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Tonight we have a fun Saturday night matchup in the Eastern Conference as the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Ottawa Senators. Both of these teams are 3-4 this season. In the three games between these teams last season, the Pens went 1-1-1, losing 5-4 in overtime at home, winning 4-1 on the road in Ottawa, and then losing 2-1 at home. The puck drops at 7 p.m. EST at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA.
The Ottawa Senators are 3-4 so far this season, coming into tonight’s game on a three-game losing streak after starting the year a perfect 4-0. They’re coming off a 3-2 loss to the Islanders on Thursday night on Long Island. In that game, the Sens outshot the Isles 47-38 and dominated them by an expected goal rate of 4.63-2.66, and just couldn’t solve Ilya Sorokin.
The Senators have been good offensively so far this season. They’ve scored an average of 3.86 goals per game, the fourth-most in the NHL, on an average of 35.7 shots per game. They’ve generated the tenth-most expected goals per 60 minutes (3.29) and the 13th-most high-danger shots in the league.
Ottawa has struggled defensively through their start of the year. They’ve allowed an average of 3.43 goals per game, the ninth-most in the NHL, on an average of 28 shots allowed per game. They’ve given up the fourth-fewest expected goals per 60 minutes (2.71) and the fourth-fewest high-danger shots. Joonas Korpisalo is projected in goal tonight. He has a 1-3 record, a 3.5 GAA, and a .886 save percentage.
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