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------------------- There need to be one thing about that fourth seed the Pittsburgh Penguins uncover comforting. For the second straight postseason, the Penguins will enter the playoffs in that spot, and so far so good.Last year, they won the Cup after a dramatic Game seven in Detroit. This 12 months, the Penguins seemed to amble really a bit during the standard season and there has been a definite sense of not fairly being engaged."We know we've been a small inconsistent with it, so that is actually our challenge," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma explained on the eve of the playoffs. "Are we content with our mindset? No, not totally. Do we know how we want to perform? Yes. We have not gotten to the consistency we know we're going to need." Right after winning their first four publish-Olympic video games, the Penguins didn't win far more than two in a row right after that and failed to win the Atlantic Division.The Senators, meanwhile, established themselves as a single of the streakiest teams in the NHL. They did deal with to string together a franchise-very best eleven-game winning streak just before the Olympic break and an additional six-game run late in the season. Ottawa is also 21-2-two when foremost after the initial time period and four-twenty-two when trailing soon after 1. There seems to be no middle ground for the Senators, and the end result of this series will rely on whether "Good Ottawa" or "Undesirable Ottawa" demonstrates up.<br>1. The golden child: All discussions about the Penguins get started and end with their captain, Sidney Crosby, he of the golden goal in the Olympics and the engine that drives the Pittsburgh machine. Crosby has continued to increase the offensive element of his game, collecting two targets on the final day of the typical season to tie Steven Stamkos for the Rocket Richard Trophy with 51 ambitions, marking the first time he is hit the 50-purpose plateau.Look for Crosby to assist elevate the Pens' staff game [url=http://www.pittsburghpenguinsfanstore.com/authentic-kris-letang-jersey]Kris Letang Jersey[/url], a game that has been rather iffy of late, by way of his personal degree of perform. The challenge for the Senators will be in attempting to restrict the harm Crosby inflicts on them. Search for Anton Volchenkov, who has blocked far more shots over the previous 5 many years than any NHL player, and Chris Phillips to draw the assignment of trying to maintain Crosby off the puck and end him from scoring the in-tight goals that have now become element of his repertoire. 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If, nonetheless, Malkin's wonky foot, and so forth., keep him from being at peak efficiency, it offers the Sens a fighting chance.3. M.A.S.H., déjà vu: When these two teams met in the playoffs two seasons ago (this is the third time in four playoff many years the two teams will meet), the Senators had a quantity of injuries to best players, which includes captain Daniel Alfredsson. Quickly-forward to this spring and it is déjà vu. The Sens will be without having top-4 defenseman Filip Kuba, who is out for at least three much more weeks right after undergoing back surgery. His absence will put a lot more pressure on Andy Sutton, Chris Phillips, Volchenkov and promising rookie defender Erik Karlsson.The Senators will also be with no enigmatic forward Alexei Kovalev, who suffered a torn MCL last week and is accomplished for the season. The Senators will also be viewing the play of Milan Michalek, who anchors the team's second line and returned to the lineup for the ultimate two typical-season video games after missing the previous nine contests with a knee damage.four. Stage-up guy? We all know Alfredsson is going to bring it every single evening. It really is just who he is. But if the Senators are going to have a chance in this series, they need center Jason Spezza to get a giant phase forward in terms of his leadership and postseason production. People fail to remember he led the NHL in assists (15) and points (22) when the Senators marched to the Stanley Cup finals in 2007, but Spezza had a miserable series towards Anaheim. 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Bylsma proved to be a kind of anti-Michel Therrien when he took over in February 2009 and showed terrific coaching acumen all through the playoffs, juggling his line combinations to excellent effect.This season, he acknowledged his staff has not been the place it requirements to be, and the challenge for him is to discover that proverbial switch this week. He stated he's talked to men and women linked to other NHL dynasties, as well as teams in other sports making an attempt to repeat as champions."We know what it indicates to go by means of that in the playoffs, but that level has to happen for your group and for your gamers and your group game, for individuals," Bylsma explained. "So that urgency level is going to come. The query is, are we going to be a staff that can draw on our past, get to that degree, and have accomplishment going forward in the playoffs."As for Clouston, he has proved himself to be a coach who can get a good deal out of minor and he will now have to replicate that towards the defending Stanley Cup champs.<br>• The Penguins' huge 3 versus the Senators' blue-line corps and rookie netminder Brian Elliott: No team, other than Detroit in the 2008 Cup finals, has had an reply for Crosby, Malkin and Jordan Staal in the playoffs. The capability to move them off the puck and get away time and room in the defensive zone is essential to the Senators' probabilities and the Penguins' ability to replicate their accomplishment. With each teams icing evenly matched electrical power-play and penalty-killing units, 5-on-five play will be essential.<br>• Ottawa: Spezza has had 14 factors in his previous eight video games, which includes five multipoint video games. 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