Detroit gets past San Jose in OT

Two mistakes by the San Jose Sharks led to Mathieu Schneider’s overtime goal Wednesday night.

Schneider scored on the power play 16 minutes 4 seconds into overtime to cap Detroit’s rally from a two-goal deficit and a 3-2 victory over the host Sharks that tied the second-round Western Conference best-of-seven playoff series at two games apiece.

After the Red Wings tied the score, 2-2, on Robert Lang’s goal with 33.1 seconds left in regulation, Schneider won it after a bad penalty by Craig Rivet and a bad giveaway by Scott Hannan.

The Red Wings were on the power play because Rivet shot the puck into the seats from his own zone, leading to a delay-of-game call. With the puck deep in San Jose’s end, Hannan tried to clear it up the middle, but Schneider batted it down and fired a shot past Evgeni Nabokov.

Jonathan Cheechoo put the Sharks ahead, 1-0, at 17 minutes 52 seconds of the first period and Marcel Goc made it 2-0 at 8:07 of the second. Tomas Holmstrom pulled the Red Wings to within one goal at 19:55 of the period.

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Ottawa 3, New Jersey 2 -- Dany Heatley set up Daniel Alfredsson’s goal, then scored unassisted to help the host Senators take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Heatley, Ottawa’s two-time 50-goal scorer, took a shot from the right boards that struck Martin Brodeur’s right skate and went between the goalie’s pads late in the second period to give Ottawa a 2-1 lead. He also helped Alfredsson open the scoring 4:34 in with a centering pass from behind the net.