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Ottawa 1 2 0--3
Pittsburgh 0 0 2--2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Fisher 1 (unassisted), 19:13.
Penalties: Kasparaitis, Pit (roughing), 1:02.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Ottawa, Bonk 4 (Arvedson, Hossa), 10:29. 3,
Ottawa, Arvedson 5 (Bonk, Hossa), 15:30. Penalties: Straka, Pit
(unsportsmanlike conduct), 12:18; Kovalev, Pit (interference), 17:37.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Pittsburgh, Jagr 8 (power play) (Kovalev,
Straka), 7:00. 5, Pittsburgh, Kovalev 3 (Slegr, Lang), 16:43. Penalties:
Simicek, Pit (interference), 2:04; Kravchuk, Ott (interference), 2:39;
Fisher, Ott (high sticking), 5:10; Kravchuk, Ott (slashing), 7:29.
Shots on goal:
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Ottawa 7 12 6--25
Pittsburgh 8 9 16--33
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Power-play Conversions: Ott - 0 of 4, Pit - 1 of 3. Goalies: Ottawa,
Hurme (33 shots, 31 saves; record: 2-0-2). Pittsburgh, Snow (25, 22;
record: 0-1-1). A:15,803. Referees: B Mccreary, Pollock. Linesmen:
Mcelman, D Mccourt.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
Ottawa Pittsburgh
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Arvedson 1 1 +2 1 A Morozov 0 0 -1 1
Bonk 1 1 +2 4 Beranek 0 0 even 2
Dackell 0 0 -1 1 Boughner 0 0 -2 1
Fisher 1 0 +1 2 Hrdina 0 0 -1 0
Forbes 0 0 even 0 Jagr 1 0 -1 3
Havlat 0 0 +1 2 Jonsson 0 0 even 0
Hossa 0 2 +2 1 Kasparaitis 0 0 even 0
Kravchuk 0 0 even 0 Kovalev 1 1 even 9
Mceachern 0 0 -1 2 Lang 0 1 even 3
Phillips 0 0 +1 1 Laukkanen 0 0 -2 3
Rachunek 0 0 even 0 M Barnaby 0 0 -1 4
Redden 0 0 +1 0 Melichar 0 0 even 0
Roy 0 0 even 0 Miller 0 0 even 2
Salo 0 0 +1 2 Rozsival 0 0 -1 0
V Prospal 0 0 even 0 Simicek 0 0 even 1
Yashin 0 0 -1 5 Slegr 0 1 even 4
York 0 0 +1 3 Straka 0 1 -1 0
Zamuner 0 0 +1 1
Alfredsson Hip Injury I Moran Knee Injury
Hnidy Healthy Corbet Healthy
Bonvie Healthy
Game Story
PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- The Ottawa Senators almost blew another
lead but ran out of time.
Radek Bonk and Magnus Arvedson each had a goal and an assist as
Ottawa continued the best start in franchise history with a 3-2
victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Senators nearly relinquished a lead of at least three goals
for the third straight game but held on to remain one of two
unbeaten teams in the NHL (5-0-3-0).
Mike Fisher also scored for Ottawa, which started a three-game
road trip with its second win in 20 games all-time at Mellon
Arena (2-14-4).
"It was a pretty big win for the franchise, to come in here and
get the victory," said Fisher, whose team is 7-25-8 in the
series.
Fisher scored an unassisted goal with 47 seconds left in the
first period before Arvedson and Bonk assisted on each other's
tallies in the second for a 3-0 lead.
Marian Hossa set up both second-period goals, extending his
points streak to eight games.
Rookie Jani Hurme made 31 saves as Ottawa recovered from blowing
a three-goal lead against Pittsburgh on Thursday and a five-goal
cushion against Atlanta on Saturday en route to a pair of home
ties.
"It was good to hang in and not let the game slide away again,"
Bonk said. "It would have been hard if we had lost."
Jaromir Jagr scored both goals for the Penguins, who are 4-2-1-0
since a season-opening loss to Nashville in Japan.
"Maybe we need more confidence," said coach Ivan Hlinka, whose
team's wins this season have come against Columbus, Nashville,
Tampa Bay and the New York Rangers. "We have to talk to players
tomorrow. Our problem is not conditioning."
Bonk and Arvedson scored five minutes apart on nearly identical
goals for the 3-0 lead, taking passes from behind the net near
the left hashmark and one-timing shots past goaltender Garth
Snow.
Hossa assisted on both goals, giving him three goals and 12
assists during his points streak. He and Bonk have the best
plus-minus ratings in the NHL at plus-13 and plus-12,
respectively.
Arvedson, Bonk and Hossa also combined to quiet Pittsburgh's top
line of Jagr, Martin Straka and Alexei Morozov.
"Arvedson, Bonk and Hossa did a good job," Senators coach
Jacques Martin said. "They played all night against Straka's
line, and that is a big task. I thought they did a good job,
and so did our defense."
Pittsburgh began its comeback seven minutes into the third
period, when Jagr scored his eighth goal on the power play.
Earlier in the game, the four-time defending NHL scoring
champion was stopped on one breakaway and hit the goalpost on
another.
Alexei Kovalev added his third goal with 3:17 to play as the
Penguins got within 3-2. However, they were unable to manage
the equalizer in a period in which they outshot Ottawa, 16-6.
Hurme, who blew both third-period leads to Pittsburgh and
Atlanta, improved to 2-0-2 since taking over for injured starter
Patrick Lalime, a former Penguin.
"It may have been one of his best performances since he was
thrown in," Martin said. "He made some good saves and some good
saves stopping Jagr on the breakaway."
Hurme came up with his biggest stop midway through the first
period, when he kept the game scoreless by denying Jagr on a
breakaway, stretching to the post with his left pad.
Jagr hit the left post on a breakaway with 6 1/2 minutes left in
the second period and the Pens trailing, 2-0.