Claude Giroux scored the winning goal as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday in Pittsburgh.
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Claude Giroux scored the winning goal as the Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday.
Giroux, a longtime Philadelphia Flyer, has 79 points in 74 career games against Pittsburgh.
Tim Stutzle scored his 11th goal of the season, while Michael Amadio and Thomas Chabot also scored for Ottawa. Chabot added a goal at 19:28 of the third period.
Ottawa outshot Pittsburgh 17-5 in the third period.
Linus Ullmark made 16 saves to record his 200th NHL win.
Ullmark joined Martin Gerber as the only goalies in Senators franchise history to start a season with nine wins in their first 10 appearances.
In 10 career games against Pittsburgh, Ullmark is 9-0-1 and has allowed two goals or fewer in 12 of his last 13 regular-season starts.
Tommy Novak scored the lone goal for the Penguins, who have lost six of their last eight games. Sergei Murashov stopped 30 shots for Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh celebrated its Hall of Fame Class of 2026, including goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, defenceman Larry Murphy, former general manager Jim Rutherford and Jack McGregor, the founder of the team.
After Novak gave the Penguins a 1-0 lead in the final minute of the first period, Amadio tied it at 8:41 of the second by intercepting a Connor Dewar pass in Pittsburgh’s zone and beating Murashov to the blocker side.
Giroux put Ottawa ahead 2-1 at 16:12 of the second period on a breakaway, flipping a shot over Murashov’s pad.
Stutzle scored at 14:18 of the third period, before Chabot’s late goal for the final margin.
UP NEXT: The Senators visit the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, while the Penguins host the St. Louis Blues on Thursday.
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