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The Ottawa Senators will aim for their first win of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Sunday, when they host the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 3 at Scotiabank Place.

The New York Rangers will try to bounce back from an overtime loss when they visit the Boston Bruins on Sunday for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Today's Medal Round Matches (IIHF Website and live scoring) Finland vs. USA (Bjugstad) 10:00 am Sweden (Markstrom) vs. Switzerland 2:30 pm Saturday's Semifinal Round Results Sweden (Markstrom: DNP) over Finland, 3-0 Switzerland over USA (Bjugstad: 0Pts -2 1SOG), 3-0 Tournament Stats Among Panthers Participants (through semifinal round) Nick Bjugstad, F (USA): 9GP 2A 2Pts -2 9SOG Jacob Markstrom, G (SWE): 5GP 76SA 71SV 1.58 GAA 2-1-0 eliminated Marcel Goc, F (GER): 7GP 4A 4Pts -4 14 SOG Tomas Fleischmann, F (CZE): 8GP 2G 2Pts even 18SOG Brian Campbell, D (CAN): 8GP 2A 2Pts +7 16SOG Tomas Kopecky, F (SVK): 8GP 2A 2Pts +2 14SOG And of course, feel free to discuss anything Panther-related, the Memorial Cup or NHL playoffs.

At the start of overtime, there was a feeling that the whole playoff series might hinge on what would happen in the next few minutes. The HP Pavilion crowd felt it. So did some of the Sharks, at least the ones willing to admit it.

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The San Jose Sharks might have been missing their biggest agitator Saturday, but that didn't stop them from playing what might have been their most physical game of this year's postseason.

The Sharks played half the game on guts Saturday night. But they finished in style. Down several players at various points of the game, they wound up finally finding the right formula on the power play - in the game's first two minutes and then in the very last second, in overtime, on Logan Couture's glorious goal.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Change is the lone constant in hockey, the only sport that permits personnel changes on the fly. And like the complexities of the game within the game, there are changes within changes as coaches adjust to injuries, slumps or mismatches.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks now have a common enemy: the officials.

Logan Couture put the Sharks right back into their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series Saturday night with a power-play goal to give San Jose a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.