Matt Cooke

OTTAWA (AP) — After a win in Game 3, the Ottawa Senators are confident they can tie their series against the Pittsburgh Penguins.       The Senators trail the Penguins 2-1 in their Eastern Conference semifinal series heading into Game 4...

Ottawa isn't quite as pretentious to label itself as "The Center of the Hockey Universe," as one in a long line of failed former Maple Leafs general managers said of Toronto a few years back. Nor is it Montreal. No one in this charming, bilingual city...

The Sports Xchange By Don Brennan, The Sports Xchange Seantors 2, Penguins 1 (2 OT) OTTAWA -- The Ottawa Senators jumped back into their second-round playoff series with the Pittsburgh Penguins in dramatic fashion Sunday night at Scotiabank Place. A...

OTTAWA -- The Ottawa Senators jumped back into their second-round playoff series with the Pittsburgh Penguins in dramatic fashion Sunday night at Scotiabank Place. A goal by Colin Greening at 7:39 of the second overtime period gave the Senators a 2-1...

Senators 2, Penguins 1 (2OT): Colin Greening scored at 7:39 of the second overtime as host Ottawa got back into its Eastern Conference second-round series against top-seeded Pittsburgh. After both teams failed to convert during a power-play opportunity...

Even at the end, it's hard. After the two-month run, after all the bumps, bruises and butt-ends to the sternum, they wheel the Stanley Cup out, hand it to the captain and ... the thing weighs 35 pounds. Nothing comes easy. Not for a fleeting minute....

Daniel Alfredsson changed the conversation Sunday night. His Ottawa Senators will not be swept from the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and the favored Penguins will not roll unimpeded into the Eastern Conference final. Alfredsson's final-...

SERIES II OFF-DAY 3 In a perfect world where airlines run on time and don't cancel flights (looking at you Delta), I'd be writing this post from Ottawa this evening. Lo and behold, I'm still in Pittsburgh. Don't fret puckheads, I'll be arriving in...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby had his second career playoff hat trick and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Friday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.   Brenden Morrow added his first playoff...

It is not recognized as one of the great feats in pro hockey. Perhaps it should be, though. At least for the Penguins. You think winning a Stanley Cup is difficult? OK, so it is. Very. But the Penguins have done that more recently than they've taken...

The talk leading up to this Stanley Cup second-round series was whether the Senators would seek revenge against Penguins left winger Matt Cooke for the incident that sliced Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson's Achilles on Feb. 13. While both sides...

Penguins 4, Senators 1: Evgeni Malkin continued his sizzling postseason by collecting a goal and an assist in the first period as host Pittsburgh benefited from strong special teams play to win Game 1 of its Eastern Conference second-round series....