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OTTAWA -- Paul MacLeans few words spoke volumes about what he thought of his teams performance in their 7-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 4 Wednesday night. In a most uncharacteristic move, the Ottawa Senators coach didnt take a single question in his post-game scrum. Instead, he held up the score sheet and said: "I think everythings right here. Its 7-3. See you in Pittsburgh. Were going to Pittsburgh and were coming to play. Have a good night." The loss leaves MacLeans Senators trailing the Penguins 3-1 in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series with Game 5 Friday in Pittsburgh. This was the third time in franchise history the Senators have allowed seven goals in a playoff game, the most recent in 2010 against Pittsburgh in a 7-4 defeat. The rout was that much more disappointing considering the Senators jumped out to a 2-1 lead after the first period. Ottawa opened the game with a short-handed goal by Milan Michalek. James Neal tied the game at the 14-minute mark, but Kyle Turris regained the lead with less than four minutes remaining in the period. It marked the first time in this series that Ottawa had the lead, but two Pittsburgh goals in 40 seconds at the start of the second changed the entire game. The Senators had little explanation for how they let the game get away. "We know theyre a team who really wanted to get this one and so did we, but we didnt shut them down enough when it matters," said Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson. "When were up 2-1 we let them get back in and get up and it gave them some confidence." Pittsburgh put the game out of reach with a power play goal by Neal at 1:59 of the third to make it 4-2. Craig Anderson gave up two more goals, just 31 seconds apart, before being pulled for the second time in this series. "In these games were certainly not helping (Anderson)," said Marc Methot. "Hes given us every opportunity to win all these hockey games in this series and hes been so strong so you cant put any of this on him. This is up to us and weve got to help him out and be better for him." The second period continues to be a problem for the Senators this post-season. Ottawa has been outscored 13-4 in the second period in these playoffs. "I thought we came out so strong," said Methot. "We came out the way we wanted to, that was part of our game plan. Maybe we got a couple of unlucky breaks which separated the score a little bit and maybe we hung our heads a little bit after that and kind of allowed them to walk all over us and thats unacceptable." The Senators have shown resiliency all season, but it would likely take an extraordinary effort for Ottawa to win the next three. Even Alfredsson admitted, "its probably not" feasible, however the captain isnt about to give up easily. "Were going to go out and play one hell of a game," said Alfredsson. 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