Erik Karlsson

Sidney Crosby's hat trick lifts Penguins past Senators in Game 2

2013-05-18 00:00:00

PITTSBURGH — The Ottawa Senators have plenty of respect for Sidney Crosby. As they're quickly learning, perhaps a little too much. Working in wide-open swaths of ice left by Ottawa's tentative defense, the Pittsburgh superstar needed just over one...

Senators eliminate Canadiens with 6-1 win in Game 5

2013-05-09 21:49:00

Craig Anderson made 33 saves and Cory Conacher scored twice on a shaky Peter Budaj as the Ottawa Senators advanced to the second round of the playoffs Thursday night with a 6-1 rout of the host Montreal Canadiens. Ottawa took the best-of-seven Eastern...

Craig Anderson leads Senators to 4-2 win over Canadiens in Game 1

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Craig Anderson made 48 saves in a spectacular performance as the visiting Ottawa Senators beat the Montreal Canadiens, 4-2, Thursday night in Game 1 of their playoff series. Jakob Silfverberg and Marc Methot scored early in the third period to give...

NHL Stanley Cup Playoff preview

2013-04-29 23:23:00

Wasn’t it just yesterday that the Kings were hoisting the Stanley Cup? Time flies when you follow a tedious, spirit-sapping lockout with a 48-game season that was crammed into 100 calendar days. The Kings will try to become the first team to win...

NHL All-Star skills contest participants chosen

2011-01-29 16:33:16

Senators beat Penguins in double overtime

2013-05-19 20:55:00

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...

Penguins blow late lead, fall to Senators in 2OT

2013-05-20 00:04:02

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-...

Penguins notebook: Vitale a no-go

2013-05-20 00:04:02

Center Joe Vitale did not play in Game 3 at Ottawa on Sunday. Coach Dan Bylsma said before the contest that Vitale was not available but declined to elaborate. The Penguins' policy, enacted for the playoffs, is not to address injuries or lineups. Vitale...

Rossi: Late-game moves pay off

2013-05-19 09:34:01

Brandon Sutter is not alone. Most of the Penguins expect the Ottawa Senators to reach deep in Game 3 of a second-round Stanley Cup playoff series Sunday at Scotiabank Place. After all, these Senators played most of the regular season without their...

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Dejan Kovacevic column

2013-05-19 00:44:01

The Penguins arrived in Canada's capital Saturday with a clear purpose and a clearer plan: End this Stanley Cup playoff series with the Senators as quickly as possible, and do so with more of what succeeded in the first couple of games: 1. Superb...

Crosby puts on a show in Penguins' 4-3 victory

2013-05-18 13:54:04

He did, Sidney Crosby recalled, feel pretty good before the game. Likely nowhere near as good as he felt by the time it was over, though. Crosby scored the Penguins' first three goals in their 4-3 victory against Ottawa at Consol Energy Center...

Senators notebook: Penguins' Bylsma backs MacLean for Adams Award

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Bylsma backs MacLean Ottawa's Paul MacLean again is a finalist for the Jack Adams Award, given to the NHL's top coach, and his opposing bench boss in Round 2 backed his candidacy Friday. "This year, different challenges for his team and group, and...

Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) gets past Ottawa Senators' Erik Karlsson (65) en route to a goal in the first period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series Friday in Pittsburgh.

2013-05-17 20:12:00

Erik Karlsson fires a slapshot against the Canadiens during Ottawa's 6-1 victory over Montreal to advance to the next round of the NHL playoffs.

2013-05-09 00:00:00