NHL - Ottawa Senators @ Pittsburgh Penguins 0-2 - Thursday, October 15, 2015

The Penguins felt pressure entering the fourth game of their season, and goalie Marc-Andre Fleury delivered. Fleury made 22 saves and the Penguins defeated the Senators 2-0 on Thursday for their first victory of the season. His 39th career shutout enabled Pittsburgh to avoid extending its worst start to a season since 2005-06, when the Penguins lost their first nine games.
The Senators failed to score at all one night after getting seven goals in a 7-3 win at the Columbus Blue Jackets. Pittsburgh held Ottawa, which had not been shut out in 128 consecutive games, to five shots in the third period.
Evgeni Malkin gave the Penguins their first lead of the season when he scored 23 seconds into the second period. Patric Hornqvist dug the puck out of a scrum along the boards and chipped it to Malkin near center ice. Malkin raced in and snapped a shot that got past defenseman Erik Karlsson's outstretched stick and snuck under goalie Craig Anderson's blocker for his first goal of the season to put Pittsburgh ahead.
Rookie forward Daniel Sprong scored his first NHL goal at 2:25 to extend the Penguins' lead to 2-0. Matt Cullen carried the puck into the Ottawa zone and sent a pass to Sprong between the circles, where he fired a wrist shot past defenseman Marc Methot and a falling Anderson. Cullen's assist on Sprong's goal was his first with the Penguins.
Pittsburgh's momentum began in the first period, when it had its best start to a game this season. The Penguins outshot the Senators 16-6, but Anderson, who started his second game in as many nights, allowed Ottawa to escape the period scoreless. Anderson made 34 saves but took his first loss in four decisions this season.
One area of concern continued for Pittsburgh. The Penguins were 0-for-3 on the power play and have yet to convert on 12 opportunities this season. Pittsburgh's best power-play chance came early in the third period when it had a 5-on-3 advantage for 1:21 but was unable to capitalize. The Senators did not take advantage of Pittsburgh's struggles on the power play or Anderson's impressive performance, which left coach Dave Cameron frustrated.

Quotes

Marc-Andre Fleury: "It's a good feeling. Those first games, it just seemed like we were searching ourselves a little bit out there. I don't think we had a full, consistent game and tonight, I thought we did. From the start until the end, it was the way we can play and I can't say enough about the guys blocking shots in front of me."
Evgeni Malkin: "We lost three games. It's not funny. We understand we can't lose anymore. I think the whole team tonight was focused and we started to play better every shift. Again, we can't lose again and we play at home and the great fans support us every game and we just need to focus on every shift."
m"I felt he deserved to bump up a little bit tonight, and he responded."
Mike Johnston: "He responded with a good working game. I don't know how many shots he had, but he had the one goal, and I like what I see out of him."