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Ask anybody associated with the Penguins who their No. 1 goaltender is, and the answer will surely be Marc-Andre Fleury, which isn't a surprise. He is, after all, the most talented goalie on the roster. What is a surprise is that all four of the Penguins wins this season have come with Brent Johnson in net, while all three losses have come with Fleury between the pipes. Johnson has now started four of the past five Penguins games, including three in a row, the most recent of which was Monday's 5-2 win against Ottawa. He has yet to allow more than two goals in any one contest. And while there's not much of a chance of Johnson taking the No. 1 job for good, this is one of the few times in Fleury's career that he has had somebody make a serious push for playing time behind him (at least since Jocelyn Thibault was in Pittsburgh during the 2006-07 season. Ty Conklin filled in admirably while Fleury was injured in 2007, but quickly faltered when he returned).
And that's not a bad thing for the Penguins.
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