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A power play goal from Shea Weber in overtime helped the Nashville Predators snap a six-game losing streak with a frenzied 6-5 win over the Ottawa Senators.

Trailing 3-0 after the first two periods, the Senators stormed back with five goals in the third, including a shorthanded tally from Chris Phillips that tied the game with 1.6 seconds remaining in regulation time.

"You're on the power play and they score a short-handed goal with 1.6 seconds left and you're on a six-game losing streak, that plays with your mind," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said.

"But give our guys a lot of credit because we've been a little bit fragile lately."

Weber's overtime goal, scored after a penalty to Ottawa's Matt Carkner, was his second of the game and third of the season from a shot off the point.

"Definitely not a defensive battle," Weber (pictured) said. "It was a lot of offence, but we got two points and we're happy."

Ryan Suter scored his first two goals of the season and JP Dumont added a goal and four assists for the winners, with Cody Franson scoring the other Nashville goal.

Chris Campoli, Nick Foligno, Milan Michalek and Anton Volchenkov also scored third period goals for the Senators (5-2-1), who appeared listless in the opening two periods before their dramatic rally.

"Obviously not the start we wanted, but we battled back and lots happened in between there, a lot of goals scored," Phillips said.

The New York Rangers wasted a chance to join the Pittsburgh Penguins at the top of the NHL's Atlantic Division with a 4-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils.

Right wing Dainius Zubrus deflected a shot past Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist from close range with just over 12 minutes left in regulation to snap the 2-2 tie, while Zach Parise scored an empty-net goal with 40 seconds left to end the scoring.

"It bounced a couple of times," Lundqvist said of Zubrus's goal. "It was a really bad goal, unfortunately at the wrong time.

"Sometimes you can get away with a bad goal but in a 2-2 game, it's a tough one. I am very disappointed."

New Jersey took an early 2-0 lead on goals by Parise and Nicklas Bergfors but the Rangers tied it on second-period scores by Marian Gaborik and Ales Kotalik.

"The Rangers have a good offense and you always need to know where they are on the ice," said Devils head coach Jacques Lemaire. "If you're not aware of that you'll be in trouble. That's why they came back."

Devils goalie Martin Brodeur, who is one shutout away from tying Terry Sawchuk's all-time record of 103, made 29 saves while Lundqvist blocked 21.

The Penguins, winners of six successive games, lead the Atlantic division with 16 points while the Rangers have 14. New Jersey are in third with 10 points.

The Rangers have now lost two successive games following a seven-game winning streak.

"This is where you start finding out about your club, when you go through situations like this," said Rangers head coach John Tortorella. "It's a long year.

"But these are the types of situations that when you play your next game, you see how some guys react. I'm not disappointed in the team as far as how we played.

"We made some bonehead plays that cost us. But I liked the way we battled back. The guys stayed together. We'll see what happens."

Reuters