Oh. Boy. The Senators played a very good game against a good team, but nearly lost it due to some shaky goaltending and an inability to beat the Penguins’ Casey DeSmith at 5-on-5. They handily outshot the Pens, 40-20, but could only score on the powerplay. Thankfully, the Sens’ powerplay went 4-for-9, meaning they made it to overtime, where Brady Tkachuk completed his four-point (1 G, 3 A) night with the overtime winner just 24 seconds in.
The game got underway in a hurry with several odd-man rushes. Jason Zucker was at the centre of it, first by taking the game’s first penalty — which was a penalty but was also heavily sold by Claude Giroux — and then by scoring the game’s first goal.