Tkachuk gives Senators overtime victory by finishing off a five-point night
With the win, the first of a home-and-home series against the Penguins, the Senators gained an inch on the Penguins, who now sit eight points ahead of the Senators in the battle for the final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.
After Pinto put the Senators ahead 4-3 on the power play, Rackell sent the game to overtime, beating Senators goaltender Cam Talbot with a shot that squeezed between his arm and body. It was a shaky night for Talbot — the Senators outshot the Penguins 40-19 on the night — but he kept the game deadlocked 4-4 with a sprawling glove save off Jake Guentzel in the final minutes.
“It has been a little bit for me,” said Pinto, who broke a nine-game drought with his first goal since Dec. 14. “Just to get the monkey off my back, it’s nice, so I’m pretty happy. It’s a long season and it’s my first season and I’m just learning every day. It’s a process and there are definitely days where it was frustrating, but you’ve just got to stick with it and stay positive and the bounces will come.
At the other end of the ice, though, Talbot was shaky. Friedman’s goal, from long range early in the second, went through his trapper into the net. Zucker’s game-opening goal came after Talbot mishandled a shot seconds earlier, leaving the puck free in the crease.Article content Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkachuk and right wing Drake Batherson battle Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Chad Ruhwedel for the puck in front of Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith during the first period.Senators coach D.J. Smith likened it to a “mini playoff series” and in keeping with the atmosphere every time Crosby arrives in Ottawa, there was plenty of spirit in the arena from both the pro and anti-87 camps.
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