After blowing a tire and costing his team a goal earlier in the game, Bobby Ryan totally redeemed himself by scoring the OT winner to give the Senators a 2-1 series lead over Boston.
This marked the second time in the game that an Ottawa goal was created by an exceptional pass from defenseman Erik Karlsson.
The Bruins will look to even the series Wednesday.
Hosting a playoff hockey game in Nashville has its perks.
To wit: Grammy-award winning artist Carrie Underwood made a surprise appearance to sing the national anthem prior to Game 3 against the Chicago Blackhawks. Predators' Mike Fisher jersey and all.
David Pastrnak continued building on a breakout regular season by scoring the game-tying goal in Game 3 - his first ever in the playoffs - to completely erase a three-goal deficit for the Boston Bruins at the hands of the Ottawa Senators.
Now six of the Toronto Maple Leafs' nine playoff goals thus far have come from rookies. The kids carried the load during the regular season and have showed no signs of slowing down in the postseason.
In a risky decision, Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby decided to channel his inner-Dominator by racing out to the blue line to break up a Mitch Marner breakaway by sprawling out in a full pad-stack and poking the puck away with his stick.
This tactic is certainly something you don't see much anymore these days, but it is always an entertaining moment. It turned out to be the right move, as the play came right after Toronto killed a 5-on-3, so momentum would have surely swung in favor of the Leafs had Holtby whiffed.
The Boston Bruins benefited from a lucky one in Game 3 as the puck hopped over the stick of Ottawa's Bobby Ryan, who then fell to the ice and allowed David Backes to skate to the net uncontested before scoring on Craig Anderson.
The goal was Backes' first in the postseason for the Bruins.
The early fan sensation of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoff was given time to shine during Game 3.
Jason Maslakow, now commonly referred to as 'Dart Guy' after his famous appearance on camera during Game 2 in Washington, was featured by the Toronto Maple Leafs on the scoreboard during the first period of Game 3 from the seat afforded to him in the meantime.
Auston Matthews got off the schneid by burying his first career playoff goal in Game 3 against the Capitals. You can give Capitals defenseman Nate Schmidt an assist for wearing Matthews' initial shot on the face. The Calder Trophy favorite stayed with the puck and slid it past Braden Holtby to cut Washington's lead in half.
With Matthews' tally, four of Toronto's seven goals in the postseason thus far have been scored by rookies. Mitch Marner is responsible for one, while Kasperi Kapanen notched two in Game 2.