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On brink of elimination, Senators host Penguins

Apr 16, 2008 - 1:26 PM Pittsburgh at Ottawa 7:00 pm EDT Eastern Conference quarterfinals Penguins lead, 3-0

OTTAWA (Ticker) - The Ottawa Senators will need a win to continue their season when they host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday in Game Four of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.

All-Star Marian Hossa scored a goal and set up two others as the second-seeded Penguins cruised to a 4-1 triumph over the seventh-seeded Senators on Monday in Game Three.

Captain Sidney Crosby and Jordan Staal scored 78 seconds apart in the third period, and Maxime Talbot also tallied for Pittsburgh, which owns a commanding three-games-to-none lead in the series.

"It is nice to get my first playoff goal for this year," Hossa said, "but the most important thing is that we are up 3-0 - that's what counts."

Rookie Nick Foligno tallied the lone goal Monday for Ottawa, which eliminated the Penguins from the quarterfinals of last season's playoffs in five games.

"We're going to come out on Wednesday and try to win that game," said captain Daniel Alfredsson, who returned to action on Monday after being sidelined since April 3 with knee and neck injuries. "That's all we can do at this point. Take it game by game."

The reigning Eastern Conference champion Senators face a tall order if they hope to rebound in this series.

The New York Islanders were the last rebounded from a three-games-to-none deficit, against the Penguins in 1975. The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs also accomplished the feat in the Stanley Cup Finals.