2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Series – Pittsburgh Penguins host the Ottawa Senators
The Pittsburgh Penguins will be hosting the Ottawa Senators in the second of the four scheduled matches between the two teams.In the previous match, it was the Pittsburgh Penguins who won the match with a commanding score of 5-2. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin
and Mark Letestu were all among the scorers as the teams faced each other on the 18th of October 2010.
Recently stories were surfacing regarding the controversy of the Pittsburgh Penguins' goal keeper, Marc Fleury. All is now settled between the two parties as the team and player have resolved the issue. Marc Fluery is one of the most successful men in the
business and history of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He led the Pittsburgh Penguins to Stanley Cup title in 2009. Coupled with this is the fact that he guided the Penguins into 2 Stanley Cup Finals.
The Ottawa Senators season has been disappointing so far and 23 goals have been scored against them in the last 5 games. However, the last two games have been pretty much better as only two goals have been scored against them.
The first of the two games against the Los Angeles Kings saw the Ottawa Senators win the match 1-0 while the second game resulted in a defeat for the Senators. The Ottawa Senators scored 1 goal while the Dallas Stars scored 2 goals to clinch the match 2-1.
Ryan Shannon scored the equalizer for the Senators that took the score 1-1. However, the Dallas Stars scored right at the death to win.
"It was not a very exciting game at all," Senators forward Mike Fisher said. "(Leclaire) kept us in for a lot of the game and made some big saves and we didn't generate a lot as far as quality chances and when we did (Stars goalie Andrew) Raycroft was there.
We just didn't seem to have any spark or jump that we needed."
The Pittsburgh Penguins are in hot pursuit of the Philadelphia Flyers for the division league and are only 4 points behind them. They seem to be in good shape ahead of the match. The Pittsburgh Penguins have won the four games and will be looking to take
to five games in a row.
Pascal Dupuis scored the only goal of the match to win the Pittsburgh Penguins the match 1-0.
"I'm going to lose again [sometime]," Fleury , "It's going to happen. But up in the head, this feels good.
"I feel more relaxed. I'm having more fun playing, practicing. Everything is back to normal, I guess."
Currently the Pittsburgh Penguins has played 23 games and won 15 games and have scored 28 points so far. The Ottawa Senators has played 22 games so far winning 11 games and scoring 21 points.
"We need Erik Karlsson to go back into the lineup and help us out," Coach Cory Clouston of the Ottawa Senators said. "When we were winning we were getting goals and point production from our back end."
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