The Ottawa Senators fell to 3-2-0 as they were defeated 4-1 by the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins (5-1-0).
Former San Jose Sharks Jonathan Cheechoo and Milan Michalek hooked up to score late in the first to put the Senators up 1-0. However 39 seconds later old man Bill Guerin showed why he's still in the league and nabbed a great rebound to tie the score heading into the second.
Leclaire played strong for the most part, but got very little effort in front of him as the game went on. Pittburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves to improve to 5-0 on the season.
Penguins forward Tyler Kennedy took over in the second period, notching two goals, one an absolute snipe from the top of the circle that slipped by Leclaire. His first bounced off Ottawa defenseman Erik Karlsson's skate and past Leclaire.
Defensive beast Jordan Staal got his third goal in three games in the third, making the score 4-1. Ottawa never mounted a serious attack after that. Sidney Crosby was head scoreless and has yet to score in Ottawa in six regular season games.
Ottawa seemed demoralized in the third. They had hit a few posts and Kovalev missed a wide open net. After all that the team played like it had just given up. Coach Clouston should have something to say about that before Tampa Bay comes to town on Thursday.
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