Stanley Cups: 4

2011-'12 record: 34-37-7-4, 79 points (5th in Atlantic, 14th in East)

2011-'12 playoffs: Did not qualify

Coach: Jack Capuano (60-66-21, 3rd NHL year, 1st team)

Top returning scorer: C John Tavares (31 goals, 50 assists, 81 points)

Top returning goalie: Evgeni Nabokov (19-18-3, 2.55, .914)

Key additions: D Lubomir Visnovsky; D Matt Carkner; RW Brad Boyes; LW Eric Boulton; D Joe Finley.

Key subtractions: RW P.A. Parenteau; D Milan Jurcina; D Steve Staios; LW Jay Pandolfo; D Mark Eaton; D Dylan Reese.

Goaltending: Former first overall pick Rick DiPietro is healthy again, but the oft-injured netminder was limited to eight games last season. That likely leaves the brunt of the work in the hands of the veteran Nabokov, a three-time 40-game winner with San Jose.

Player to watch: RW Nino Niederreiter. Limited to one goal in 55 games, the club’s top pick in the 2010 entry draft will continue with AHL Bridgeport to start the season, but the slick, shifty forward figures to work his way back to the big club before season’s end.

Icing: Visnovsky has vowed to stay with Slovan Bratislava of the KHL in violation of the club’s contract with him. The Isles have threatened to suspend him . . . C Josh Bailey will miss 2-4 weeks with knee injury suffered while playing in Germany during the lockout . . . Boyes was a 43-goal scorer for Blues in 2007-08 and will likely start the season on the wing with Tavares.

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Senators sneak past Penguins

PHT: Colin Greening scored 7:39 into the second overtime, lifting the Senators to a win in Game 3 and trimming the Penguins' series lead to 2-1.

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Highlights: Senators 2, Penguins 1

  The Pittsburgh Penguins were under a half-minute away from taking a 3-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Ottawa Senators, but Daniel Alfredsson ended that thought by beating Tomas Vokoun to send the game into overtime. One overtime wasn’t enough for these two teams, so a second one had to be played in order to find a winner. Ottawa's Colin Greening scored midway through the second OT.

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