Pierre LeBrun
THE CANADIAN PRESS
PITTSBURGH–Even a 49-save effort from Martin Gerber wasn’t good enough for the Ottawa Senators. Perhaps nothing will be.
Ryan Malone’s power-play goal with 1:02 left in the third period lifted the Pittsburgh Penguins to a thrilling 5-3 win over the Senators and a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference quarter-final series.
Malone’s wrap-around goal came after veteran Martin Lapointe took a high-sticking penalty at the worst possible time. Malone then added an empty-netter with 6.5 seconds left as a sellout crowd of 17,132 at Mellon Arena rocked in jubilation.
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