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The words "now we've seen it all" will probably never be spoken with regards to the NHL's new overtime format.

The possibilities of something new and exciting happening are endless.

"When you get 3-on-3," Senators coach Dave Cameron said after Monday's win in St. Louis, "it's the unknown."

Clearly.

The 153 seconds preceding Bobby Ryan's winning goal -- which saw the Senators winger fall without being touched ("rope-a-dope," he jokingly called the ploy) before getting up to find himself alone and able to smoothly finish off a play with Chris Wideman and Mark Stone -- was action packed and unique enough.