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Penguins, Sharks advance to next round
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April 26, 2010, Monday
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MATT Cooke scored twice as the Pittsburgh Penguins fought back from a 0-3 deficit to beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in overtime on Saturday and win their first round National Hockey League playoff series.
Pascal Dupuis scored the winning goal at 9:56 in the first period of overtime in Ottawa to seal victory for the Stanley Cup champions, who had trailed 0-3 midway through the second period.
The top-seeded San Jose Sharks also advanced, eliminating the Colorado Avalanche thanks to a 5-2 win in Game 6 of their Western Conference series in Denver.
Center Joe Pavelski had two goals for the Sharks, his second at 9:02 in the third period giving San Jose a 3-2 lead.
Also, hosts Chicago Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 5-4 in overtime to take a 3-2 lead in their Western Conference series.
Chicago's Patrick Kane scored a shorthanded goal with 13.6 seconds to go to tie the game before Marian Hossa scored in overtime.
In Ottawa, the Senators had initially looked the sharper of the two sides, who had played into the third period of overtime in Thursday's Game 5 in Pittsburgh before Ottawa won 4-3.
Matt Cullen scored from a breakaway 5:19 into the first period, Chris Neil netted from close range 1:51 into the second period and when captain Daniel Alfredsson scored with a wrist shot almost eight minutes later, the game looked over.
Cooke, however, sparked the comeback just over a minute later when he scored from close range.
"If you're down 0-3 you need a little wake-up call and we have some leaders in the locker room who stepped up in the second intermission. It was big for us," said Dupuis.
Pittsburgh came out stronger in the third period, with Bill Guerin scoring a powerplay goal at 7:03 before Cooke tied the game at 3-3 from close range five minutes later.
Ottawa head coach Cory Clouston refused to blame his players, saying he was proud of their effort. "We have a lot of character. We don't quit. We battled right to the end."
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