Penguins Say Goodbye to Senators, Hello to Round Two
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One down…three to go! Despite falling behind by three goals in the first half of the game, the Pittsburgh Penguins kept themselves together and ended up taking the victory with an Overtime goal. After the previous game had gone into a Third Overtime, both of these teams were pretty determined to end the game in Regular Time. If Pittsburgh had lost this game, they would have still had another shot in Game 7, but that game would be do or die.
Five minutes into the game, Ottawa put in their first goal. Then, in the opening minutes of the second period, they took a two goal lead. Nearly half way through the game, there was a third goal for the Senators, putting Pittsburgh in a pretty tough position. A goal that would have put Pittsburgh on the board was disallowed, despite appearing to go past the line.
About 11 minutes into the second period, Matt Cooke scored off Jordan Staal’s first assist of the Post Season. The score remained 1-3 up until the seventh minute of the third period, when Bill Guerin netted a Power Play goal to make it only a single goal difference. Then, with under eight minutes remaining, Cooke scored his second goal of the game, tying the score and sending the game into Overtime.
Nearly ten minutes into Overtime, neither team had been able to put anything in. Ottawa had taken four shots, and Pittsburgh had taken three. Pascal Dupuis came skating in to take a pass from Staal, smashing it into the back of the net.
Marc Andre Fleury was a little shaky in the first half of the game, but he held Ottawa scoreless for the second portion of the game, including Overtime. Fleury made a total of 28 saves, chalking up another Playoff Win.
Pittsburgh now waits to see who their opponent will be in Round 2. The Flyers (7) are the only other team in the Eastern Conference to advance, at the moment. If the Capitals (1) advance, Pittsburgh (4) will either be playing the Boston Bruins (6) or Buffalo Sabres (3). The Bruins are currently up a game in the series, with one more left to advance.
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