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Pens spoil big night for Craig Anderson, shut out Senators to win Game 2

Another game, another defensive showdown.

And this time, it's the Pittsburgh Penguins who walk away happy.

Two days after the Ottawa Senators' stingy "D" shut down their high-flying offense and left Sidney Crosby and Co. in an unexpectedly early Eastern Conference finals hole, the defending Stanley Cup champions spoiled a big night for Craig Anderson, Erik Karlsson and the rest of Guy Boucher's scrappy underdogs thanks to a late third-period score from Phil Kessel and the second shutout in Marc-Andre Fleury's last three starts.