIM
L. Visnovsky 1 0 2 -1 0
T. Hamonic 0 0 0 0 0
T. Hickey 0 0 1 0 0
A. MacDonald 0 0 2 0 2
R. Martinek 0 0 1 -2 0
M. Streit 0 0 3 -3 0
GOALTENDER
Name S SV GA SV%
B. Bishop(W, 6-4) 29 26 3 .897
GOALTENDER
Name S SV GA SV%
E. Nabokov(L, 13-9) 22 18 4 .818
Complete Box Score

PLAYER NEWS
Senators
Chris Neil (OTT - Right Wing)

News: Neil (upper body) left Sunday's victory over the Penguins during the second overtime period, and did not return. [+]
Colin Greening (OTT - Left Wing)

News: Greening scored the game-winning goal in double overtime against the Penguins on Sunday. [+]
Jason Spezza (OTT - Center)

News: Spezza played his first game since January 29 against the Penguins in Sunday's Game 3. He played 18:40, was a minus-1, and had four shots on net. [+]
Islanders
Eric Boulton (NYI - Left Wing)

News: Boulton signed a one-year contract with the Islanders, according to the Islanders web site. [+]
Eric Boulton (NYI - Left Wing)

News: Boulton re-signed with the New York Islanders on Friday, agreeing to a one-year contract. [+]
Nino Niederreiter (NYI - Right Wing)

News: Niederreiter is picking up in the Swiss league where he left off in the AHL, according to the Islanders Point Blank. [+]

Injury Report
Senators
Player Injury Status
P. Wiercioch Lower-body injury day-to-day
M. Hoffman Collarbone day-to-day
Islanders
Player Injury Status
A. MacDonald Left hand surgery day-to-day

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