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Penguins Edge Senators In OT

The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 5, 2008

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Tyler Kennedy scored his second goal with 25 seconds left in overtime to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in the first NHL regular-season opener in Sweden on Saturday night.

Kennedy, who also scored the game's first goal 40 seconds into the first period in front of 13,699 at Stockholm's sold-out Globe Arena, was selected as the player of the game.

Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, who finished last season as the first teen in NHL history to win the scoring title, had an assist.

Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson was held pointless as he returned to his native Sweden for the first time with the Senators.

Pittsburgh	1	1	1	1	-	4
Ottawa	1	2	0	0	-	3

First Period-1, Pittsburgh, Kennedy 1 (Staal), :40. 2, Ottawa, Donovan 1 (McAmmond, Kuba), 9:13. Penalties-McAmmond, Ott (holding), 2:54; Phillips, Ott (delay of game), 4:16; Kelly, Ott (holding), 10:44; Spezza, Ott (holding), 13:03; Neil, Ott (boarding), 16:10; Taffe, Pit (interference), 17:20.

Second Period-3, Pittsburgh, Malkin 1, 3:18 (sh). 4, Ottawa, Heatley 1 (Spezza, Kuba), 12:15 (pp). 5, Ottawa, Spezza 1 (Volchenkov), 17:55 (sh). Penalties-Orpik, Pit (interference), 2:54; Heatley, Ott (holding), 8:45; Godard, Pit (hooking), 11:38; Phillips, Ott (slashing), 16:05; Eaton, Pit (hooking), 19:24; Gill, Pit (delay of game), 19:54.

Third Period-6, Pittsburgh, Scuderi 1 (Crosby, Satan), 3:56. Penalties-Letang, Pit (holding), 11:50.

Overtime-7, Pittsburgh, Kennedy 2, 4:35. Penalties-None.

Shots on Goal-Pittsburgh 10-12-5-3-30. Ottawa 10-12-9-4-35. Power-play opportunities-Pittsburgh 0 of 7; Ottawa 1 of 6. Goalies-Pittsburgh, Fleury 1-0-0 (35 shots-32 saves). Ottawa, Gerber 0-0-1 (30-26). A-13,699 (14,119). T-2:34.