PITTSBURGH, Pa.
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Stanley Cup playoffs. The Ottawa Senators arent headed to the post-season, but
captain Jason Spezza wanted to make sure his team finished the season strong.
Spezza scored in the shootout to help the Senators beat the Penguins 3-2 on
Sunday night and stretch their season-ending winning streak to five games. "We
wanted to play for each other," said Spezza, who finished his first season as
captain. "We talked about it a lot down the stretch, how it would be easy to let
up, and I thought the group showed good character by finishing hard and winning
these games." The teams were tied 2-2 after two periods and didnt score in the
third or overtime. Spezza, who scored the lone goal in Ottawas win Saturday
against Toronto, stopped at the circle during his shootout attempt, stickhandled
around goalie Jeff Zatkoff, and scored. Kyle Turris added a goal in the shootout
for the Senators. Ottawa goalie Robin Lehner stopped Beau Bennett and
Jussi Jokinen to seal the win. Turris scored his 26th goal in regulation, and
Mark Stone had his fourth for Ottawa, which will miss the playoffs for the
second time in six years and first since 2011. "We believe in this group, that
its a good group and very close to being a good team," Senators coach Paul
MacLean said. "We have work to do and we have to come to training camp in
September prepared to do the work and make changes to our game thats going to
make us successful." Jokinen scored on the power play in regulation, his 21st of
the season, and Lee Stempniak added his 12th for the Penguins, who rested
captain Sidney Crosby and several others for their final game before the
playoffs. No. 1 goalie Marc-Andre Fleury also sat out along with Brandon Sutter,
Matt Niskanen, Robert Bortuzzo and Deryk Engelland. "I think weve gone through
quite a bit with this group in terms of different lineups, different injury
situations," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said of his team, which led the NHL with
521 man-games lost. "I think weve done a better job of being able to shut teams
down and limit opportunities, but now we have to do that in the playoffs." The
Penguins will face Columbus in the first round of the playoffs. The series
begins Wednesday in Pittsburgh. It will be the first post-season meeting between
the teams, separated by a four-hour drive. The perennial-contending Penguins
have lots of star power and three Stanley Cup titles. Columbus, during its first
season in the Eastern Conference, secured its second playoff berth and first
since the 2009 season. "Theyre skilled, they have great goaltending and they
played fast," Penguins forward James Neal said. "We had a good year against
them. Theyre going to come hard. Its the playoffs and everyone has a chance
now." Despite missing the finale, Crosby won his second scoring title — topping
Anaheims Ryan Getzlaf. Crosby, who finished with 36 goals and 104 points,
outscored Getzlaf by 17 points to win the Art Ross Trophy for the first time
since the 2006-07 season, his second in the NHL. The seven-year gap is the
second-longest span between scoring titles. "Sid, I think, to get over 100
points ... to have the lead as he does over Getzlaf by that many points is
pretty amazing to see," Bylsma said. Pittsburgh hopes to have former NHL MVP and
two-time scoring champion Evgeni Malkin back for the playoffs after he missed
the final 11 games of the regular season because of a foot injury. Malkin skated
with teammates Chris Conner (foot) and Joe Vitale (upper body) on Sunday, but
Bylsma didnt say whether they would be ready for Wednesdays playoff opener. "I
like the way were getting healthy and I like the way were playing," Neal said.
"This year is a little different than others. Were playing good hockey at the
right time and thats big for us." Jokinen opened the scoring Sunday with a
power-play goal with 5:14 left in the first period. His centring pass deflected
off Eric Grybas skate and trickled between Lehners pads. Turris tied it later in
the period, scoring in the final seconds of a power play when he sent a shot
past Zatkoff from the left faceoff dot. Stempniak put the Penguins ahead 2-1
when he tipped Bennetts shot behind Lehner at 5:16 of the second. Stone tied it
with Ottawas second power-play goal at 17:14 from the top of the crease,
whacking in a rebound of Patrick Wierciochs point shot. NOTES: The Penguins
played their fourth straight overtime game. ... Pittsburgh finished the season
with 109 points, the second-highest total in team history. A Penguins player has
won the scoring title in 15 of the last 26 seasons. ... Crosby and Malkin are
the fourth set of teammates to win multiple scoring titles while playing
together and the first since Bostons Phil Esposito and Bobby Orr between
1969-75. ... Ottawa scratched Jared Cowen, Matt Kassian and Mika Zibanejad.
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practices at the University of Toronto campus in Mississauga, Ont.MADRID, Spain
-- Youssef El-Arabi scored both goals as Granada beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 on
Monday for its first home win of the season in the Spanish league. Athletic was
unlucky not to be awarded a penalty in the 16th minute when Aritz Aduriz fell
inside the penalty area after tangling with Jeison Murillo. Athletic midfielder
Ander Herrera was penalized when he brought down Yacine Brahimi with a dangerous
high kick inside the area and El-Arabi converted in the 53rd. "We cant look for
excuses," Herrera said. "If we want to be a team that is up there, we have to
become a winning team." Granada went close to scoring again on the hour from a
ccounterattack but Diego Buonanottes shot was headed clear.
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the 61st to increase the margin. "This is for the fans," Buonanotte said. "We
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effort." El-Arabi missed completing a hat-trick in the 67th when Athletic
goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz deflected his shot. Barcelona leads the standings on 21
points after seven rounds, marginally ahead of Atletico Madrid on goal
differential. Real Madrid is on third place on 16 points. Athletic is fifth on
12, four points clear of 12th-place Granada.
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