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The timing is good for the Ottawa Senators to be facing a team that has traditionally given them trouble. The Pittsburgh Penguins (7-7-3) will be without captain Sidney Crosby and in a two-game slide that has left them last in the Eastern Conference when they provide the opposition Saturday night at Canadian Tire Centre. Crosby, who has 43 points in 38 career games against the Senators, is expected to miss a week with an upper-body injury. Continue to Article

November 16, 2018 9:57:pm EST

Detroit coach Jeff Blashill was quick to credit Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson. Anderson stopped two third-period penalty shots and Drake Batherson scored in his NHL debut to help the Senators beat the Red Wings 2-1 on Thursday night. ''Those are real players taking the penalty shots, so good for Craig Anderson,'' Blashill said. Continue to Article

November 15, 2018 11:57:pm EST

This continues a tough stretch of injury news, as John Klingberg ranked among the biggest names in the last batch of unsettling updates. Sidney Crosby is the biggest name, and the latest news from the Pittsburgh Penguins presents a mixed bag. Whenever you hear the words “Sidney Crosby” and “upper-body injury,” the reflex is to worry that his career-threatening concussion issues have surfaced again. Continue to Article

November 15, 2018 2:33:pm EST

To paraphrase Ottawa Senators coach Guy Boucher, some players knock on the door that leads to the NHL and others kick it down. Drake Batherson kicked it down. The Senators planned to give Batherson at least half of a season -- if not the entire 2018-19 campaign - in the American Hockey League to prepare for the final step on the ladder. Continue to Article

November 15, 2018 2:58:am EST