Shane Pinto scored two special teams goals in the first period, Leevi Merilainen stopped 30 shots and the Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0.

Erik Karlsson remained optimistic after the Pittsburgh Penguins were smacked by the Ottawa Senators, 5-0, at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday. Not just about his team. But others as well. “We can go home,

The Ottawa Senators have reached the midpoint of their season, still alive in hopes of ending their lengthy playoff drought. We’ve put together a midseason assessment of everyone’s performance, including the head coach and general manager.

It was a team effort from top to bottom as the Ottawa Senators shut out the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0 for the franchise’s 1,100 win.

The Sens needed a win to right the ship, and boy did they get one. The game was 3-0 at the end of the first, 5-0 at the end of the second, and third period felt like a formality, with the final score staying 5-0. Shane Pinto had two goals, Claude Giroux had three assists, and Leevi Meriläinen made 30 saves in his first career shutout.

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The Penguins didn’t carry the momentum from their big win over Edmonton into the weekend. They fell to the Senators by a score of 5-0 on Saturday at PPG Paints Arena in the first half of a back-to-back set.

The Ottawa Senators snapped their four-game losing streak on Saturday afternoon with a 5-0 road win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was Ottawa's first victory of 2025, and a significant one against an Eastern wild card rival.

The Penguins gave up a goal on the first shot of the game for the ninth time this season in a 5-0 loss to Ottawa.

Through their first 49 games, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ most prominent line is their top line. No, duh. Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust (from left wing to right wing) have largely keyed most of the Penguins’ limited success this season by scoring a combined 41 even-strength goals (though,

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The Ottawa Senators are victors of back to back matchups over the weekend with travel. With those points earned, the Senators have climbed to first in the wild card playoff race and have bumped Boston out.