Senators beat Panthers 4-3 to win fourth straight

Nick Foligno scored with 2.5 seconds left in the third period and the Ottawa Senators extended their winning streak to four games with a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night

Foligno put away a rebound of Daniel Alfredsson's slap shot for the winner after Florida's Kris Versteeg scored with 47.1 seconds left to tie it at 3.

Colin Greening scored at 17:53 to put Ottawa up 3-2, setting the stage for the wild finish. Greening beat Jacob Markstrom with a wrist shot into the right side of the net with 2:07 left as Ottawa went on to even its record at 5-5.

Craig Anderson made 22 saves, and Daniel Alfredsson and Stephane Da Costa scored in the second period for Ottawa, which erased two one-goal deficits.

Jason Garrison put Florida up 1-0 in the first, and Stephen Weiss restored the Panthers' lead at 2-1 in the second.

Markstrom stopped 34 shots in his second straight start.

Alfredsson, who missed the Senators' 3-2 shootout win at Carolina on Tuesday, tied it 1-1 on his fourth goal 5:27 into the second with a delayed penalty called on Florida.

Weiss gave the Panthers their second one-goal lead at 6:35 on a goal originally credited to Tomas Fleischmann.

Da Costa came out of the penalty box to draw Ottawa even for a second time at 14:14. The 22-year-old rookie center drove the left side and took Erik Condra's centering feed from the right corner

Garrison opened the scoring 4:41 in when he drove a long slap shot past Anderson for his third goal.

NOTES: Panthers D Ed Jovanovski left the game briefly after he was struck by a shot on the left hand early in the third. He returned after going to the dressing room. ... Florida went 0 for 4 on the power play. ... Senators coach Paul MacLean revealed earlier in the day that C Peter Regin's shoulder injury will sideline him for 6 to 8 weeks. Regin, who has one goal and two assists in five games, will not have surgery. ... Ottawa has been outscored 16-3 overall in the first period this season.

(This version CORRECTS Senators 4, Panthers 3. Corrects first Florida goal to Weiss on official scoring change.)