Fresh off their first victory in the NHL Eastern Conference semifinals, the Ottawa Senators go into Wednesday's Game 4 with a chance to tie the series. The Pittsburgh Penguins, meanwhile, see an opportunity to clinch the series back home with a win on Wednesday.
Game 4 begins at 7:30 p.m. ET. You can watch HERE.
Ottawa snagged a 2-1 win on Sunday to make the series 2-1. Every game is critical for the Senators at this point in the playoffs.
"The next game is the biggest game of the year, that's the way it is," Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson said to AP reporters. "No matter what happens you treat it (as the biggest game) and when that's done you do the same for the next one."
Penguins star Sidney Crosby echoed the same idea. He knows that the Senators gained confidence with their last win and that they will come out desperate to avoid returning to Pittsburgh down 3-1.
"I think every game the more the series goes on the more important each one gets," he told AP reporters. "You can see the desperation they have. They want to make sure it's 2-2 going back to Pittsburgh and obviously we know the scenario is to come here and get one of two on the road and go back home with a chance to finish off the series would be great."
Despite dropping Game 3 in double overtime on Sunday, Crosby said the team doesn't need to make any drastic adjustments to win Wednesday's game.
"I don't think we have to change anything to do that," he said. "Our desperation's been there, our compete level has been there and we believe that if we play the same way as the last game and limit a few mistakes that we have a good chance of getting the win."
