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October 20, 2010, Wednesday
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THE Pittsburgh Penguins claimed their fourth win in five games when they cruised past the slumping Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Monday.
Sidney Crosby and Mark Letestu each claimed power-play goals for Pittsburgh and Evgeni Malkin also scored as the Penguins took a 3-0 first-period lead.
Ottawa answered when Daniel Alfredsson scored his first of the season at 5:40 in the second period on a powerplay but two goals in 25 seconds by Pittsburgh's Pascal Dupuis and Kris Letang put the game out of reach.
Chris Campoli claimed a consolation goal for the Senators in the third period.
The win, Pittsburgh's third in a row, moved the Penguins (4-3-0) into a share of first place in the Atlantic division with the New York Islanders.
The defeat was Ottawa's (1-4-1) fifth in six games to continue their miserable start to the season.
The game was defenseman Sergei Gonchar's first in Pittsburgh since he left the Penguins in July to sign with Ottawa as a free agent.
Gonchar, who won the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh in 2009, had one assist on his return.
"I don't think anybody is happy," Gonchar told reporters. "We're all frustrated. But it's one of those things that you have to battle through. You have to stay positive."
The game was a rematch of last season's best-of-seven first-round playoff series, which the Penguins claimed 4-2.
Pittsburgh backup goaltender Brent Johnson made 32 saves to claim his fourth win of the year as he continues to outshine first choice Marc-Andre Fleury, who has lost his three starts this season.
"It's (Fleury's) team, everyone knows that," Johnson said. "It's important right now that if I am looked upon to get in there, I try to get the job done."
In Chicago, Marian Hossa scored a pair of goals 2:31 apart late in the third period to erase an early two-goal deficit, then Patrick Sharp connected at 3:50 of overtime to give the Blackhawks a 3-2 win over the St Louis Blues.
Sharp scored from just to the left of the crease after taking a cross-ice pass from Patrick Kane and whipping a shot past Jaroslav Halak.
Sharp's fifth goal in three games extended Chicago's winning streak to three. Hossa spoiled a shutout bid by Halak with 6:48 left in the third when he scored a power-play goal by backhanding in a rebound of Brent Seabrook's shot.
Hossa leveled it at 2-2 with 4:17 to go when he fired in a loose puck, also on a backhand shot, from a scrum in the crease.
David Perron scored his first two goals of the season for the Blues, whose losing streak reached three.
Elsewhere, it was: Avalanche 3, Rangers 1; Islanders 2, Maple Leafs 1, OT; and Lightning 5, Stars 4.
Sidney Crosby and Mark Letestu each claimed power-play goals for Pittsburgh and Evgeni Malkin also scored as the Penguins took a 3-0 first-period lead.
Ottawa answered when Daniel Alfredsson scored his first of the season at 5:40 in the second period on a powerplay but two goals in 25 seconds by Pittsburgh's Pascal Dupuis and Kris Letang put the game out of reach.
Chris Campoli claimed a consolation goal for the Senators in the third period.
The win, Pittsburgh's third in a row, moved the Penguins (4-3-0) into a share of first place in the Atlantic division with the New York Islanders.
The defeat was Ottawa's (1-4-1) fifth in six games to continue their miserable start to the season.
The game was defenseman Sergei Gonchar's first in Pittsburgh since he left the Penguins in July to sign with Ottawa as a free agent.
Gonchar, who won the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh in 2009, had one assist on his return.
"I don't think anybody is happy," Gonchar told reporters. "We're all frustrated. But it's one of those things that you have to battle through. You have to stay positive."
The game was a rematch of last season's best-of-seven first-round playoff series, which the Penguins claimed 4-2.
Pittsburgh backup goaltender Brent Johnson made 32 saves to claim his fourth win of the year as he continues to outshine first choice Marc-Andre Fleury, who has lost his three starts this season.
"It's (Fleury's) team, everyone knows that," Johnson said. "It's important right now that if I am looked upon to get in there, I try to get the job done."
In Chicago, Marian Hossa scored a pair of goals 2:31 apart late in the third period to erase an early two-goal deficit, then Patrick Sharp connected at 3:50 of overtime to give the Blackhawks a 3-2 win over the St Louis Blues.
Sharp scored from just to the left of the crease after taking a cross-ice pass from Patrick Kane and whipping a shot past Jaroslav Halak.
Sharp's fifth goal in three games extended Chicago's winning streak to three. Hossa spoiled a shutout bid by Halak with 6:48 left in the third when he scored a power-play goal by backhanding in a rebound of Brent Seabrook's shot.
Hossa leveled it at 2-2 with 4:17 to go when he fired in a loose puck, also on a backhand shot, from a scrum in the crease.
David Perron scored his first two goals of the season for the Blues, whose losing streak reached three.
Elsewhere, it was: Avalanche 3, Rangers 1; Islanders 2, Maple Leafs 1, OT; and Lightning 5, Stars 4.
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