PENGUINS PROSPECTS FALL;
NEED HELP FROM LEAFS

Goaltender Ryan Daniels recorded the first shutout of the weekend, and Kaspars Daugavins and Alexander Nikulin recorded two points apiece (1+1), as the Ottawa Senators posted a 3-0 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins prospects at the Kitchener Rookie Tournament on Sunday afternoon.

Daniels, who ranked fourth in the Ontario Hockey League with 37 victories last season, stopped all 36 Penguins shots he faced en route to the victory.  The win allowed the Senators (2-1) to overtake the Pens (2-1) for the top spot in the tournament standings by virtue of the head-to-head tiebreaker.

The victory guaranteed the Senators a spot in the championship game on Monday evening.  The Penguins were awaiting the result of the Florida-Toronto game at 6:30pm to see if they would be facing off with Ottawa for a second day in a row.  Should the Panthers defeat the Maple Leafs by four goals or more, Florida would take the other spot in the final.


Nikulin scored on the first shot of the game, beating David Brown from close range for his second goal of the tournament.  Defenseman Derek Smith upped the margin to 2-0 in the second period, before Daugavinis finished off the scoring in the third.

The Penguins played without Ryan Stone, Jonathan Filewich and Jake Muzzin.

FIRST PERIOD
Scoring:  1. OTT – Nikulin (Donati, Waugh) 1:40 Penalties:  PIT – Letang (Interference) 8:37; OTT – Bench (Too Many Men) 10:29; OTT – Weller (Hooking) 11:21; PIT – Boogaard (Fighting) 17:40; OTT – Johnson (Fighting) 17:40

SECOND PERIOD
Scoring:  2. OTT – Smith (Daugavinis, Nikulin) 7:22 Penalties:  PIT – Bortuzzo (Roughing) 2:56; PIT – Boogaard (Fighting) 8:05; OTT – Waugh (Fighting) 8:05; PIT – Coria (Interference) 8:51; OTT – Festerling (Holding) 16:07; PIT – D’Aversa (Fighting) 20:00; OTT – Bass (Fighting) 20:00

THIRD PERIOD
Scoring:  3. OTT – Donati (Daugavins) 10:53 Penalties:  PIT – Paquet (Hooking) 5:02;  OTT – Weller (Tripping) 8:36;  OTT – Marshall (Hooking) 17:02; OTT – Johnson (Boarding) 18:04; OTT – Johnson (Hooking) 18:04; PIT – Jensen (Roughing) 18:04

SHOTS          1st       2nd      3rd      TOT
OTT                 8          7          10        25
PIT                  8          17        12        37

SCORING      1st      2nd      3rd      TOT
OTT                 1          1          1          3
PIT                  0          0          0          0

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