National Hockey League
Ottawa 5, Pittsburgh 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 28, 2023
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Corey Syvret
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Brandon Grillo
Attendance: 17631

Brady Tkachuk scored twice and goaltender Joonas Korpisalo made 40 saves Saturday to help the visiting Ottawa Senators snap a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Ridly Greig added a goal and an assist, Dominik Kubalik and Drake Batherson also scored, and Claude Giroux and Tim Stutzle each added two assists for the Senators, who were playing without three injured defensemen.

Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel scored for the Penguins, who have lost four of five.

Pittsburgh goaltender Tristan Jarry gave up three goals on nine shots before being pulled. Magnus Hellberg, making his Penguins debut, made 15 saves.

During a power play, Greig gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead at 4:24 of the first. Giroux, from the left-wing boards, got the puck on the net, and Greig deflected it backward between his skates past Jarry's glove.

At 14:14 of the first, Tkachuk made it 2-0. From the left dot, he snapped the puck under Jarry's glove.

Korpisalo stopped 22 shots in the first.

The Senators thought they took a three-goal lead at 4:20 of the second, but Pittsburgh successfully challenged that there was an offside play, negating the goal.

Just 1:08 later, however, Ottawa did bag its third goal. Mathieu Joseph carried the puck across the blue line at the right point. Greig took a drop pass from Joseph and fed Kubalik, who scored on a one-time slap shot from the top of the right circle.

Hellberg then replaced Jarry, who was coming off a shutout Thursday against Colorado.

Crosby closed it to 3-1 at 17:34 of the second. Bryan Rust, from the left dot, got the puck to Crosby near the far post. Crosby dropped to one knee and chipped the puck behind Korpisalo.

Ottawa put it away with goals 31 seconds apart in the third quarter.

Tkachuk got a rebound near the left post, went forehand to backhand and swept the puck past Hellberg to make it 4-1 at 13:07.

Batherson got a step on two Penguins for a breakaway and made it 5-1 at 13:38.

Guentzel's goal with 33.3 seconds left was too little, too late.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Ottawa   Pittsburgh
Claude Giroux 3 Points Sidney Crosby 2
Brady Tkachuk 2 Goals Sidney Crosby 1
Claude Giroux 3 Assists Sidney Crosby 1
Ridly Greig 1 Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Joonas Korpisalo .953 Save Percentage Magnus Hellberg .882
Joonas Korpisalo 41 Saves Magnus Hellberg 15
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Ottawa 26 5 1-3 2-2 4 29
Pittsburgh 43 2 0-2 2-3 6 30
Upcoming Games
  • Pittsburgh will play their next game at home against Anaheim. The Penguins have a W/L % of .250 after a win and .500 after a loss.
  • Ottawa will play their next game at home against Los Angeles. The Senators have a W/L % of .667 after a win and .400 after a loss.