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Yet he knows if the Senators can't find a way to slow down slow down the Pittsburgh Penguins, it's coming soon.

Winning a title for a veteran player that has never tasted that kind of success is a strong motivator for teams, especially ones that have captured a Stanley Cup recently and need a boost to get their hunger level up to where it was before they earned a championship ring.

Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean is normally voluble, a co-operative and occasionally even outspoken soul, but he had little to add to what appeared on the score sheet Tuesday night.

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.

At the end, when they told Paul MacLean he couldn't play hockey anymore and that he would have to do something else, he had played in 719 NHL games and scored 324 goals and collected 673 points.

In only his second game back, Ottawa Senators centre Jason Spezza could have a new right-winger as head coach Paul MacLean said he is considering inserting Mark Stone in the lineup for Cory Conacher.

If there's one thing that the Ottawa Senators have proven in this shortened season, it's that they have excelled when their backs have been against the wall.

He was a pivotal part of Ottawa's 2-1 double-overtime win over Pittsburgh on Sunday that cut the Penguins' lead to 2-1 in the second-round series.

Forget Facebook and Twitter; John and Barb Scobie are using their window to post messages in support of the Ottawa Senators.

Ottawa Senators Jason Spezza takes part in a team practice in Ottawa Saturday, May 18, 2013.

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

The Ottawa Senators may be the only franchise of seven from north of the 49th Parallel still alive and kicking - feebly, to be sure - in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Police say a gunman used anti-gay slurs before fatally shooting a 32-year-old man in New York City's Greenwich Village.

Last season, Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean was a finalist for the Jack Adams Award as NHL coach of the year because his young team of largely unproven NHL players earned a surprising playoff berth.This time around, MacLean is a Jack Adams finalist for his ability to lead his injury-depleted roster to a surprising playoff berth.

Ottawa Senators Jason Spezza looks on during team practice in Ottawa Sunday, May 12, 2013.

Guillaume Latendresse played in Games 1 and 2 of the Senators' first-round series against Montreal.

Ottawa Senators head coach Paul MacLean was also nominated last year for the Jack Adams Award.

The Ottawa Senators could have Jason Spezza back in their lineup sooner rather than later as the second round of the playoffs is under way for the lone Canadian team remaining.

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.