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Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
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OTTAWA - Other than Jason Pominville, nobody was happier or quicker to celebrate his overtime goal than Jay McKee.
“I remember thinking, ‘Oh man, he’s got a chance here,’ ” said McKee, who was in the penalty box when Pominville scored a short-handed goal 2:26 into the extra period to give Buffalo a 3-2, series-ending victory over Ottawa on Saturday night.
“I saw him get around on the outside and my eyes just widened, and all of a sudden it was in and I got out of there as fast as I could,” McKee said. “I looked to my right and he was coming right for me, so I just gave him a big bear hug and we got clobbered by the rest of the guys. It was a pretty neat feeling.”
With McKee off for tripping Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson 1:44 into the extra period, Pominville burst down the left side and cut in front of goalie Ray Emery to tuck the puck past the rookie and give Buffalo its third overtime winner of the series.
“I think we were the only people who thought we could win the series,” Pominville said. “We proved we are a good team and hopefully we can keep going.”
Ryan Miller made 34 saves for Buffalo, which won the best-of-seven series 4-1 to advance to the Eastern Conference final against the Carolina-New Jersey winner.
All five games were decided by one goal in the series that featured a tie score or a one-goal lead for all but 1:40 of total play.
“It was definitely nerve-racking,” Miller said. “I think we handled it well by playing our own game.”
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Sabres defenseman Henrik Tallinder scored his first career playoff goal 33 seconds in and co-captain Chris Drury added a power-play goal 7:56 into the second to put Buffalo up 2-1.
Senators defenseman Brian Pothier scored for the second game in a row on a power play at 13:59 of second to tie it at 2. Alfredsson got his second goal of the playoffs — his first of the series — on a 5-on-3 midway through the first.
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“We really believed tonight,” said Emery, who stopped 21 shots. “We were really confident coming in.”
Buffalo, which finished fourth in the East, three points behind conference top-seed Ottawa in the Northeast Division, will face either No. 2 Carolina or No. 3 New Jersey in its first conference final since 1999.
Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
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Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
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After leading by 18 points in the first half, the Los Angeles Lakers were staring at a four-point deficit with less than two minutes to play.
