8 tweets that defined Game 7 of the Senators-Penguins series

After getting blown out 7-0 in Game 5 and scraping out a win in Game 6, the Ottawa Senators found themselves just one victory away from the Stanley Cup finals Thursday night.

And what a game it was. Let's head over to Twitter for the recap.

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It was an eventful night in Ottawa even before Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final got underway, when a tree collapsed onto a power line and knocked out power to a swath of Centretown — including part of Elgin Street, aka Sens Mile.

For those who could in fact watch the game, the first period was a tight, tense affair — with few opportunities for either team. 

In fact, there were just 11 shots in total: six for Pittsburgh and five for Ottawa. 

Sens fans were pretty happy with the way the puck was bouncing, though.

Meanwhile on Elgin Street: is there anything more Canadian than firefighters supplying a generator so that hockey fans can watch the big game in their favourite bar? 

Hope they got a gift certificate for a free poutine out of it.

For the first 10 minutes of the second period, it felt as if things might play out much like they did in the goalless first.

But then, a sudden flurry of activity saw Pittsburgh take the lead after Chris Kunitz successfully finished off a two-on-one — only for the Senators' Mark Stone to knot things up with his fifth goal of the playoffs a mere 20 seconds later.

Onwards to the third: Pittsburgh would edge in front once more, with Justin Schultz beating a well-screened Craig Anderson to make the score 2-1.

With their team's season dangling by a thread, Sens fans rightly felt the situation was dire.

But not Ryan Dzingel — who only a few minutes later coolly swatted a Erik Karlsson shot that had clanked off the post behind Pittsburgh netminder Matt Murray, leveling the game yet again.

Anderson, meanwhile, was having a stellar night between the Ottawa pipes, making all sorts of clutch saves —especially this one, sprawling for the puck in the dying minutes of regulation time.

Nothing was resolved during the first period of overtime, but Pittsburgh certainly had their chances, Phil Kessel in particular.

Early in the period, Kessel missed the net on a breakaway. Later on, he was denied when his shot rolled along the top of the crossbar instead of going in — but Penguins fans at PPG Paints Arena were convinced he'd scored.

So they threw towels onto the ice in protest. But Anderson set them straight.

And so, with the power still out on Elgin Street, nearly four hours after the puck dropped, Game 7 was off to a second overtime period.

Would Ottawa find a way to score that elusive winning goal and advance to the Stanley Cup finals?

Unfortunately for Sens fans, it wasn't to be. Two minutes in, Kunitz took a short pass from Sidney Crosby and fired it past Anderson — who'd played so well all night — and just like that, the Senators' inspiring, improbable playoff run was over.

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Nashville Predators, takes place Monday.