Bobby Ryan scores winner, Senators beat Penguins in overtime in Game 1
PITTSBURGH — The regular season was a bundle of frustration for Ottawa winger Bobby Ryan. He was snakebitten. He was hurt.
He’s exorcizing all of that in the playoffs.
“It felt great, obviously, to come through in an important and crucial moment,” Ryan said Saturday night after he scored at 4:59 of overtime to give the Senators a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final at PPG Paints Arena.
Ottawa carried a one-goal lead on Jean-Gabriel Pageau’s tally through most of the game, before Evgeni Malkin tied it late in regulation.