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Crosby's hat trick gives Pens 2-0 lead

(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) The Ottawa Senators have plenty of respect for Sidney Crosby.

As they're quickly learning, perhaps a little too much.

Working in wide-open swaths of ice left by Ottawa's tentative defense, the Pittsburgh superstar needed just over one period to complete his second playoff hat trick and lift the Penguins to a 4-3 victory Friday night in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

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Points
Rank	Player	Pts	G	A
1t	D. Krejci, Bos	14	5	9
1t	E. Malkin, Pit	14	3	11
3	S. Crosby, Pit	12	6	6
4t	D. Brassard, NYR	10	2	8
4t	Z. Chara, Bos	10	2	8
4t	J. Iginla, Pit	10	2	8
7t	L. Couture, SJ	9	3	6
7t	K. Letang, Pit	9	2	7
7t	M. Lucic, Bos	9	2	7
7t	P. Martin, Pit	9	2	7
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Goals Against Average
Rank	Player
1	K. Poulin, NYI	1.13
2	C. Crawford, Chi	1.27
3	R. Lehner, Ott	1.54
4	J. Quick, LA	1.56
5	T. Vokoun, Pit	1.69
6	H. Lundqvist, NYR	1.76
7	B. Elliott, StL	1.90
8	B. Holtby, Was	2.22
9	A. Niemi, SJ	2.23
10	T. Rask, Bos	2.35
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