KANATA, Ontario — The Penguins apparently felt their penalty kill, which has shown cracks the last three weeks, needed a lot of extra work Wednesday night.
Jeff Carter sat in the box for a careless swing of his stick and watched the Ottawa Senators score twice. Mark Friedman once again crossed the line. Bryan Rust had to sweat out another double minor after he lost his cool with a referee.
All and all, they took nine penalties Wednesday at Canadian Tire Centre and spent nearly 13 of the game’s first 44 minutes shorthanded. That would have been even higher had they not surrendered a season-high four power-play goals.
