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Senators, Penguins battle for fourth spot in the East

Mar 18, 2007 - 2:40 PM Ottawa (42-23-7) at Pittsburgh (40-21-10) 7:30 pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Both the Ottawa Senators and the Pittsburgh Penguins have a chance to win their divisions but are working on a backup plan just in case they don't.

They continue their other battle - for fourth place and home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs - when they battle in a crucial matchup on Sunday.

The third-place Senators have 91 points and hold a slim one-point lead over the Penguins in the race for fourth place.

Ottawa trails Buffalo (46-19-6) by seven points in the Northwest Division and took care of business with a 3-2 victory over the league-worst Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.

Mike Comrie scored the winner and had an assist, Peter Schaefer netted his 12th goal of the season and Martin Gerber made 28 saves for Ottawa, which has won four of its last five contests.

The Penguins skated to their fourth straight win in a 6-3 victory over Montreal (36-31-6) on Friday. Erik Christensen and Sidney Crosby scored twice. Crosby scored a spectacular goal when he weaved his way through four Montreal defenders before snapping the puck past David Aebischer.

Crosby leads the NHL with 106 points and has 75 assists, tying him with San Jose center Joe Thornton.








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    FINAL IN SHOOTOUT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    OTTAWA 1 1 1 0 (0) 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 2 0 0 (1) 4 FINAL IN SHOOTOUT
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: PIT - MAXIME TALBOT 11 (SERGEI GONCHAR, COLBY ARMSTRONG)
    10:44
    OTT - ANTOINE VERMETTE 18 (CHRIS KELLY, CHRIS NEIL) 11:10
    2ND PRD: PIT - (PP) SIDNEY CROSBY 32 (RYAN WHITNE

    Mar 18 10:16 PM


  • NHL
    FINAL IN SHOOTOUT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    OTTAWA 1 1 1 0 (0) 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 2 0 0 (1) 4 FINAL IN SHOOTOUT
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: PIT - MAXIME TALBOT 11 (SERGEI GONCHAR, COLBY ARMSTRONG)
    10:44
    OTT - ANTOINE VERMETTE 18 (CHRIS KELLY, CHRIS NEIL) 11:10
    2ND PRD: PIT - (PP) SIDNEY CROSBY 32 (RYAN WHITNE

    Senators vs. PenguinsMar 18 10:16 PM


  • NHL
    END OF OT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    OTTAWA 1 1 1 0 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 2 0 0 3 END OF OT
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: PIT - MAXIME TALBOT 11 (SERGEI GONCHAR, COLBY ARMSTRONG)
    10:44
    OTT - ANTOINE VERMETTE 18 (CHRIS KELLY, CHRIS NEIL) 11:10
    2ND PRD: PIT - (PP) SIDNEY CROSBY 32 (RYAN WHITNEY, EVGE

    Mar 18 10:07 PM
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    Senators vs. PenguinsMar 18 10:07 PM


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    END OF THE 3RD GOING INTO OT
    1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    OTTAWA 1 1 1 3
    PITTSBURGH 1 2 0 3 GOING INTO OT
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: PIT - MAXIME TALBOT 11 (SERGEI GONCHAR, COLBY ARMSTRONG)
    10:44
    OTT - ANTOINE VERMETTE 18 (CHRIS KELLY, CHRIS NEIL) 11:10
    2ND PRD: PIT - (PP) SIDNEY CROSBY 32 (RYAN WHITNEY, EVGENI MALKIN)
    4:03
    OTT - D

    Mar 18 10:00 PM


  • NHL
    OTTAWA 3
    PITTSBURGH 3
    3RD PRD: OTT - (PP) WADE REDDEN 7 (JASON SPEZZA, DANY HEATLEY) 15:07

    Senators vs. PenguinsMar 18 9:49 PM
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    Senators vs. PenguinsMar 18 9:49 PM


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    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    OTTAWA 1 1 2
    PITTSBURGH 1 2 3 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: PIT - MAXIME TALBOT 11 (SERGEI GONCHAR, COLBY ARMSTRONG)
    10:44
    OTT - ANTOINE VERMETTE 18 (CHRIS KELLY, CHRIS NEIL) 11:10
    2ND PRD: PIT - (PP) SIDNEY CROSBY 32 (RYAN WHITNEY, SERGEI GONCHAR)
    4:03
    OTT - DA

    Mar 18 9:06 PM


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    OTTAWA 2
    PITTSBURGH 3
    2ND PRD: PIT - (PP) RYAN WHITNEY 11 (SIDNEY CROSBY, SERGEI GONCHAR)
    17:05

    Senators vs. PenguinsMar 18 9:02 PM


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    OTTAWA 2
    PITTSBURGH 2
    2ND PRD: OTT - DANIEL ALFREDSSON 26 (JOE CORVO, MIKE FISHER) 5:04

    Senators vs. PenguinsMar 18 8:39 PM


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    OTTAWA 1
    PITTSBURGH 2
    2ND PRD: PIT - (PP) SIDNEY CROSBY 32 (RYAN WHITNEY, SERGEI GONCHAR)
    4:03

    Senators vs. PenguinsMar 18 8:37 PM


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    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    OTTAWA 1 1
    PITTSBURGH 1 1 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: PIT - MAXIME TALBOT 11 (SERGEI GONCHAR, COLBY ARMSTRONG)
    10:44
    OTT - ANTOINE VERMETTE 18 (CHRIS KELLY, CHRIS NEIL) 11:10
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    OTT 14

    Mar 18 8:12 PM


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    OTTAWA 1
    PITTSBURGH 1
    1ST PRD: OTT - ANTOINE VERMETTE 18 (CHRIS KELLY, CHRIS NEIL) 11:10

    Senators vs. PenguinsMar 18 8:00 PM


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    OTTAWA 0
    PITTSBURGH 1
    1ST PRD: PIT - MAXIME TALBOT 11 (SERGEI GONCHAR, COLBY ARMSTRONG)
    10:44

    Senators vs. PenguinsMar 18 7:59 PM

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