Devils avoid the worse.

The New-Jersey Devils were cruising towards a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators yesterday but Dany Heatley tied up the score at 2-2 with just under 27 seconds to go in the 3rd period. Heatley's goal forced an overtime session to decide of a winner for game 2 of their Eastern conference semifinal.

Martin Brodeur and the Devils had to work 22 more minutes to finally claim the win. Jamie Langenbrunner scored the game-winning goal at 1:55 of the 2nd overtime period to give the New-Jersey Devils a needed 3-2 win. The Devils avoid going down a very uncomfortable 0-2 in the series. Martin Brodeur did very well in front of the Devils net blocking 43 of the 45 shots he faced during the contest. The Devils managed to grab the win at their 33rd shot on goal.

Brian Gionta and Sergei Brylin gave quick a 2-0 Devils lead after the 1st period but Ottawa progressively cutted the lead to 2-1 thru Daniel Alfredsson in the 2nd period then at 2-2 with Heatley's goal 27 seconds from the end of the 3rd.

Yesterday's scores:
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New-Jersey Devils 3 - Ottawa Senators 2 (2nd overtime)
(The series is tied 1-1) Next 2 games in Ottawa.

Detroit Red Wings 3 - San Jose Sharks 2
(The series is tied 1-1) Next 2 games in San Jose.

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