Pens fall to the Senators 8-4
OTTAWA (AP) – The Pittsburgh Penguins are going so well, they can even find something positive in a lopsided loss.
After all, before Saturday night, they hadn’t had to deal with one in over a month.
Daniel Alfredsson had two goals and two assists, and the Ottawa Senators dealt Pittsburgh its first regulation loss in 15 games, beating the Penguins 8-4.
Sidney Crosby scored his first goal in six games since making his second comeback of the season, but it wasn’t enough as Pittsburgh fell to 13-1-1 since a 6-2 loss in Buffalo on Feb. 19.
Crosby, who made a spectacular pass to set up one of Matt Cooke‘s two goals, beat Craig Anderson with a shot into the top right corner 11:43 into the third to draw Pittsburgh within 5-4.
He has 11 points since his latest return from concussion-like symptoms.
“You never want to lose but you also don’t want to get away with the kind of mistakes that we made tonight,” Crosby said. “Sometimes that gives you a false sense of security, when you get away with stuff like that, so I think we have to make sure that we’re keeping good habits here. Continue Reading>>
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