While it took most of the game, the Ottawa Senators kept their dominance intact against the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday night at Scotiabank Place in Kanata, Ont.

Centre Mike Fisher scored at 3:17 of overtime, handing the Senators a 4-3 victory over the Lightning.

Senators defenceman Anton Volchenkov, right, hits Tampa Bay centre Vincent Lecavalier during the first period Saturday night at Scotiabank Place.
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After Dany Heatley forced the extra period with his team-tying 25th goal in the third, Fisher and captain Daniel Alfredsson combined for a nifty give-and-go to give Ottawa the win.

Fisher raced for the loose puck, deked Tampa Bay defenceman Brad Lukowich between the legs and squeezed a shot that beat goaltender Johan Holmqvist just inside the post.

"I just split their D along the boards and cut to the net and put it through his legs," Fisher said.

Centre Randy Robitaille led Ottawa with two goals, while Fisher added a goal and an assist.

Lightning star Vincent Lecavalier notched a goal and an assist, including his league-leading 62nd point.

The Senators (27-10-4) won for the fifth time in their last seven games and handed Tampa Bay (15-22-5) its seventh straight defeat.

Ottawa is now 21-4-1 with one tie against the Lightning overall since the end of the 1999-2000 season. The Senators have defeated Tampa Bay in 16 of 18 home meetings since 1997-98.

"That's the way it's going right now for us, but don't pity us. We can't have any self-pity," Lightning coach John Tortorella said. "We have to just keep on trying to find a way to complete a game and not just get one point, get the two points because as the games keep on rolling by here one point is not enough."

Senators goaltender Ray Emery started his second consecutive game to make 16 saves, while Holmqvist stopped 23 shots.

The Lightning jumped on Ottawa 5:43 into the first period aided by some hard work from Lecavalier. After Lecavalier won the draw and took control of a loose puck, Vaclav Prospal sent a pass to Martin St. Louis, who roofed a shot over Emery.

Lecavalier continued to dazzle at 11:17 of the first. The Lightning star corralled a rebound, slid the puck between his legs and backhanded a shot over Emery for a 2-0 lead.

Ottawa cut Tampa Bay's advantage with 39 seconds remaining in the first as Robitaille took a drop pass from Fisher and snapped a shot by Holmqvist.

Winger Jan Hlavac put Tampa Bay ahead 3-1 at 3:38 of the second following an Ottawa turnover when he deked Emery and slid the puck into the open side of the net.

Robitaille's second goal of the game reduced the Lightning's lead to 3-2. The Senators centre emerged from the right side of the slot and fired the puck over the left shoulder of Holmqvist.

The Senators tied the game more than four minutes into the final period as Holmqvist's clearing attempt behind the net struck teammate Kyle Wanvig's discarded stick in the left corner. This allowed Jason Spezza to to throw out a pass to Heatley, who flipped a shot behind Holmqvist.

"I was going to the net and he hooked me, and then he knew that he hooked so he let go of his stick and it just kind of drifted into the corner," Spezza said. "I started yelling at the ref, and all of a sudden the puck was there and I knew Heater was back there. That was the hockey gods helping out."

With files from the Associated Press