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Chris Kunitz, Pascal Dupuis and Sidney Crosby each added a goal for the Penguins, while Milan Michalek, Kyle Turris and Daniel Alfredsson scored for the Senators.

In a subsequent question, Daniel Alfredsson made it clear the #sens wouldn't quit.

A look back at 2010- where the Pens blew a 3rd period lead and went on to lose a multi-overtime game against the Ottawa Senators.

Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean talks to the team during practice at Scotiabank Place ahead of game five of their Stanley Cup Eastern Conference semi-final NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

The first period was scoreless but hardly boring, with multiple scoring chances within the first couple minutes.

Well, it says prepare yourself for awesomeness. The return of Jason Spezza to the lineup is huge for the Senators .

Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby celebrates with left wing Chris Kunitz and defenseman Kris Letang after Crosby scored his second goal against the Ottawa Senators during the first period in game two of the second round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs at CONSOL Energy Center.

The Senators look to even the series against the Penguins in Pittsburgh tonight.

By dispatching the Montreal Canadiens in five games last week, the Ottawa Senators broke a long-standing curse on Canadian NHL teams: It marked the first time a Canadian squad has won a playoff series after reaching the Stanley Cup final in the new millennium.

Feb 13, 2013; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Ottawa Senators defenseman Chris Phillips defends his net as Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin looks to shoot the puck during the first period at the CONSOL Energy Center.

Ups and downs is a feature that looks at the individual performances of the Ottawa Senators during the past week.

For the fourth time in the last six springs, the Senators are meeting Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the playoffs.

Senators left-winger Cory Conacher, right, celebrates with teammate Jean-Gabriel Pageau after scoring the first goal against the Canadiens in the first period Thursday night.

With a 6-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 5, the Senators booked their first trip to an Eastern Conference semifinal series in six years.

Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean talk to media following practice during an off day in first round NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

Sunday night, I woke up from a frightening nightmare, drenched in a cold sweat. I was dreaming a giant, bug-eyed walrus dressed in an Ottawa Senators uniform had come down from the old Palladium rafters and was eating my Montreal Canadiens.

Ottawa Senators' Jean-Gabriel Pageau, right, celebrates a goal on Montreal Canadiens' Carey Price as he holds his face after getting a high stick from P.K. Subban.

Ryan White and Brendan Gallagher scored in a 53-second span early in the second period to lift the Montreal Canadiens past the Ottawa Senators, 3-1, in Game 2 of an Eastern Conference quarterfinal from Bell Centre.

The young Ottawa Senators defence core will look to the veteran leadership of Sergei Gonchar, who is the only Sens player to ever step on the Bell Centre ice for a playoff game.

P.K. Subban is a very good hockey player. Erik Karlsson is on his way to being a generational talent.