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DENVER — The Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche are so evenly matched that neither team can win in regulation.

Pierre-Marc Bouchard took the pass from Brian Rolston from behind the net and sent it past Jose Theodore 11:58 into overtime to give the Wild a 3-2 win over the Avalanche in Game 3 on Monday night.

It was the third straight overtime game in this first-round series series, with the Wild winning two of them.

Going back to 2003, the teams have played five straight overtime games in the playoffs, all of which ended in 3-2 scores.

The Wild, which snapped a five-game road losing streak in the playoffs, was outshot 40-30 in regulation but controlled the extra period with most of the action in the Colorado zone, outshooting the Avalanche 11-7.

The teams return tonight night for Game 4, a rare back-to-back in the playoffs that was necessitated by the NBA's Denver Nuggets having the court Wednesday night for their regular-season finale.

● Penguins 4, Senators 1: In Ottawa, Sidney Crosby, Jordan Staal and Marian Hossa scored in the third period to lift Pittsburgh to a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.

Maxime Talbot scored in the second period and Hossa also had two assists to push his former team to the brink of elimination one year after beating Pittsburgh in five games on its way to the Stanley Cup finals.

Game 4 is Wednesday night at Scotiabank Place.

Crosby got the tiebreaking goal 12 seconds into the third, stunning the Senators' crowd with his first goal of the playoffs after busting in on a 2-on-1 break and snapping a shot that beat Martin Gerber stick side.

● Predators 5, Red Wings 3: In Nashville, Tenn., Jason Arnott scored with 3:58 left in the final period, the second Nashville goal in nine seconds, and the Predators rallied to get back into the first-round series.

Ryan Suter tied the game just nine seconds earlier, putting a slap shot from the left side past Dominik Hasek, who had dominated the Predators for most of the game and the series. Martin Erat scored an empty-netter with 41 seconds left to seal the come-from-behind win.

GLENDALE — The Phoenix Coyotes signed Kevin Porter, winner of the Hobey Baker Award as the nation's top college hockey player, on Monday.

Porter, 22, completed his senior season at Michigan this year and was second in NCAA Division I in scoring with 33 goals and 33 assists in 43 games. The Wolverines' captain finished his college career with 85 goals and 98 assists.

He was selected by Phoenix in the fourth round of the 2004 entry draft, the 119th selection overall.

He will report to the San Antonio Rampage, the Coyotes' affiliate in the American Hockey League.