Pittsburgh (15-6-4) at Ottawa (9-10-4), 2:00 pm EST
OTTAWA (Ticker) -- The Pittsburgh Penguins have the pieces in
place to become a dynasty. For now, they are more concerned
about winning.
Captain Sidney Crosby and the Penguins seek their 11th victory
in 15 games when they visit the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
Crosby notched four assists and Petr Sykora scored a pair of
power-play goals Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins cruised to
a 5-2 triumph over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Pascal Dupuis, Miroslav Satan and Ruslan Fedotenko also tallied
for the Penguins, who improved to 10-2-2 in their last 14
contests. Evgeni Malkin set up two goals and Dany Sabourin made
34 saves for Pittsburgh, which rebounded from squandering a
two-goal lead in Wednesday's 3-2 shootout loss to the New York
Rangers.
"It shows character," Crosby said. "It would have been easy to
be frustrated because we probably deserved better last night.
It was a pretty physical and emotional game. Coming in here
tonight and finding a way to win was a big challenge, and we
answered it well."
The Senators have lacked productivity outside their top line of
Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley and captain Daniel Alfredsson. No
Senator outside that trio has more than four goals.
As a result, Ottawa sits in last place of the Northeast
Division.
Each member of the Senators' talented troika had a goal in
Wednesday's 5-1 rout of the Atlanta Thrashers.