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Not only did the Ottawa Senators win Saturday, taking a 1-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Final, but they managed to hold both Sidney Crosby and Phil Kessel off the score board. There was some luck involved for the Senators. Armed with that scary wrist shot, Kessel rang a puck off the crossbar, and Anderson, the Senators goalie, made critical saves throughout the game. Continue to Article

May 15, 2017 10:11:am EST

PITTSBURGH (AP) The Ottawa Senators heard the naysayers. If there was any concern Ottawa was just happy to be in the Eastern Conference finals, it vanished by the time Bobby Ryan slipped a backhander by Marc-Andre Fleury 4:59 into overtime Saturday night for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1. The team that spent most of the season trying to figure out roles in first-year coach Guy Boucher's throwback 1-3-1 neutral-zone trap and the goalie who spent half the season away from the ice helping his wife undergo cancer treatment are more than just a feel-good story. Continue to Article

May 14, 2017 5:59:pm EST

The Ottawa Senators heard the naysayers. If there was any concern Ottawa was just happy to be in the Eastern Conference finals, it vanished by the time Bobby Ryan slipped a backhander by Marc-Andre Fleury 4:59 into overtime Saturday night for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1. The team that spent most of the season trying to figure out roles in first-year coach Guy Boucher's throwback 1-3-1 neutral-zone trap and the goalie who spent half the season away from the ice helping his wife undergo cancer treatment are more than just a feel-good story. Continue to Article

May 14, 2017 5:42:pm EST

The Ottawa Senators heard the naysayers. If there was any concern Ottawa was just happy to be in the Eastern Conference finals, it vanished by the time Bobby Ryan slipped a backhander by Marc-Andre Fleury 4:59 into overtime Saturday night for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1. The team that spent most of the season trying to figure out roles in first-year coach Guy Boucher's throwback 1-3-1 neutral-zone trap and the goalie who spent half the season away from the ice helping his wife undergo cancer treatment are more than just a feel-good story. Continue to Article

May 14, 2017 5:40:pm EST

The Ottawa Senators found a way to squeeze out another win on Saturday night when Bobby Ryan scored in overtime to lift them over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. It looked an awful lot like the previous Senators’ wins this postseason. For the Penguins, it is a style of play that is going to require a bit of an adjustment after dealing with teams that aggressively forechecked in the first two rounds, putting constant pressure on their defense. Continue to Article

May 14, 2017 4:22:pm EST