PHILADELPHIA, April 20 (UPI) -- Patrick Lalime stopped 33 shots for his first career post-season win Saturday night as the Ottawa Senators broke a 13-game road playoff losing streak with a 3-0 blanking of the anemic Philadelphia Flyers in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.
The Senators evened the series at 1-1.
Winless in his first five playoff starts, Lalime was spectacular in recording the second postseason shutout in team history. He stopped eight shots in the first period, 16 in the second and nine in the third and has not allowed a goal in regulation in this series.
No save was bigger than the one Lalime made on Simon Gagne with just over 16 minutes left. With Ottawa clinging to a 1-0 lead, Gagne got a pass from Justin Williams that sent him in alone on Lalime, who made a diving pokecheck before Gagne could shoot. Mike Fisher beat Roman Cechmanek on a breakaway at the other end to give the Senators some breathing room.
Former Flyer Jody Hull capped the scoring with 4:03 to play, finishing off Ottawa's first post-season road victory since a 2-1 triumph at New Jersey in Game 1 of the 1998 conference quarterfinals.
Coming off a 1-0 victory in Game 1, Cechmanek made 23 saves. But Philadelphia has scored just once in 57 shots on Lalime and ceded home-ice advantage in the best-of-seven series.
Game 3 is Monday night in Ottawa.
