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PITTSBURGH -- Joonas Korpisalo has spent most of his career being on the losing end when the Pittsburgh Penguins fire pucks his way.
The veteran Ottawa Senators goalie exacted a bit of revenge on Saturday night in a 5-2 victory. Korpisalo made 22 of his 40 saves during a hectic first period and saw his teammates block 23 shots before they made their way to the net as the Senators snapped a three-game losing streak.
"It's huge (to have that many blocked shots)," said Korpisalo after beating the Penguins for just the second time in eight starts. "That's what wins games and ultimately when you see guys blocking shots like that you want to make sure you don't let one in."
Korpisalo eventually did let in two, but both came after the Senators had things well in hand.
Brady Tkachuk scored twice for Ottawa. Ridly Greig, Dominik Kubalik and Drake Batherson also scored for the Senators. Claude Giroux added two assists as Ottawa kept Pittsburgh in check despite playing with a patchwork blueline due to injuries to defensemen Artem Zub, Erik Brannstrom and Thomas Chabot.
"Sometimes it takes some adversity and losing a couple guys before you realize just how hard it is to win in the National Hockey League," Ottawa head coach D.J. Smith said.
Sidney Crosby scored for the second straight game for Pittsburgh and Jake Guentzel picked up his second of the season in the final seconds. Tristan Jarry, who got his 15th career shutout by beating Colorado on Thursday, stopped just six of the nine shots he faced before being pulled early in the second period.
"I think you never want to lose, but I thought the first two periods were good from our end and obviously in the third we pressed a little bit," Guentzel said. "Some positives to take out of it. Just got to bear down."