NEW YORK -- With less than two minutes left in the New York Rangers' game with Florida, you couldn't blame the fans for leaving Madison Square Garden. Their team trailed by a goal and was playing shorthanded.
But as the fans left, the Rangers started filling the net. Before anyone knew it, New York had a 5-4 victory in overtime Tuesday night."That's a game we should have had," Panthers goalie Sean Burke said. "It's hard to believe that something like that can happen."
Leading 4-3, the Panthers quickly lost the man advantage when Robert Svehla was called for hooking with 39 seconds left in regulation. Then they lost the lead when Brian Leetch scored with one second left with a shot from just outside the crease. The Rangers pulled goalie Mike Richter to give them a 5-on-4 advantage.
Adam Graves completed the amazing comeback by scoring his second goal of the night and 10th of the season on a deflection of a shot by Wayne Gretzky at 2:10 of overtime.
"It's two points that we haven't found ways this year to get," Leetch said. "We have come back and tied a few games, but we really haven't been able to take advantage of some luck and get the overtime goal."
BRUINS 1, CANUCKS 1: At Boston, Sergei Samsonov scored with 29 seconds remaining in the second period to give the Bruins a tie with Vancouver.
DEVILS 4, CAPITALS 0: At Washington, New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur stopped 22 shots for his second shutout of the season.
MIGHTY DUCKS 4, PENGUINS 4: At Pittsburgh, Martin Straka's 14th goal midway through the third period gave the Penguins a tie with Anaheim.
SENATORS 3, PREDATORS 1: Daniel Alfredsson had his first multipoint game of the season with a goal and an assist to lead Ottawa to victory at Nashville, the Senators' fifth win in six games.