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Jarome Iginla and James Neal each scored twice and the Pittsburgh Penguins routed the Ottawa Senators 7-3 on Wednesday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis also scored for Pittsburgh, and Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves. Down 2-1 after the first period, the Penguins scored twice in a 40-second span early in the second and added four goals in the first 10 minutes in the third.Milan Michalek, Kyle Turris and Daniel Alfredsson scored for Ottawa. Senators goalie Craig Anderson was benched after Pittsburgh's sixth goal, and Robin Lehner finished the game.Game 5 is Friday night in Pittsburgh.The Senators, coming off a double-overtime victory Sunday night in Game 3, opened the scoring on Michalek's short-handed goal at 2:29 of the first period. With defenseman Sergei Gonchar in the penalty box, Alfredsson fed the puck up the middle to a streaking Michalek, who broke through the defense and beat Vokoun low on the glove sid...
Marc-Andre Fleury sat with his head in hands for several minutes before taking questions in the cramped Pittsburgh Penguins dressing room.After struggling in a disap...
John Tavares scored with 9:49 left, and the New York Islanders tied their first-round series with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night with a wild 6-4 victory.On...
The New York Islanders' first home playoff win in 11 years couldn't have come at a better time.John Tavares scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period ...
Pittsburgh Penguins forward James Neal and defenseman Brooks Orpik returned to the lineup for Game 4 of the team's Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the...
The top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins will try to extend their lead in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals when they visit the New York Islanders for Tuesday's Game 4 ...
The Pittsburgh Penguins have two key additions to their lineup for Game 4 against the New York Islanders on Tuesday night: forward James Neal and defenseman Brooks O...
The New York Islanders will try to build off a surprising win over the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins when they host Game 3 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals o...
It's game on for Sidney Crosby.The Penguins' star says he will play Friday night in Game 2 of the playoff series with the New York Islanders after missing more than ...
The New York Islanders' first playoff game in six years did not go well, but the eighth-seeded club will try to rebound on Friday when they visit the Pittsburgh Peng...
Sidney Crosby did what he always seems to do in big moments, scoring two quick goals in his return from a broken jaw.He gave the Pittsburgh Penguins an early two-goa...
Sidney Crosby's return was supposed to provide the knockout punch that would make the New York Islanders' return to the playoffs a brief cameo.Instead, the Islanders...
Pascal Dupuis scored twice and Marc-Andre Fleury posted a shutout with 26 saves to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 5-0 thumping of the New York Islanders in Game 1...
James Neal and Jarome Iginla each had two goals to help lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 7-3 Game 4 win over the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place.Kris Letang reg...
The Ottawa Senators know there is little margin for error if they want to upset the Pittsburgh Penguins.If they don't slow down Pittsburgh's potent power play, they'...
Evgeni Malkin continued his stellar postseason play with a goal and an assist, as the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins handled the Ottawa Senators, 4-1, in Game 1 of t...
The formula for beating the Pittsburgh Penguins is not difficult. It's the doing it for 60 minutes part that's tricky.The Ottawa Senators did everything they thought...
There was a point on Monday when it appeared the second-round playoff picture was coming into focus, but like many things in the NHL postseason, it was all about to ...
It took a change in goal, but the Pittsburgh Penguins are finally back in the second round of the playoffs.Although it was a more competitive serious than most peopl...
The surprising New York Islanders will try to grab their first lead of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals when the series shifts back to Pittsburgh for Thursday's ...