Canes beat Senators, 2-1, take 3-0 series lead.

Freddie Andersen stopped 21 shots, Logan Stankoven and Jackson Blake each scored a goal, and the Canes beat the Senators, 2-1, to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their opening round sesries. For the 3rd straight game Stankoven opened the scoring, this time ripping home a one timer from a sharp angle to the left of Linus Ullmark off a Taylor Hall feed just more than 5 minutes into the game. The Ottawa crowd was raucous to that point, but the Stankoven goal understandably took some of the starch out of them. Then, late in the second period, 1:23 after Drake Batherson's 2nd of the playoffs tied the game, Jackson Blake took a no-look, cross-ice pass from K'Andre Miller and snapped home his first of the playoffs to put the Canes back in front. The only downer is that the Canes were 0 for 4 on the power play and are now just 1 for 10 in the series. The penalty kill chalked off 5 Senators power plays and is a perfect 12 for 12 in the series. Game 4 is Saturday afternoon.