Penguins Embarrass the Ottawa Senators
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For what started out as a competitive game, took a complete 180 in the second and third period. Wednesday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins gave the Ottawa Senators a lump of coal for Christmas, taking them down in their 8-2 victory. Evgeni Malkin got his first Hat Trick of the season, while Sidney Crosby managed to add three more points to his record with three assists. The Penguins are still tied with the Devils for that number one spot in the division.
Less than five minutes into the game, Malkin had the first goal during a Power Play. However, in the 13th minute, Ottawa tied the score up. The first period would end 1-1, with the Senators taking 24 shots and the Penguins only taking 9.
The second period was where the scale tipped highly in Pittsburgh’s favor. Only about a minute in, Bill Guerin put in a Power Play goal. During the seventh minute, Ruslan Fedotenko gave the Penguins a two goal lead. About 11 and a half minutes in, Chris Kunitz, who had assisted in Guerin’s goal, had the favor returned. Less than three minutes later, Guerin had his second goal of the game, off another Power Play. It looked like the Senators might be able to make it out of the period without any more goals, but with less than two minutes to play, Malkin got his second goal.
The Senators switched out their goalies for the third period, but it didn’t prove to be any better. Less than two minutes in, Sergei Gonchar made it a 7-1 game. Then, a few minutes later, Malkin got his Hat Trick off an assist from Crosby. Ottawa managed to put one more goal in during the final two minutes, but it did little good other than help save some face.
Marc Andre Fleury played an amazing game! Despite the huge loss for Ottawa, Fleury really had to work for the win, saving 45 shots. He bumped his Save Percentage up to 91.1% with this big win.
The Penguins will get to celebrate the holidays, returning December 27 to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs. The game will take place at 7:00 P.M. ET.
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