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2008-09 regular season

Penguins at Senators

🗓 📍 Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🔁 Senators lead the season series 2–1

Senators beat Penguins 3–2 at Canadian Tire Centre on December 6, 2008.

PIT – OTT
19–31
Shots on goal
1/2–0/1
Power play
24–25
Hits
20–11
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏛️ OTT
Jason Spezza
3 G
8 shots · 20:34 TOI
2nd star 🏛️ OTT
Dany Heatley
2 A
2 shots · 19:25 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 25:53 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🏛️ Jason Spezza Go-ahead 2nd · 04:01
Unassisted · beat Dany Sabourin
0–1
🏛️ Jason Spezza 2nd · 08:52
Assists: Dany Heatley, Daniel Alfredsson · beat Dany Sabourin
0–2
🐧 Jordan Staal PP 2nd · 16:17
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin · beat Alex Auld
1–2
🏛️ Jason Spezza 2nd · 19:21
Assists: Filip Kuba, Dany Heatley · beat Dany Sabourin
1–3
3rd period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin SH 3rd · 09:12
Assists: Jordan Staal · beat Alex Auld
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Sykora 25:40
L2 Staal · Talbot · Dupuis 18:11
L3 Cooke · Fedotenko · Satan 11:55
L4 Minard · Pesonen · Godard 5:48
D1 Letang · Orpik 23:10
D2 Eaton · Scuderi 18:04
D3 Goligoski · Gill 17:22
🏛️Senators
L1 Spezza · Vermette · Alfredsson 20:34
L2 Heatley · Fisher · Donovan 18:37
L3 Foligno · Kelly · Winchester 14:22
L4 Ruutu · Bass · Neil 6:53
D1 Kuba · Phillips 23:08
D2 Smith · Volchenkov 20:30
D3 Picard · Bell 16:21

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT OTT🏛️
19 Shots on goal 31
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1
24 Hits 25
20 Blocked shots 11
8 Takeaways 12
16 Giveaways 14
9 Penalty minutes 11
PIT shooting 10.5% (2/19) OTT shooting 9.7% (3/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Dany Sabourin
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 59:20 TOI
🏛️Senators
Alex Auld
17/19
.895 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 4-3-1 (50% win rate, 8 games)
Senators
Senators — tied after 1st: 3-6-4 (23% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Senators
Senators — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Senators lead the season series 2–1
Oct 52008 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 3–1 Oct 42008 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 4–3 OT Apr 162008 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 3–1 Apr 142008 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 4–1 Apr 112008 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 3–5
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Who won Penguins vs Senators on December 6, 2008?

Senators won 3–2. The final score was Penguins 2, Senators 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal.

Who scored for Senators?

Jason Spezza (3).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Dany Sabourin made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Senators goalie play?

Alex Auld made 17 saves on 19 shots (.895 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Senators played?

At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, the Senators home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Senators season series?

Senators lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 4 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 5–2 AfterDec 8 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 4–3
🏛️ Senators
BeforeDec 3 🐦ATL @ 🏛️OTT 1–5 AfterDec 8 🐆FLA @ 🏛️OTT 4–3
Also on December 6
😈NJD 2–1 🇨🇦MTL 🐦ATL 5–1 🏝️NYI 🔔PHI 2–1 🌪️CAR 🐻BOS 4–0 🐆FLA 🪶CHI 4–5 🐙DET 🦅WSH 2–1 🍁TOR ⚔️BUF 4–3 ⚡TBL 🌲MIN 0–1 🐯NSH
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