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    Ottawa Senators take early lead but unable to fend off defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins in NHL

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    Post by jedi17 Tue 06 Dec 2016, 1:22 pm

    Ottawa Senators take early lead but unable to fend off defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins in NHL scoring showcaser

    PITTSBURGH — The Ottawa Senators gave themselves some early, middle and late hope Monday against the defending Stanley Cup champions.
    Ultimately, though, the Pittsburgh Penguins ability to flex their offensive muscles at key moments led them to a wild, wide-open 8-5 victory.
    Given the nature of the shootout, it was entirely fitting that Bryan Rust put the game out of reach, scoring the Penguins seventh goal on a penalty shot with 7:24 left. Rust, who scored the first goal of the night, also completed his hat trick by scoring into an empty net.
    The Penguins also received a huge contribution from star Evgeni Malkin, as Pittsburgh rallied from a 4-2 second period deficit in front of yet another sellout crowd, the 445th consecutive in Pittsburgh.
    “That was a weird game,” said Senators coach Guy Boucher. “Everything that could happen, happened.”
    Adding injury to the insult of giving up eight goals, Curtis Lazar is out indefinitely after suffering an upper body injury. The Senators will recall another forward from Binghamton of the AHL Tuesday.
    Malkin scored on a pretty individual effort 1:05 into the third period – a shot that Senators goaltender Craig Anderson would like another crack at – to give the Penguins a 6-4 edge.
    Dion Phaneuf scored a power play goal – the Senators third of the night – and the Senators made a late push to send the game to extra time before Rust’s penalty shot marker.
    At that point, Boucher lifted Anderson in favour of back-up goaltender Mike Condon. Boucher wanted to do the “respectful” thing towards Anderson, given his personal situation, but thought about pulling him earlier.
    The game had a little bit of everything – except, of course, for goaltending highlights.
    Anderson, returning from personal leave, stopped 36 of 43 shots before being replaced.
    Penguins starter Marc-Andre Fleury allowed four goals on 16 shots before being replaced by Matt Murray.
    The Penguins also received goals from Crosby, Matt Cullen, Phil Kessel and Justin Schultz.
    Kyle Turris, Erik Karlsson, Mark Stone and Mike Hoffman had the other Senators goals.
    The home side took a 5-4 lead into the third period following a wacky second.
    After power play goals from Stone and Hoffman early in the period, the Senators held a 4-2 edge and looked, ever so briefly, like they had some control of the game.
    Instead of converting on another power play, however, they allowed Cullen – the ex-Senator – to score a shorthanded breakaway, narrowing the gap to 4-3. A Turris turnover allowed Cullen to break free.
    Kessel and Schultz then scored 24 seconds apart to give the Penguins their 5-4 edge.
    It wasn’t the style of the game the Senators wanted to play. Not by any means.
    “You could tell, really, from the first period that it was going to be one of these games and we couldn’t find a way to seal it up and not give them the space,” said Karlsson. “They are a good possession team, a veteran team and we didn’t do a good enough job in shutting down their top guys.”
    The rally was nothing new for the Penguins. They have now come from two goals behind to win six games this season. They’ve also scored a combined 19 goals in their past three games.
    Both teams entered the game on highs.
    The Senators rolled into Pittsburgh following Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Florida and with a record of 5-1-1 in their previous seven games.
    The Penguins, meanwhile, were on a two-game winning streak, including a 5-3 win over Detroit Saturday and a 6-2 defeat of Dallas last Thursday. The Penguins were also an impressive 10-2-1 at home.
    Beforehand, the Senators talked about not getting involved in any type of run-and-gun game —  they were looking at their 2-0 win over the high scoring New York Rangers as a model – but the Penguins’ stars were flying early.
    A mere 1:17 in, Malkin had extended his point-scoring streak to six games, setting up Rust to open the scoring.
    After Turris tied the game following a pretty feed from Ryan Dzingel, it took Crosby only seven seconds to restore the Penguins lead. Crosby, fighting off a check on a 2-on-1 break, ripped a shot over Anderson’s stick side shoulder. It was his league-leading 17th goal, extending his point streak to five games.
    The Senators hung around and Karlsson tied the game 2-2, but the Penguins controlled the play in the opening period.
    All told, the Penguins outshot the Senators 21-10 in the first period, repeatedly generating superb scoring chances. It wasn’t close to being good enough, but the Senators were able to survive.

    The Senators will leave Pittsburgh Tuesday morning and practice in San Jose in the afternoon, in preparation for Wednesday’s game against the Sharks.
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