The Penguins turned in a dominating performance on Friday night, riding Andrew Ebbett's three-point performance to a 5-1 win over the Binghamton Senators. With the win, the Penguins earned a berth in the Eastern Conference Semifinals against an opponent that will be determined on Saturday night.
Ebbett assisted on goals from Chuck Kobasew and Brian Dumoulin, which gave the home club a 2-0 lead after 22 minutes of play, then tallied on a breakaway when he was sprung by a diving Kobasew late in the second period to make the score 4-0.
Dominik Uher and Harry Zolnierczyk also picked up goals for the Penguins, while Peter Mannino stopped 26 of 27 shots, and saw his playoff goals against average drop to 2.02.
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QUICK NOTES:
1) The Penguins are now 3-0 all time in playoff series against the Sens (2005, 2013, 2014)
2) The 5-1 win marked the first time since April 27, 2005 that a playoff game between the teams was decided by more than one goal. The last eight meetings between the clubs had ended in one goal wins - seven of those by the Penguins.
3) The Penguins have an all-time playoff record of 10-3 against the Senators, and have outscored Binghamton 36-28.
4) Tom Kostopoulos moved into sole possession of second place on the Penguins all-time playoff games list with 55, breaking a tie with Tim Wallace for second. Kostopoulos is two games behind Alain Nasreddine for first place.
5) This is the fourth consecutive season that the Penguins have advanced to the second round of the Calder Cup Playoffs, and the 11th time in the past 12 years they have made it out of the first round.
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