Kris Letang

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...

The Penguins went backward to move forward Friday. That movement started with four players who were part of the lineup the last time the Penguins swept the first two games in Pittsburgh of a Stanley Cup playoff series. Captain Sidney Crosby was joined...

The Sports Xchange NHL roundup: Three finalists for coach of year announced Three finalists are vying for the Jack Adams Award, the NHL's version of the coach of the year award. Bruce Boudreau of the Anaheim Ducks, Paul MacLean of the Ottawa Senators...

Penguins 4, Senators 3: Captain Sidney Crosby recorded his second career postseason hat trick as top-seeded Pittsburgh staved off visiting Ottawa to seize a 2-0 advantage in their Eastern Conference second-round series. Brenden Morrow scored,...

Having defenseman Sergei Gonchar back at Consol Energy Center -- even if he is playing for Ottawa against the Penguins in the second round of the playoffs -- reminded coach Dan Bylsma of how much Gonchar helped with a couple of young teammates years ago....

How did Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik put it Thursday? "I'm not huge into individual glory." That's unfortunate because it surrounds Orpik as the Penguins get ready for Game 2 tonight of their Stanley Cup playoff series with the Ottawa Senators....

Sergei Gonchar stood outside the Ottawa Senators dressing room at Consol Energy Center, smiling at the suggestion that he played a part in Evgeni Malkin winning the Hart Trophy last year and Kris Letang being named a Norris Trophy finalist this season....

Sidney Crosby needed a witness for his defense. Evgeni Malkin testified Wednesday by comparing Crosby to fellow Russian center Pavel Datsyuk, a three-time winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL's top defensive forward. "It's tough to say who...

Penguins 4, Senators 1: Evgeni Malkin continued his sizzling postseason by collecting a goal and an assist in the first period as host Pittsburgh benefited from strong special teams play to win Game 1 of its Eastern Conference second-round series....

Evgeni Malkin continued his sizzling postseason by collecting a goal and an assist in the first period as host Pittsburgh benefited from strong special teams play to win Game 1 of its Eastern Conference second-round series 4-1 over the Ottawa Senators....

The Sports Xchange Penguins pound Senators in series opener PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators facing off in the Stanley Cup playoffs has become an almost annual rite of spring. Their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup marks...

Tomas Vokoun is the goaltender. Let's start right there, before I even get going with this column of wholly unsolicited advice for the Penguins heading into their next Stanley Cup playoff series with the Senators, because that's got to come first....