Penguins forwards, from left, Bill Guerin, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin will look to stretch their win streak to three when they visit the Ottawa Senators on Monday. (Frank Gunn/Canadian Press)

The Ottawa Senators welcome the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday in a battle of two teams that finished last season on a strong note and have carried that success into this year's campaign.

While both squads posted 27 points from the beginning of March to the end of the regular season, it was the Penguins who hoisted the Stanley Cup and the Senators who were on the outside of the playoffs looking in.

After the firing of Craig Hartsburg 48 games into the season, the Senators awoke from their slump with new coach Cory Clouston. Ottawa went 13-6-1 from March 5 onward, setting the stage for a rebound season in 2009-10, which seems to be going to plan so far.

The Senators (3-1-0) have racked up three straight wins over Toronto, the New York Islanders and Atlanta and look to make it four against the Penguins on Monday.

To do so, they'll look for another strong effort from Mike Fisher, who has tallied two goals and two assists in four games after finishing with 32 points last year.

"I'm feeling young," said the 29-year-old Fisher, who plays with 36-year-old linemates Alex Kovalev and Daniel Alfredsson on the power-play. "They create so much space, they both make great plays and they're strong on the puck."

Penguins on a road roll

Pittsburgh (4-1-0) has continued to find success after capturing the league title. The Pens rattled off two wins on the road at Philadelphia and Toronto, and a big part of that is their play on the man advantage, which burned the Maple Leafs for three goals in five chances.

"Right from the start, our power play was executing and set the tone for our team," coach Dan Bylsma told the Penguins' official website. "When you win the special teams [battle] — it was 3-0 for us tonight — that's a good recipe."

The Pens will hope to avoid the struggles they had with the extra man last season against Ottawa — Pittsburgh converted two of 21 (9.5 per cent) chances against the Senators and lost three of four games.

Two of the power-play goals versus Toronto on Saturday came from Sidney Crosby, but if statistics dictate his success on Monday, he'll be hard pressed to find the back of the net against Ottawa. The Pens captain has scored only twice in 13 regular season games against the Sens and has never scored a regular season goal at Ottawa's Scotiabank Place.

Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury is 2-2-0 in six regular-season starts at Ottawa — having been pulled from the net twice.