MONTREAL -- Matthew Dunlop scored the overtime winner, while sophomore Anthony Brodeur -- son of NHL legendary netminder Martin Brodeur -- made 21 saves, as sixth-place Ottawa rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to defeat the division-leading and fifth-ranked McGill Redmen 4-3 in OUA hockey at McConnell Arena on Saturday.

Dunlop's game-winner, his first goal of the season, came on a rebound just 86 seconds into the extra session, while Brodeur, a 2013 draft pick of the New Jersey Devils, enhanced his record to 4-5, as Ottawa improved to 81-102-10 in 193 lifetime meetings with the Redmen.

McGill led 1-0 after one period and 2-0 after two before the Gee-Gees came to life in the third stanza. It marked the first time this season that the Redmen lost after entering the third period with a lead. They are now 15-1 in that department. Ottawa outshot a sleepy Redmen squad 29-24, marking only the fourth time this season that McGill has been outshot and the first such occurrence in nine games. It was also the second time that Ottawa had the edge over McGill in shots, having previously done that on Oct. 28. They join Laurier (Nov. 25) and UQTR (Oct. 7) as the only teams to accomplish that feat against the Redmen this season. Ottawa is ranked second in the nation in shots per game (40.6) behind UNB (41.0), while McGill is third (40.3).

"We didn't have the focus," admitted McGill team captain Nathan Chiarlitti, a defenceman from Maple, Ont., who refused to blame the loss on the fact that Ottawa had fresh legs while McGill was coming off Friday's emotional 4-0 victory over Carleton before a packed house in the annual Winter Carnival Game. "It's a good learning curve for us and hopefully we can just take this feeling and remember it next weekend, the weekend after, and the playoffs and Nationals."

Samuel Tremblay of St. Basile, Que., had put the Redmen on the board first with his 10th goal of the season at 10:26 of the opening frame, and rookie Keanu Yamamoto of Spokane, Wash., made it 2-0 at 18:06 of the second. It was his eighth of the campaign.

In the  third period, McGill called a timeout for a breather after icing the puck. Arguably, the move kind of backfired when Ottawa scored three goals in five minutes to grab the lead. Marco Azzano struck first with his second of the season at 6:17, followed by Jacob Hanlon, who also tallied his second, at 9:09 and Kevin Domingue at 11:36. Dominigue, a sophomore, is tied for third among OUA goal-scoring leaders with 15. He trails RMC's Riley Brandt (17) and Concordia's Anthony Beauregard (16).

The Redmen finally came to life when Samuel Hodhod of Montreal tied things up at 13:54 to force a five-minute overtime session that ended abruptly.

"We were up (by two) and playing an okay game, then we just shut it down in the third period," said Chiarlitti bluntly. "I think it's a lack of focus and that's something we'll work on. We talked about it, we've made a focus on it in pre-game and even last night, and it just wasn't enough."

McGill goaltender Louis-Philip Guindon of St. Joseph du Lac, Que., was bidding for his third consecutive shutout. Instead, he was beaten four times on 29 pucks faced as his record dropped to 16-5. The offensive outburst allowed in the final stanza snapped his personal and the team's shutout streak at 178 minutes and 35 seconds. The school record is 191:06 by Jean-Michel Filiatrault, from Nov. 5 to Nov. 18, 2005. Guindon still leads the league in wins, shutouts (3) and goals-against average (2.21).

Both teams were perfect on the penalty kill, with the Redmen killing off four infractions and Ottawa neutralizing three.

The Gee-Gees (11-7-3) play Concordia (14-4-3) on Sunday (Jan. 21).

With four games remaining before playoffs, the loss puts an end to McGill's attempt at matching a single-season school record of 24 victories. Next weekend, the Redmen (19-4-1) will host Carleton (13-5-3) again, on Saturday, Jan. 27 in a 7 p.m. start at McConnell Arena.

GAME NOTES: Ottawa team captain Eric Locke was injured in the pregame warmup and the Gee-Gees subsequently dressed only 19 players.

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2017-18 OUA MEN'S HOCKEY STANDINGS
 

Rank	OUA East	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA	STK	P10	PIM
1	McGill	24	19	4	1	39	0.813	95	55	2-0-1	7-2-1	329
2	Queen's	23	15	5	3	33	0.717	73	54	3-0-0	7-3-0	272
3	Concordia	21	14	4	3	31	0.738	89	62	0-1-0	6-2-2	345
4	Carleton	21	13	5	3	29	0.690	77	53	0-1-1	5-3-2	338
5	UOIT	21	13	7	1	27	0.643	58	56	3-0-0	8-2-0	285
6	Ottawa	21	11	7	3	25	0.595	69	71	3-0-0	6-3-1	242
7	Nipissing	22	8	12	2	18	0.391	55	75	0-2-0	2-8-0	401
8	UQTR	22	7	14	1	15	0.386	70	57	5-0-0	7-2-1	403
9	RMC	22	5	14	3	13	0.295	47	86	0-6-1	2-6-2	341
10	Laurentian	21	5	15	1	11	0.239	52	114	0-2-1	1-8-1	329
Rank	OUA West	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA	STK	P10	PIM
1	Guelph	22	16	5	1	33	0.750	93	64	0-1-0	8-2-0	249
2	Laurier	22	13	6	3	29	0.659	76	61	0-1-1	5-4-1	204
3	York	23	14	8	1	29	0.630	72	66	2-0-0	5-4-1	274
4	Ryerson	22	13	7	2	28	0.636	89	69	0-3-0	5-3-2	206
5	Brock	22	11	7	4	26	0.591	61	57	0-1-0	7-2-1	255
6	Lakehead	21	10	8	3	23	0.500	50	67	0-2-2	4-4-2	220
7	Western	21	10	9	2	22	0.524	77	75	6-0-0	7-2-1	170
8	Windsor	22	6	10	6	18	0.409	57	76	0-4-2	1-6-3	352
9	Waterloo	21	7	11	3	17	0.405	64	87	2-0-0	3-6-1	439
10	Toronto	22	8	13	1	17	0.386	55	74	3-0-0	4-6-0	293

NOTE: Due to an ineligible player, UQTR forfeits 19 points from 8 wins and 3 OT losses. Teams that gain points in the standings: Lakehead (4), Laurentian (4), Nipissing (3), Carleton (2), Queen's (2).