Want to Buy: One Goal

It was the start of the third period, the score still 0-0 after a game of many Ottawa chances but no luck, and I turned to Terry and said, "Next goal wins it."

That was the feeling everyone in the building had after two scoreless periods. Either the patience of the Devils was going to pay off in game three and one mistake by the Sens would give them the lead and probably the victory, or the onslaught of the Senators was finally going to get one past Brodeur. Fortunately for us fans, it was the latter.

After some of the edge of your seat moments when it looked like the Sens might get one earlier, the actual game winning goal came unexpectedly from a far shot off the boards. Brodeur complained about getting bumped by Mike Fisher, but Terry thought it was too long before the play to have made any interference call. Still, the way the refs were hard on the Sens last night I'm surprised the goal stood.

Now everyone is faced with a pressure cooker of a game four. The Devils know that going home down 3-1 would be a death knell as winning three straight games against this team is well nigh impossible, while the Sens would really like to avoid going back to New Jersey in a tied series to play a best of three .

By and by, without Martin Brodeur this New Jersey team is not of the same calibre as the Sens in this series. They need to play the same game and get that next win on Wednesday.

This and that:
- Mike Fisher played an awesome if unsung game. Hitting, moving fast, dangerous with the puck, he is my vote for most underrated Senator.
- Jason Spezza makes me so nervous with the puck in the offensive zone. He tries to be fancy sometimes and causes deadly turnovers.
- Man, Phillips IS playing awesome right now.
- And that one ref really really sucked.