The Penguins and the Senators have met in the playoffs on several occasions. This will be the 5th time that the two teams will match up in the 11 years that the Penguins have gotten back into the playoffs since 2007.
In 2007, the young, rebuilding Penguins were humbled by a veteran Senators team that went to the Stanley Cup Final.
That Penguins team would find lightning in a bottle and finish the season with 105 points, good for almost a fifty point increase from the season before.