April 14, 2010

Senators win the opener

Very impressed by the Senators tonight in their 5-4 win over the Penguins. The game wasn't nearly as the one-goal score indicated; Ottawa was clearly the better team tonight. They completely bottled up both Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin in five-on-five situations and clogged the neutral zone as if it were 1999 and that sort of thing was encouraged in the NHL.

The Senators have to stay out of the box though. Malkin scored a pair of power play goals to keep Pittsburgh in it, but if Ottawa can avoid the penalties and play similarly to how they did in Game 1, the defending champions could be in real trouble.

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