But the man advantage soon told as the Blues backs broke through down the left.
The Rangers started the third period with a two-goal lead and a two-man advantage.
The goalie stopped Ovechkin three times from point-blank range during the man advantage, the last two without a stick.
Aberdeen struggled to make an impact on the match as Celtic raised the tempo with the extra man advantage.
With 2:42 to play, Denver's Eric Law and Carson Cannon each drew 30-second pushing penalties, giving Syracuse a two-man advantage.
Tottenham looked to make their man advantage count and almost immediately went further ahead, but Luka Modric shot straight at Jaaskelainen.
The Ospreys made the most of the one man advantage with Owen bundling over in the corner to level the scores.
It gave the Scarlets a man advantage but they failed to capitalise as they continued to break down a resilient Bristol defence.
Lionel Beauxis kicked the penalty and France piled on the pressure to make the one-man advantage pay over the next 10 minutes.
With the man advantage Saracens put width on the ball and were rewarded when Short raced round the defence for the opening try.
New Jersey, which was beaten by Boston 1-0 on Thursday night despite getting 40 shots, had none against Reimer in the two-man advantage.
Connacht exploited their man advantage with Daniel Riordan racing clear to score after a John Muldoon kick had deflected off Ulster's Mark Bartholomeusz.
Ribeiro cut the deficit in half with a slam-dunk goal from the edge of the crease while the Capitals enjoyed a two-man advantage.
The Rangers' failure to score with a two-man advantage doomed them.
The Penguins came in leading playoff teams with the man advantage, scoring on 28 percent of their chances, but went 0 for 4 in the opener.
But City's one-man advantage told in the end as Ireland latched onto Robinho's through-ball to slip it past the on-rushing Given, leaving Newcastle second from bottom.
Accies almost capitalised on their one-man advantage when David Graham sent in a low drive which Janos Balogh saved before Marius Zaliukas cleared for a corner.
Brian Carney was needlessly sin-binned for trying to charge down Chris Charles' conversion, and the Reds made the most of their one-man advantage to take the lead.
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And they profited from the man advantage with a sweeping move to take the lead, Flutey's dynamic break and Tom Voyce's pass allowing lock Skivington to stretch over.
The Islanders failed to score on their first three power plays of the game, running their dismal record in the series to 1 for 14 with a man advantage.
However, almost immediately Cavan midfielder Mark McKeever received a straight red card after an off-the-ball incident and Down used their man advantage to reply with three quick scores to level.
Despite outshooting the Senators 23-9 in the opening 40 minutes and getting an early two-man advantage for the second straight game, the Devils trailed 2-0 heading into the third period.
The Germans used their extra man advantage to push the ball around and stretch the tiring Scots and the home side carved open a series of half-chances in the closing stages.
Zidlicky had a couple of shots on the two-man advantage in the first period that lasted for 1:24, and Matt D'Agostini was stopped on a good chance from between the circles.
The Penguins started their comeback and cut the deficit in half when Iginla deflected in Kris Letang's hard one-timer, off a pass from Crosby, past Nabokov on Pittsburgh's only shot of the two-man advantage.
But instead of using the two-man advantage, Leinster were guilty of their own indiscipline just before the break when prop Stan Wright saw yellow taking David Lyons out at the side of the ruck.
Detroit evened it later in the period with a power-play goal just 4 seconds after a two-man advantage expired, with Cleary getting credit for his 21st career playoff goal after it apparently deflected off him.
However, the home side made their one-man advantage tell and, when Scarlets pushed the Scots back in the scrum, Jones eased over under the posts and added the conversion to create his new points record.
West Ham made the most of their one-man advantage as they piled on the pressure, and only a superbly timed goal-line clearance by Danny Higginbotham prevented Luis Boa Morte putting the home side ahead with a mishit shot.
K. Subban was off after his stick clipped Mark Pysyk and, with two seconds left in the man advantage, Ott was at the doorstep to shovel in a rebound and give Buffalo its second win in eight games.
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