The last time the Ottawa Senators faced off against the Pittsburgh Penguins, it was just Ottawa’s 4th win of the season (to bump them up to 4-9-1) and their first dominant one as they won 6-3. It was an incredibly fun night at the Canadian Tire Centre, which was right before many positive COVID cases on the team. This time around, the Senators were playing in Pittsburgh looking to bounce back from an unfortunate 3-1 loss to Buffalo.
The first period was not exactly what you’d expect from this version of the Senators. They ended up being down 3-1 after 20 minutes but somehow outshot Pittsburgh 22-12 and deserved a better fate.