Senators beat Rangers in overtime

Chris Neil scored 1 minute, 17 seconds into overtime, and the Ottawa Senators rallied for a wild 3-2 victory over the host New York Rangers in Game 2 to even the first-round Eastern Conference series Saturday night.

Neil got to a loose puck in front off a rebound and backhanded the puck past goalie Henrik Lundqvist.

The top-seeded Rangers seemed poised to grab a two-games-to-none series lead when Brian Boyle scored in the third period, but Nick Foligno tied it with 4:37 left in regulation.

Erik Karlsson also scored for the Senators, who exacted some revenge on Boyle for some shots he took at Karlsson during Game 1. A brawl led to the ejections of Ottawa defenseman Matt Carkner and New York forward Brandon Dubinsky just 2:15 in.

Nicklas Backstrom scored 2:56 into the second overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 2-1 victory over the host Boston Bruins and tie their first-round playoff series at a game apiece.

Braden Holtby stopped 43 shots for Washington in his second career postseason game.

Tim Thomas made 37 saves for the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Troy Brouwer scored to give the Capitals the lead in the second period, but Benoit Pouliot tied it with 7:47 left in regulation.

Early in the second overtime, Washington won a faceoff in the Boston zone and Marcus Johansson got the puck from behind the net. He passed it to Backstrom at the left faceoff circle and he wristed it past Thomas on his stick side.

Boston won the opener, 1-0, in overtime on Thursday night. Game 3 is Monday night in Washington.

- Associated Press