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(Sports Network) - The Ottawa Senators will aim for their first win of the Eastern Conference semifinals tonight, when they host the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 3 at Scotiabank Place. The Senators are down two games to none in this best-of-seven set after getting outscored by a combined 8-4 margin over the first two meetings in Pittsburgh. Ottawa hopes the return of centerman Jason Spezza can help it get on the board in Game 3. Spezza, who underwent back surgery on Feb. 1, hasnt played since the fifth game of the regular season, but he is expected to be back in the lineup tonight. Spezza has been skating with the team since shortly after the Sens eliminated Montreal in the conference quarterfinals, and took part in a full practice on Saturday. "Ive gone through a full recovery," Spezza told his clubs web site. "Obviously Ive been off a long time, youre never going to be quite the same right away. Ive put in the work so its not like Im expected to play out of the blue." Spezza is a proven playoff performer, recording 51 points (17G, 34A) over 53 career postseason games. After taking the opener by a 4-1 score on Tuesday, the Penguins needed to work a bit harder for their 4-3 victory in Fridays Game 2. It was Pittsburghs fourth straight win since losing Game 4 to the New York Islanders in the opening round. The Penguins won that series in six games to advance to the conference semifinals for the first time since 2010. Sidney Crosby scored Pittsburghs first three goals of the game and completed the hat trick just 1:15 into the second period, when his sixth goal of the playoffs gave the Pens a 3-1 advantage. Ottawa trailed 4-2 after 40 minutes, but Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored 2:01 into the third period to make it a one-goal game. The Penguins, however, were able to hold on for the win, as Tomas Vokoun turned aside 19 shots to record his fourth straight win since replacing Marc-Andre Fleury prior to Game 5 against the Isles. Crosby posted his second career playoff hat trick on Friday. The 25-year-old center has owned Ottawa in recent years, picking up at least one point (10G, 15A) in nine of his past 11 postseason games against the Sens. With his first goal on Friday, Crosby reached 100 points in the postseason in just his 75th game, becoming the fifth fastest player to accomplish the feat. His second tally also moved him past Ron Francis for sole possession of fourth place on the franchises all-time postseason point list. "Its not something you want to get too caught up in, but its always nice to score and obviously to get a hat trick, I know it feels good," Crosby said. "And to get the win, it makes it a lot better when you win." Brenden Morrow registered Pittsburghs other goal, which ended up being the deciding tally for the Pens, who have a 2-0 lead in a series for the first time since sweeping the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2009 Eastern Conference finals en route to their last Stanley Cup title. Kyle Turris and Colin Greening also scored once for the Senators, who fell to 2-3 on the road in the 2013 playoffs. Craig Anderson allowed three goals on 21 shots before being removed following Crosbys third goal early in the second. Robin Lehner, making his first career postseason appearance, stopped 20-of-21 shots in relief. "We were not ready to match [their start]," Ottawa coach Paul MacLean admitted. "Catch-up hockey is losing hockey. We have to make sure were ready for the next game at the start." The seventh-seeded Sens hope to get off to a better start Sunday in front of their home fans. Ottawa was 15-6-3 at Scotiabank Place during the regular season and was 2-0 as the host in its opening-round win over the second-seeded Canadiens. Pittsburgh was 2-1 on the road against the Isles in Round 1. During the regular season, the Pens had identical 18-6-0 records at home and on the road. Game 4 is scheduled for Wednesday in Canadas capital city. 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MADRID -- Several clubs and national teams were after Jorge Sampaoli when Sevilla made the surprise announcement in June that it was hiring the Argentine-born coach.He arrived amid high expectations and promised to keep Sevilla a contender in Spain and Europe. After an up-and-down start, Sampaoli is on his way to fulfilling his words.The team from Spains southern Andalusia region is in a good position to advance to the knockout stages of the Champions League. It can take the Spanish league lead on Sunday with a home win against Atletico Madrid, combined with a draw or loss by Real Madrid against Athletic Bilbao.We are doing very well, Sampaoli said. We are in a strong position in both competitions. This motivates us for whats ahead.Sampaoli, who led Chile to its first Copa America title in 2015, signed with Sevilla this season after contemplating offers from across the world. Those offers kept coming even after accepting the Sevilla job, including one from Argentinas national team about a month after Sampaoli had replaced Unai Emery. The 56-year-old Sampaoli decided to stay in Spain because it would be irresponsible to leave after such short period in charge.Sampaoli failed in the first two chances he had to succeed with Sevilla, losing the Spanish Super Cup to Barcelona and the UEFA Super Cup to Real Madrid.But things improved, and while Barcelona, Madrid and Atletico continued to attract most of the headlines with big victories, Sevilla quietly beegan winning important games.ddddddddddddt has won three of its last four games in the Spanish league and sits third in the standings after eight rounds, one point behind leaders Atletico and Madrid.In the Champions League, Sevilla is tied with Juventus atop Group H with seven points from three matches. It drew against the Italian champions in the opener and picked up consecutive wins against Lyon and at Dinamo Zagreb.We have to maintain this winning mentality, Sevilla defender Sergio Escudero said. We have a good dynamic going and we have to maintain it. Its important to keep winning.In addition to facing Atletico this weekend at Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium, Sevilla will also host Barcelona in two weeks, as well as Juventus in the Champions League in November.Expectations are high at Sevilla, which defeated Liverpool to win its third straight Europa League title last season, but Sampaoli warned there is still a lot to improve before Sevilla can get closer to the top three teams in Spain.We will have difficulties competing against the bigger teams unless we improve when we have chances to score, he said. Its been difficult to score. If we are not decisive, we will struggle against the better teams.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni. 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