OTTAWA (AP) – Upon further review, the Ottawa Senators are right back in the Stanley Cup finals.

Daniel Alfredsson broke out of a scoring slump with the help of the replay booth, and Anaheim defenseman Chris Pronger deflected the go-ahead goal into his own net during Ottawa’s three-goal second period, giving the Senators’ a 5-3 victory over the Ducks on Saturday night.

That was enough to cut Anaheim’s series lead to 2-1 and ensure the Senators another trip to Southern California. They can get even with the Ducks with a win at home in Game 4 on Monday night.

Alfredsson had been searching for a bit of luck during a frustrating two-plus games against the Ducks checking line of Samuel Pahlsson, Travis Moen and Rob Niedermayer. He got it when Wade Redden’s shot from the left point hit the Senators captain in the left skate, as he charged the net, and slid past goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere to tie it 3-3 with 3:46 left in the second.

Referee Dan O’Halloran immediately waved off the power-play goal before going to the phone at the scorer’s table. The good news got to the Senators bench before the official replay ruling was announced, and Ottawa coach Bryan Murray happily shook his fist shortly before O’Halloran pointed to center ice to signal the goal.

Alfredsson, who leads the NHL with 11 playoff goals, was mobbed at the bench by teammates. They appeared every bit as relieved for Alfredsson, the only person to play in all 97 postseason games since the Senators franchise was reborn in 1992. The Ducks had won five straight since falling behind 2-1 to Detroit in the Western Conference finals.

Ottawa, which managed only two power-play goals in the first two games at Anaheim, took its first lead since the opener on Pronger’s gaffe. That was enough to give the current Senators franchise its first win in the finals.

The boisterous crowd of red-clad fans was still buzzing about Alfredsson’s goal when Oleg Saprykin shook off Francois Beauchemin’s big check behind the Anaheim net. He came out of the corner and got the puck to Dean McAmmond, who blindly slung the puck behind his back toward the crease. Pronger deflected it and couldn’t sweep it away before it found the open right side at 18:34.

Giguere angrily kicked the puck away from the crease in his worst performance of the playoffs. He hadn’t allowed more than three goals in his previous 15 appearances, but was tagged for five on 29 shots.

Chris Neil and Mike Fisher also scored for the Senators, who erased three one-goal deficits in their first home game in 17 days and the first Stanley Cup finals contest in Canada’s capital in 80 years. The win was sealed when Anton Volchenkov took a pass in the slot from Antoine Vermette and made it 5-3 at 8:22 of the third.

Senators goalie Ray Emery wasn’t as sharp as in Anaheim, but protected the one-goal lead just over four minutes into the third when he stopped Todd Marchant’s shot, and then smacked the rebound away with his stick before the puck could bound into the net.

He finished with 19 saves.

For at least one night, Ottawa’s top line of Alfredsson, Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza, could avoid questions about their lack of scoring punch. Trying to take advantage of the last line change at home, Murray worked to get the trio away from Anaheim’s checkers, who scored the winning goal in each of the first two games.

Although these teams didn’t face each other during the regular season, they have newfound animosity. Before the opening faceoff, Neil and Moen jostled enough that they had to be split up. Tempers really rose in the third period when Pronger dropped McAmmond with a forearm to the chin.

McAmmond fell to his back and struck his head on the ice before sliding into the corner. He was attended to by the Senators medical staff before being helped to the dressing room. He was diagnosed with a head injury and didn’t return.

When Neil was hit in front of the benches soon after, a full-force scrum broke out. Fisher sat on top of Ryan Getzlaf, while Anaheim’s Dustin Penner held down Peter Schaefer. Anaheim’s entire kid line of Penner, Getzlaf and Corey Perry went to the penalty box together to serve roughing penalties.

Until then, their biggest contribution was in supplying the bulk of the Ducks’ offense.

Perry gave Anaheim a 2-1 lead in the second period with his fifth of the playoffs at 5:20, but Fisher tied it 27 seconds later.

Andy McDonald staked the Ducks to their first advantage off a pretty power-play setup by Teemu Selanne 5:39 into the game. Ottawa wiped that out with 3:50 left in the first period on Neil’s second of the playoffs.

It was the Senators’ first even-strength goal of the series and snapped a scoring drought of 111 minutes, 34 seconds – dating to the second period of Game 1.

Ducks forward Chris Kunitz played for the first time since breaking his right hand in the opener of the Western Conference finals three weeks ago, but limped off the ice favoring his left leg early in the second period and didn’t return.

Notes: After taking a penalty in the second period, Spezza was forced to change jerseys. Mike Comrie served the beginning of the penalty, before being replaced by Spezza, who was wearing the sweater of Patrick Eaves, who was scratched. Spezza put on his No. 19 when he got back to the bench. … Kunitz logged 10 shifts and 4:13 of ice time.

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