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The NHL announced its first round of award winners Friday, and ESPN.com's Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun break down the winners of the Frank J. Selke (best defensive forward) and Jack Adams (coach of the year) trophies, as well as the GM of the Yea...

PITTSBURGH -- A veteran hockey man earlier this week wondered what a series between this edition of the Pittsburgh Penguins and this Ottawa Senators team might look like two or three years down the road. The implication was clear: The young Senato...

PITTSBURGH -- It's a bit hard to get your head around it, but the start of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs is relatively foreign territory for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators. That may explain the great collective exhalati...

MONTREAL -- Years ago, in another era for the Ottawa Senators, they were the talented team that found ways to lose. Now, they're the team that refuses to die. The old Senators, loaded with the likes of Zdeno Chara, Marian Hossa, Martin Havlat, ...

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Victoria Matiash provides her final top 75 defensemen rankings of the season and projects fantasy values for the 2013-14 NHL campaign, forecasting Ottawa's Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh's Kris Letang and Montreal's P.K. Subban as the top three D-men.

Sergei Gonchar scored 47 seconds into overtime, Erik Karlsson set up Ottawa's first goal in his sooner-than-anticipated return from a torn Achilles tendon, and the Senators clinched a playoff berth by beating the Washington Capitals 2-1 Thursday night.

The Ottawa Senators got a major boost Thursday when reigning Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson returned to game action.

There's no other way to put it: The Northeast Division is a train wreck with the playoffs just around the corner. That may end up meaning nothing once the second season begins, but I doubt the way the Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Map...

Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean said star defenseman Erik Karlsson would be in Washington on Thursday night, though a decision hasn't been made about putting him in the lineup.

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Star defenseman Erik Karlsson is practicing again with the Ottawa Senators.

The Ottawa Senators woke up Thursday morning in a frightful three-way tie on points with the New York Rangers and Islanders, just two points clear of the danger spot held by Winnipeg. For so much of the season, it was about fifth place for the Sen...

This year was supposed to play out so differently for Daniel Alfredsson, the classy captain of the Ottawa Senators. A surprise playoff berth last season was supposed to be followed up by a deeper postseason run this season. While that might sti...

Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is still upset about losing star defenseman Erik Karlsson, especially since it involved a player with a history of questionable play.

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