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If there's a silver lining to be found from the time Jussi Jokinen has spent scratched from the Penguins lineup, he figures the view from above might have provided insight into his opponent's tendencies in the faceoff circle.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are on quite a warpath in the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Colin Greening scored 7:39 into double overtime, and the Ottawa Senators rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins that cut their series deficit to 2-1 on Sunday night.

The Penguins' second-round playoff series against Ottawa relocates to Scotiabank Place tonight, and that means the Senators will have the usual advantages of playing at home, like a supportive crowd and coach Paul MacLean being able to make the final personnel changes.

But the Penguins have done that more recently than they've taken a 2-0 lead in a playoff series.

There will be two sets of two-day breaks in the second-round playoff series between the Penguins and Ottawa Senators -- one now between Games 1 and 2, another between Games 3 and 4. Those are designed to accommodate television, not to benefit the teams, but a sampling of Penguins players showed most don't have feelings about the extra time off and ... (more)

Defensemen Brooks Orpik and Paul Martin scored the game-winning and game-tying goals, respectively, to give Pittsburgh a 4-3 overtime victory over the New York Islanders in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals and give the Penguins a 4-3 series win.

Speaking for the first time since being named the Pittsburgh Penguins' starting goaltender, Tomas Vokoun had about him a sense of calmness.

The team leader in ice time and the cerebral centerpiece on the blue line, MacDonald is expected to miss tonight's Game 5 of the first-round series against the Penguins at the CONSOL Energy Center with what is believed to be a left hand/arm injury.

Okposo shined again, Tavares delivered a poetic winner, Fleury provided gifts to require a Game 6 and another Coliseum date.

The Penguins were ready for one comeback in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup playoff series against the New York Islanders.

Forwards Alexei Ponikarovsky, James Neal, Alex Kovalev, Jarome Iginla, Brenden Morrow and Jussi Jokinen have at least two things in common.

Evgeni Nabokov can't glove a rebound in front of the Pittsburgh Penguins' Craig Adams and Travis Hamonic during the first period of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.

It's that special time of the year again, where the only thing that matters is which team is the first to get to 16 wins.

Sixteen teams will have a chance to win the Stanley Cup when the playoffs begin Tuesday.