Penguins 4, Senators 2

Penguins lead series 2-0

Ottawa 1 1 1—3

Pittsburgh 2 2 0—4

First Period—1, Pittsburgh, Crosby 4 (Martin, Niskanen), 3:16. 2, Ottawa, Turris 4 (Alfredsson, Gonchar), 13:15 (pp). 3, Pittsburgh, Crosby 5 (Kunitz, Letang), 16:07. Penalties—Turris, Ott (holding), 6:21; Methot, Ott (roughing), 10:19; Malkin, Pit (hooking), 13:03.

Second Period—4, Pittsburgh, Crosby 6 (Letang, Malkin), 1:15 (pp). 5, Ottawa, Greening 2 (Z.Smith, Neil), 1:55. 6, Pittsburgh, Morrow 1 (Neal, Martin), 8:04. Penalties—Karlsson, Ott (hooking), :49; Neil, Ott (cross-checking), 3:26; Letang, Pit (roughing), 3:26; Latendresse, Ott (boarding), 5:56; Neil, Ott (slashing), 8:22.

Third Period—7, Ottawa, Pageau 4 (Latendresse, Condra), 2:01. Penalties—Orpik, Pit (boarding), 3:13; Conacher, Ott (high-sticking), 14:49.

Shots on Goal—Ottawa 7-9-6—22. Pittsburgh 18-15-9—42.

Power-play opportunities—Ottawa 1 of 2; Pittsburgh 1 of 6.

Goalies—Ottawa, Anderson (21 shots-18 saves), Lehner 0-1-0 (1:15 second, 21-20). Pittsburgh, Vokoun 4-0-0 (22-19).

NHL Playoffs

NHL Daily Playoff Glance

By The Associated Press

(x-if necessary)

FIRST ROUND

(Best-of-7)

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Tuesday, May 14

Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1

Los Angeles 2, San Jose 0

Wednesday, May 15

Chicago 4, Detroit 1, Chicago leads series 1-0

Thursday, May 16

Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT, Boston leads series 1-0

Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3, Los Angeles leads series 2-0

Friday, May 17

Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 3, Pittsburgh leads series 2-0

Saturday, May 18

Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Sunday, May 19

N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 3 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, May 20

Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21

Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Wednesday, May 22

Pittsburgh at Ottawa. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 23

Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 8 p.m.

x-San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Friday, May 24

x-Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

NHL Scoring Leaders

NHL Scoring Leaders — Playoffs

By The Associated Press

Through May 17

GP G A PTS

David Krejci, Bos 8 5 9 14

Evgeni Malkin, Pit 8 3 11 14

Sidney Crosby, Pit 7 6 6 12

Derick Brassard, NYR 8 2 8 10

Zdeno Chara, Bos 8 2 8 10

Jarome Iginla, Pit 8 2 8 10

Patrick Sharp, Chi 6 6 3 9

Logan Couture, SJ 6 3 6 9

Kris Letang, Pit 8 2 7 9

Milan Lucic, Bos 8 2 7 9

Paul Martin, Pit 8 2 7 9

6 tied with 8 points