The young Pittsburgh Penguins were given their first taste of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs , Wednesday night. Needless to say, they didn't enjoy it. The Ottawa Senators defeated the Penguins 6-3 to take a one game advantage in the best of seven series. The game went from bad to downright nasty, with 20 penalties between the two clubs throughout the game, keeping the officiating crew busy throughout the game. The experienced Senators exploded out of the gates, taking an early lead just 1:37 into regulation, when Andrej Meszaros scored the first goal of the series. Chris Kelly would score 5:01 later to double the Sens' lead to two goals. In the second period, Tom Preissing would give Ottawa a 3-0 advantage at 14:38. The Penguins would finally get on the scoresheet 2:20 later, when rookie Jordan Staal scored his first career playoff goal, to make it a two goal game. Dany Heatley scored the Senators' second power play goal of the night, just 0:09 into the final period, beating Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury , who was under siege for most of the night. Ottawa wouldn't let up, scoring two more goals before Sergei Gonchar found the back of the net. Sidney Crosby would tally his first career playoff goal with :49 left in the game, burying the puck behind Ottawa goaltender Ray Emery .
The young were given their first taste of the , Wednesday night. Needless to say, they didn't enjoy it. The defeated the Penguins 6-3 to take a one game advantage in the best of seven series. The game went from bad to downright nasty, with 20 penalties between the two clubs throughout the game, keeping the officiating crew busy throughout the game. The experienced Senators exploded out of the gates, taking an early lead just 1:37 into regulation, when scored the first goal of the series. would score 5:01 later to double the Sens' lead to two goals. In the second period, would give Ottawa a 3-0 advantage at 14:38. The Penguins would finally get on the scoresheet 2:20 later, when rookie scored his first career playoff goal, to make it a two goal game. scored the Senators' second power play goal of the night, just 0:09 into the final period, beating Penguins goaltender , who was under siege for most of the night. Ottawa wouldn't let up, scoring two more goals before found the back of the net. Sidney Crosby would tally his first career playoff goal with :49 left in the game, burying the puck behind Ottawa goaltender .
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Andrej Meszaros
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Sergei Gonchar
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Ray Emery