Bobby Ryan scores winner as Senators blank Bruins to take 3-1 series lead
BOSTON — Bobby Ryan strikes again.
After playing the hero in Game 3, Ryan scored the winner in Game 4 at 5:49 of the third period as the Ottawa Senators beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 on Wednesday night to grab a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference quarter-final series.
Ryan, who netted the winner 5:43 into overtime on Monday to seal the Senators’ 4-3 win in Game 3, poked the puck past a diving Tuukka Rask after Erik Karlsson set him up on an intentionally wide slapshot just inside the blue line.
“I had a good feeling,” Ryan said. “(Karlsson) sees plays that the rest of us just don’t. I knew it was going to be the vicinity. It hit my stick and just died on it and gave me an opportunity to put it in. Just the perfect pass.”