(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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Lions has come to an end. Banks told TSN on Jan 2 that he had no interest in playing out the option year of his contract with the Lions in 2014, and he again made that clear in a conversation with Lions GM Wally Buono last week. The Maryland Terrapins and Nebraska Cornhuskers have something in common, but its not something either team wants to remember.Two weeks ago, Ohio State took the Cornhuskers to the woodshed on national TV and won 62-3. Last week, it was the Terrapins turn to be shelled by the Buckeyes, and by the exact 62-3 score.Nebraska (8-2, 5-2 Big Ten), which was ranked No. 10 at the time and currently sit at No. 19, has had a week to recover and did so on the arm and legs of senior quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. in a 24-17 win over Minnesota in Lincoln, Neb.Maryland (5-5, 2-5) will have to put last weeks loss in the deep recesses of its collective memory pretty quickly when it heads to Lincoln on Saturday for a noon game at venerable Memorial Stadium, where the crazed-Husker Nation has sold out 353 straight games dating to when JFK was president (Nov. 2, 1962).Maryland has lost five of its last six games and the Terrapins need one more victory to become bowl eligible. With their final regular season game against lowly Rutgers next week, Maryland does have some room for error, but not much.Theres a lot to play for our guys in this season, first year Maryland head coach DJ Durkin said. Weve had some really good moments in this season. There have been some great things that have gone on. ... We just have to focus back in on what weve done to be successful and how weve done it. I think our guys will do that.The Cornhuskers also have had some really good moments in Mike Rileys second season in Lincoln. After going 6-7 in his first season, the Cornhuskers won their first seven games before losing to Wisconsin in overtime and then came the Buckeyes.And the one thing that Riley has learned its the Cornhuskers go as their senior quarterback goes. And on Saturday, Armstrong will play before the home crowd for the final time on Senior Day -- if hes healthy.For the second straight week, Armstrong is more than a little dinged up with an ankle and hamstring injuries.I think his ankle is OK, Reilly said Monday. If it was his ankle, we wouldnt have to worry about him in the next game. The hamstring is one of those mysterious things depending on really how it feels and then if indeed he could practice as we go through the week, how it lasts. Hes limping pretty heavily.Armstrong was named Big Ten Player of the Week for his gutty performance against the Golden Gophers. Coming off the Ohio State game where he was knocked out and sent to the hospital, his status against Minnesota was uncertain.But play he did, to the tune of 278 yards of total offense. He threw for 217 yards and two touchdowns and his 13-yard scamper with 7:17 remaining was the difference. With that last score, Armstrong moved into a tie with Eric Crouch for the most total touchdowns (90) in school history.Can I imagine him not playing? I dont want to, Riley said. Its Senior Day. All thosse parts.dddddddddddd Hes had a terrific career here at Nebraska. (But) part of this thing is biology, and the hamstring is a hard one.If Armstrong cant go, senior Ryker Fyfe will get the call. Fyfe has completed 7 of 24 passes this year for 93 yards.If Armstrong is able to play, he will have plenty of company on Senior Day as 27 others will be playing their final home game. Also being honored will be punter Sam Foltz, who was killed in a car crash before the season started. Foltzs family will be recognized in pregame activities.Without Armstrong, the Cornhuskers task becomes much more challenging.Maryland is dealing with its own quarterback question as senior starting quarterback Perry Hills status for this weekend unclear.Hills injured his right shoulder in a 59-3 loss to Michigan and then last week injured his left shoulder and went to the sideline in the first quarter.Credit to him and his toughness. Hes a fighter, Durkin said. There are a lot of guys that probably wouldnt have even been back in there at this point. Our offense runs a lot better when Perrys in there. When hes been healthy our offense has been pretty effective. Even last week, it didnt equate to points, but we moved the ball really well when he was in the game.The Terrapins running attack has drawn Rileys attention and while the Blackshirts defense has played well in every game but the Ohio State game, Marylands offense will test Nebraska.Ty Johnson leads Maryland with 656 yards on the ground in 77 carries, an 8.5 per carry average, and four touchdowns. Lorenzo Harrison is close behind with 633 yards on 88 carries (7.2 yards per carry) and five touchdowns.We are playing a Maryland team that runs a spread offense, a lot of zone read stuff. Theyre the third-ranked running team in the conference, Riley said, adding the defense is particularly wary of wide receivers Levern Jacobs and DJ Moore.Nebraska safety Kieron Williams said that the success the defense had against Minnesota hopefully will carry over to the Maryland game. The Golden Gophers, who had hopes of winning the Big Ten West Division, were held to 265 total yards of offense. Nebraska shut down the run game, holding Minnesota to 85 yards on 34 carries (2.5 per attempt).Were going to just try to look at Maryland now and see which ways they try to attack us. I think our coaches did a great job game-planning last week, which put us in the right positions to be able to make those plays and to hold them to that amount of rushing yards.Nebraska has a chance to finish the season undefeated at home for only the second time in the past 15 years. A victory against the Terrapins would give Nebraska its 50th nine-win season in school history and probably ensure a Jan. 1 bowl game. ' ' '