The opening match of the Eastern conference finals ended in an unexpected defeat of the current champion of the NHL. “Ottawa” immediately took the Pittsburgh penguins home ice advantage, and today the “Senators” could make a very strong bid to reach the Stanley Cup finals.
“Ottawa” has again relied on careful hockey and low risk forays to the gate “Pittsburgh”. This tactic worked until the 53rd minute when the hosts opened the scoring in the match.
Seven minutes before the end of normal time Phil Kessel received the puck from Evgeni Malkin, the second attempt sent the rubber disc in the corner of the goal “Ottawa”. Unconvincing the attempts of the guests to equalize the natural nor to no avail.
Pittsburgh evened the score in the series, but once again faced with personnel problems – during the match, the ice left Justin Schultz and Brian Rast, whose participation in the third match of the series is in question.
The third match of the Eastern conference finals will be played next Thursday, may 18.
Pittsburgh — Ottawa 1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0), the account in a series 1:1
Puck: 53:05 Kessel – 1:0
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