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The Senators feel the first five minutes of Game 3 could seal their fate in the series against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Scott Burnside writes

He's missed all but five games this season due to injury, but the Senators hope Jason Spezza can provide the spark they need to take on the Penguins.

The Ottawa Senators' top center, Jason Spezza, will return to the team's lineup in Game 3 of their second-round NHL playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday evening after missing most of the season with a back injury.

PITTSBURGH -- He still sports an ungainly face shield that makes him look more linebacker or sci-fi gladiator than hockey player. And a glimpse at his lower jaw area puts one in mind of a picket fence battered by a tornado. But make no mistake: Si...

PITTSBURGH -- Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma didn't have a vote for the coach of the year award, but if he had one, he'd have cast it for his counterpart with the Ottawa Senators, Paul MacLean. The Ottawa coach was named as a finalist for the Jack...

Count Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby among those who would like to see the NHL use video replay to confirm the accuracy of delay of game penalties.

PITTSBURGH -- Penguins defensive coach Todd Reirden always has this message for the team's young defensive prospects who think they're ready for a taste of the National Hockey League: Go check out No. 44, and then you'll know if you're really ready. ...

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...

PITTSBURGH -- You can talk about the tinkering with the line combinations, the introduction of a couple of energy guys to the lineup and the second-period explosion of offense, but the Pittsburgh Penguins' 4-0 victory in Game 5 -- and the restaking o...

PITTSBURGH -- If there is a feeling of history surrounding the decision to bench Pittsburgh Penguins netminder Marc-Andre Fleury for the first time in the playoffs, that sense of history cuts deeper than just the ending of a personal streak. True,...

PITTSBURGH -- A night that began with a familiar celebration of Sidney Crosby's greatness and a reminder of the Pittsburgh Penguins' embarrassment of riches ended shockingly with the New York Islanders reminding the favored Penguins that hard work so...

PITTSBURGH -- Penguins captain Sidney Crosby must have a different definition of rust than most normal people. After missing more than a month with a broken jaw, Crosby jumped into the middle of a playoff series and scored twice in the first 7:22 ...

PITTSBURGH -- You wonder how fine the line is between a career being over and having one more shot at glory. Mark Eaton doesn't need to wonder. He knows that line is razor thin. He also knows how it feels to be on the right side of that line. ...

After missing more than a month recovering from a broken jaw Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby returned to action Friday night in Game 2 of the Penguins Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the New York Islanders.

PITTSBURGH -- If there is widespread belief in the hockey world that the rest of the opening-round series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the New York Islanders is but a formality, someone forgot to send the memo to the Islanders. In spite of ...

Signs appear more hopeful that Sidney Crosby of Pittsburgh Penguins may be able to return soon.