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Pittsburgh 0 0 3 0--3
Ottawa 2 1 0 0--3
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Havlat 2 (power play) (Bonk), 9:26.
2, Ottawa, Arvedson 3 (Hossa, Bonk), 11:30. Penalties: Beranek, Pit
(tripping), 2:55; Slegr, Pit (holding), 8:45; Fisher, Ott (slashing),
18:25.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ottawa, Yashin 3 (Hossa), 8:36. Penalties:
V Prospal, Ott (tripping), 6:03; Hrdina, Pit (holding, unsportsmanlike
conduct), 9:32; Boughner, Pit (Obstr holding), 14:35; Redden, Ott
(interference), 18:33.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Pittsburgh, Kovalev 2 (Beranek, Lang), 2:26.
5, Pittsburgh, Jagr 6 (power play) (Simicek, Kovalev), 12:31. 6,
Pittsburgh, Straka 3 (Jagr), 19:38. Penalties: Boughner, Pit (fighting
major), 2:33; Roy, Ott (fighting major), 2:33; Miller, Pit (tripping),
3:40; Mceachern, Ott (slashing), 12:10; Mceachern, Ott (slashing), 13:18;
Kasparaitis, Pit (interference), 17:13.
OVERTIME -- Scoring: None.
Shots on goal:
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Pittsburgh 4 9 10 1--24
Ottawa 15 10 6 3--34
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Power-play Conversions: Pit - 1 of 5, Ott - 1 of 7. Goalies:
Pittsburgh, Snow (34 shots, 31 saves; record: 0-0-1). Ottawa, Hurme (24,
21; record: 1-0-1). A:17,679. Referees: Degrace, Stewart. Linesmen:
Murray, Collins.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
Pittsburgh Ottawa
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
A Morozov 0 0 -1 0 Arvedson 1 0 even 5
Beranek 0 1 +1 2 Bonk 0 2 +1 1
Bonvie 0 0 even 0 Dackell 0 0 -1 2
Boughner 0 0 even 1 Fisher 0 0 even 2
Corbet 0 0 -1 1 Forbes 0 0 -1 1
Hrdina 0 0 +1 3 Havlat 1 0 even 1
Jagr 1 1 +1 4 Hossa 0 2 +2 1
Kasparaitis 0 0 +1 2 Kravchuk 0 0 even 2
Kovalev 1 1 +1 3 Mceachern 0 0 +1 3
Kraft 0 0 -1 0 Persson 0 0 +1 0
Lang 0 1 even 2 Phillips 0 0 even 2
M Barnaby 0 0 even 0 Redden 0 0 -1 2
Melichar 0 0 -1 0 Roy 0 0 -1 0
Miller 0 0 even 0 Salo 0 0 even 1
Rozsival 0 0 even 0 V Prospal 0 0 -1 4
Simicek 0 1 even 1 Yashin 1 0 even 3
Slegr 0 0 even 2 York 0 0 even 2
Straka 1 0 even 3 Zamuner 0 0 even 2
Laukkanen Knee Injury Alfredsson Hip Injury
Jonsson Concussion Rachunek Healthy
I Moran Healthy
Game Story
KANATA, Ontario (Ticker) -- Martin Straka scored with 22 seconds
left in regulation as the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from a
three-goal deficit for a 3-3 tie against the red-hot Ottawa
Senators.
Ottawa was on its way to a franchise record-tying fifth straight
win when the Penguins pulled goaltender Garth Snow for an extra
attacker.
Straka streaked down the center of the ice, took Jaromir Jagr's
blind feed from the outside of the right faceoff circle and
waited for Jani Hurme to commit to the ice before beating him
glove side.
"I have a sixth sense," said Jagr, whose team is 25-5-8 all-time
against Ottawa.
Jagr and Alexei Kovalev also scored in the third period for the
Penguins, who are 3-1-1 since an opening-night loss to the
Nashville Predators. They suffered a 3-2 loss at home to
Carolina on Wednesday night.
"In back-to-back games, we cannot find our legs, so we had a
tough first period," Jagr said. "But the third period is always
better."
Marian Hossa and Alexei Yashin extended their points streaks to
six games and rookie Martin Havlat added a goal for the
Senators, who moved to 4-0-2-0 on the season.
"In the third period, we were in our own end too much," Senators
coach Jacques Martin said. "We couldn't get out of our zone. We
gave up the puck, and they capitalized."
Ottawa was in control midway through the second period, leading
3-0 after Yashin scored his third goal of the season, bringing a
mix of boos and cheers from the crowd.
Yashin, who held out all of last season in a bitter contract
dispute, reached back at the right circle for a pass from Hossa,
dragged the puck to his forehand and snapped a shot past Snow
from the high slot.
Hossa also assisted on Magnus Arvedson's third goal with 8 1/2
minutes left in the second period. Hossa dropped a puck to the
top of the left circle, where Arvedson snapped a shot through
Snow's pads.
Havlat opened the scoring on the power play just over two
minutes earlier off a feed from Radek Bonk. It was the rookie's
second goal of the season.
Hurme, playing in place of injured starter and former Penguin
Patrick Lalime, stopped 13 shots over the first two periods and
took a shutout into the third for the second straight game.
"It's a good thing to start games because I like to play a lot,"
Hurme said. "I felt good."
Jagr did not mind the 3-0 deficit.
"I thought we looked perfect," he said. "We were only down
three goals. It could have been worse, like 5-0. We have no
system for any team. If the other team plays more defense, we
get more chances."
Kovalev began Pittsburgh's comeback 2:26 into the third period
as the Penguins took advantage of Wade Redden's turnover behind
the net.
Robert Lang ended up sliding a pass to the high slot, where
Josef Beranek slipped a pass to a wide-open Kovalev at the right
goalpost for an easy goal.
"We proved last year that we were a good team in the third
period," Kovalev said. "Somehow we regrouped tonight. We have
a young team with fresh legs that can expend energy to come
back."
Jagr scored his sixth of the season on the power play with 7:29
left in regulation, wristing a shot through Hurme's pads from
the right faceoff dot.
Ottawa's Shawn McEachern, who wore the captain's "C" in place of
injured right wing Daniel Alfredsson, was in the penalty box for
one of his two slashing minors of the period.
"They were not very smart penalties," McEachern said. "They
cost us a goal and almost cost us another."
McEachern nearly made up for his penalties with 2:50 left in
overtime but was stopped by Snow on a potential game-winning
rush.
"If I had scored, I'm sure I would have felt better," he said.
Radek Bonk had the other two shots in overtime for Ottawa, but
his individual rush also was stopped by Snow with just over a
minute to play.