Daniel Alfredsson gave Ottawa a five-goal lead early in the third period and the Senators then held off New York's furious rally to beat the Rangers 6-4 in the NHL on Thursday.
Just two nights after a lackluster 5-3 home loss to the New York Islanders that snapped a four-game winning streak and caused a rare postgame rant from coach Tom Renney, the Rangers fell behind 5-0 early in the third period.
Ray Emery and the Senators were cruising when Alfredsson's goal at 1:02 of the third sent many Rangers fans home early.
They missed a lot. This one wasn't settled until Dany Heatley's empty-net goal with 34 seconds left.
Emery, 6-1-1 in his past eight starts, allowed only 13 goals in that span before the Rangers broke out with four in 7:10.
Maple Leafs 4, Sabres 2
At Buffalo, New York, Jeff O'Neill scored twice and Mats Sundin added two assists, lifting banged-up Toronto over Buffalo.
Alex Steen had a goal and assist, and Pavel Kubina also scored in a game the Maple Leafs never trailed. Sundin's two assists gave him 495 with Toronto, moving him into third on the team's career list, two ahead of former captain Dave Keon.
The Leafs won despite missing six regulars due to injury -- including forwards Michael Peca and Darcy Tucker -- after defenseman Ian White hurt his shoulder in a 4-1 loss to Carolina on Tuesday.
Hurricanes 6, Panthers 4
At Raleigh, North Carolina, Cory Stillman scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and Carolina rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat Florida.
Chad LaRose, Erik Cole, Scott Walker, Craig Adams and Ray Whitney also scored for the Hurricanes, who trailed 3-0 after two periods before scoring their first five goals in about a 10-minute span of the third.
Whitney's goal was an empty-netter in the final seconds which closed a six-goal third period -- the first time they've had five or more goals in the third since scoring five on Oct. 28, 2005, against Philadelphia.
Olli Jokinen scored two goals and Juraj Kolnik and Stephen Weiss added one goal apiece for the Panthers in what seemed like an easy victory but melted down into just another empty trip to Raleigh -- where they haven't won since Dec. 6, 2002.
Islanders 5, Bruins 4, SO
At Boston, Jason Blake and Miroslav Satan each scored goals in the shootout to lift the Islanders over Boston.
Satan scored on the Islanders' first shootout attempt and the Bruins extended it to sudden death when Marc Savard scored on the Bruins' third shot.
Brad Boyes then failed to convert and Blake put a shot over the shoulder of Bruins goalie Hannu Toivonen for the game-winner.
Viktor Kozlov tied the game at 4-4 for New York with 1:39 remaining in regulation when he scored a power-play goal by sliding the puck past Toivonen.
Paul Mara had provided the Bruins a short-lived 4-3 lead with 6:15 remaining in the game when he went around a helpless Sean Hill and slid the puck past Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro.
In other games, it was: Canadiens 4, Flyers 2; Lightning 5, Capitals 4.
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