Three more OT beauties in the Stanley Cup bakeoff.

#1 (via the Boston Globe):

Capitals get one back from Bruins

BOSTON — At 2:56 of double overtime, Washington’s Nicklas Backstrom winged a shot through Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference that beat Tim Thomas, giving the Capitals a 2-1 win in Game 2 of the teams’ first-round playoff series at TD Garden Saturday.

The series is tied at 1-1.

“I just had time to yell ‘screen’ and then I think I picked it up about halfway to me, but it was one of those knuckle [shots],” Bruins goalie Tim Thomas said of the game-winning goal. “You can’t get a read on exactly where it’s going. It is what it was.”

Very zen, Tim. Is the Tea Party okay with that?

#2 (via the New York Daily News):

NY Rangers lose in overtime to Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Chris Neil’s stunning goal after Henrik Lundqvist loses stick on final play

That’s some headline, eh?

#3 (via the Chicago Sun-Times):

Bryan Bickell scores winner in overtime as Blackhawks even series

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Phoenix Coyotes goalie Mike Smith went down like he was shot. He spun around, and his gloves flew off. He grabbed his facemask.

Blackhawks grinder Andrew Shaw simply looked stunned.

Their run-in behind the Coyotes’ goal in the second period of Game 2 on Saturday at Jobing.com Arena was another wrinkle in a series that has grown increasingly more intense with every period. In the end, the Hawks were able to find a way to beat Smith and win 4-3 in overtime to even the series at one game apiece.

Bryan Bickell scored the game-winner at 10:36 of overtime on an assist from Viktor Stalberg after a turnover by Adrian Aucoin.

Patrick Sharp forced overtime with 5.5 seconds left in regulation.

“The puck was finding me tonight, and it was exciting to get the goal to get the team the win,” Bickell said. “It’s going to be exciting going back to Chicago now.”

Hey – the Stanley Cup playoffs are just exciting, period.