UNIONDALE, N.Y., April 16 (UPI) -- Mike Fisher and defenseman Anton Volchenkov scored in the opening 4:12 Wednesday night and the Ottawa Senators never looked back in a 3-1 win over the New York Islanders that gave them a three games to one lead in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series
Marian Hossa had the other goal and Patrick Lalime stopped 21 shots for the Senators, who will try to close out the best-of-seven series on Thursday night at the Corel Centre.
The Senators controlled play for most of overtime in Game 3 before emerging with a 3-2 win in the second extra period.
Ottawa remained the aggressive team early in Game 4 as Fisher scored 28 seconds in and Volchenkov connected less than four minutes later against surprised goaltender Garth Snow.
Defenseman Adrian Aucoin gave the Islanders some life with a second-period goal, but the momentum ended swiftly when Oleg Kvasha deflected a pass into his own net for a goal credited to Hossa.
The offensive troubles continued for New York, which has managed a mere six goals in the series and just three in the last three games.
It took just a few seconds for Ottawa to grab the lead as Fisher took a pass from former Islander Bryan Smolinski near the top of the right faceoff circle and beat Snow with a high slap shot.
The Senators quickly made it 2-0. Vaclav Varada wristed a shot toward the net that Volchenkov got as his momentum carried him past the goal line on the right side. He spun and took a bad-angle shot that appeared to deflect off Snow and into the goal.
Ottawa further demonstrated its control moments later when enforcer Chris Neal flattened Jason Blake with a clean hit near the red line.
New York had a 42-second, two-man advantage bridging the first two periods but failed to get off a shot.
The Islanders finally solved Lalime at 2:48 of the second. With both teams down a man, Aucoin scored on a low slap shot from just inside the blue line.
A favorable bounce helped Ottawa silence the Nassau Coliseum crowd less than six minutes later. Hossa tried to send a pass across the crease to Martin Havlat. Kvasha got his stick on the puck but accidentally deflected it into his own net for a power-play goal.
The top-seeded Senators played a defensive-minded third period and repeatedly frustrated the Islanders, who fell to 0-13-4 at home against Ottawa since Jan. 6, 1996.
Dave Scatchard deflected a slap shot past Lalime with seven seconds left, but the goal was waved off because he used a high stick.
