Pens win game, lose Guentzel

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In Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin struck twice for the Penguins and added an assist to the scoresheet in a 5-2 win over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Monday night.

“I feel it, you know?” Malkin said. “I try to help the team to win. It’s always good when you have a chance to score and you score, you feel it for the whole game after. Great game for us. We play against a tough team. No power play tonight. We play hard. Good two points for us.”

Tristan Jarry made 24 saves to get the win.

“I think the team is just playing a great team game. We’re getting pucks deep and we’re getting pucks in the net at key times. I think that’s helped us a lot,” Jarry said after the game.

Nick Paul scored both Senators goals in the loss.

“We knew what we were coming into,” Paul said. “We have to get back to playing a full 60 minutes hard. We can’t take any letups. Just tighten up our game. Our neutral zone is usually our best part of our game. We’re letting too many odd-man rushes. I think we just have to tighten up, play hard, and get back to the way we were.”

Jake Guentzel scored and added two assists on the night, but left the game after crashing into the end boards after his goal.  He was holding his right arm as he l;eft the ice.

“It was really scary,” Pens head coach Mike Sullivan said. “Those are always dangerous when you fall that distance from the boards.”

 

 

Dominik Simon and Patric Hornqvist also scored for Pittsburgh.

“As objectively as I can look at it, [the Penguins are] probably the best-coached team in the NHL. … They get those chances because their fundamentals are so solid,” the Senators Mark Borowiecki said. “They put pucks behind D. Their gaps are great. They just look really responsible. They kind of wear you down, and you have breakdowns, and it turns into these fancy Grade A [chances] for them. I think it can look a little misleading, but it’s solid fundamentals by them, and they took it to us.”

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Marcus Hogberg made 28 saves in the loss.

“Too many mistakes in our end,” Senators coach D.J. Smith said. “Their good players beat us.”