Malkin scores, Penguins top Senators 2-0 for 1st victory

Of those games, eight have resulted in a shutout (MTL: 6, NYR: 2). Anderson falls to 3-1 this year with a. 931 save percentage and 2.47 goals against average.

Arizona left winger Jordan Martinook capped an extended scramble around the Penguins’ crease by digging the puck out from under goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, then backhanding a shot past defenseman Ben Lovejoy and into the net at 7:29 of the second period for the game-winner.

ICYMI: Price sprawled across his crease to deny Rangers forward Rick Nash with a glove save.

The Penguins are 10-1-1 in their past 12 home games when Malkin scores at least one goal. Glenn Hall is eighth with 407 wins.

Sprong is a goal scorer, through and through, having scored 69 goals in 135 games as an underaged player for the Charlottetown Islanders of the QMJHL, not putting him in position to do so from the beginning was just insane.

The Penguins have not had a lead in any of their three games. He was, however, unable to convert on a quality chance from inside the right circle with 2:17 left in regulation, when the Penguins were trying to overcome a one-goal deficit for the third time in the game. “I hadn’t scored in a long time”, he said. “Don’t be nervous. Just play the game you know how to play.'” With the first one out of the way, there is no doubting that “staying calm” and ‘just play the game” will be that much easier.

But just four games into the season it hasn’t been any of the veterans that they have brought in that has shined the way that 18 year old rookie Daniel Sprong has. With 587 power-play points, Jagr also moved within one point of tying Teemu Selanne (588) for third all-time in power-play points.

Austin Watson, Filip Forsberg and James Neal scored for the Predators, who had opened the season 3-0-0.

Arizona (3-1-0) were off to their best start since 2003-04.

The loss was the Penguins’ third in a row, and means they have lost the first three games of the season for the fifth time in franchise history. Prior to that, Martin Gerber was the last goalie with 30 wins within his first 42 games with a team, in 2005-06 with the Carolina Hurricanes. Mikael Granlund also scored in the second.

Evgeni Malkin’s left winger had one of his better games of the season.

Evgeni Malkin gave the Penguins their first lead of the season 23 seconds into the second period Thursday night to spark a 2-0 win over the Ottawa Senators.

It was the 39th shutout of Fleury’s career. Bennett scored his first goal of the season in Tuesday’s loss to Montreal. He has 19-12-31 in 30 games against the Ottawa Senators.

SI.com – This Week #23 / Last Week: #7 – Allen Muir worries about the performance of the Penguins’ power play and penalty kill units.

The Blues improved to 12-1-0 in the series dating to December. 21, 2009.

The Penguins are 7-2-1 in their past 10 games against Ottawa.

The Wild had fresh legs after a four-day layoff between games, jumping on the exhausted Coyotes for a 3-0 lead.

Erixon, 24, has yet to appear in any games at any level this season.

The Penguins have not had a lead in any of their three games.

Steven Stamkos had two goals and an assist, and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Lightning.

Dallas won 5-3 at Tampa Bay, with Jason Spezza scoring a momentum-shifting goal in the third period.

The first of many as they say.

Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn, Cody Eakin and Jason Demers also scored for the Stars.

The Coyotes have three former Penguins – Steve Downie, Zbynek Michalek and Joe Vitale – on their roster, but only Downie was in the lineup Saturday night.

It was Oshie’s first goal as a member of the Capitals. Dallas trailed early but scored four successive goals. Right winger Patric Hornqvist dug the puck out along the boards at center ice and passed ahead to Malkin, who beat Anderson cleanly as defenseman Erik Karlsson gave him plenty of room to get off a wrist shot from the right circle.

Coyotes goaltender Anders Lindback made three saves in relief in his Coyotes debut.

The NHL’s collective bargaining agreement mandates that all teams have a minimum of four days off per month.