Game 38: Senators @ Penguins
Pittsburgh 25-11-1, 51 pts. 2nd Atlantic, 4th Eastern Conference. 7-2-1 L10 Ottawa 18-4-4, 40 pts. 3rd Northeast, 7th Eastern Conference, 5-5 L10 Before there were the Detroit Red Wings, there were the Ottawa Senators. Ottawa proved to be the first real rival of the Crosby-Malkin-Fleury era. They bounced the Penguins in five in the 2007 Conference Quarterfinals. Pittsburgh swept 7th-seeded Ottawa from the same series the next season.