OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators brought a decisive end to Sidney Crosby’s teenage years in the NHL.

Ray Emery made 20 saves for his first playoff shutout, leading Ottawa to a 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night to win their first-round series in five games. Dany Heatley, Antoine Vermette and Chris Kelly scored second-period goals.

The Senators scored three times in the middle period and held the 19-year-old Crosby without a point for a second straight game.

Emery helped Ottawa weather two early 5-on-3s, including one that lasted 1:14 after Dean McAmmond was given a delay of game minor for backhanding the puck over the glass with Wade Redden already in the penalty box.

Heatley scored his second goal of the series on a power play 1:08 into the second and Vermette made it 2-0 when he drove through the slot and scored on Marc-Andre Fleury.

Kelly brought the sellout crowd to its feet with a roar once again when he beat Fleury at 17:55.

Ottawa, which has never squandered a 3-1 series lead, advances to face one of the three teams in the New York area.

Crosby, who turns 20 on Aug. 7, had three goals and two assists through the first three games of the series. The league’s youngest scoring leader ever with 120 points this season, Crosby totaled 222 points in his first two seasons with Pittsburgh.

Flames 3, Red Wings 2

CALGARY, Alberta – Daymond Langkow scored twice, including the winner in the third period, as the Calgary Flames tied their playoff series against Detroit with a 3-2 win over the Red Wings on Thursday night.

Game 5 of the best-of-seven series will be Saturday in Detroit, with Game 6 back in Calgary on Sunday.

Craig Conroy also scored for Calgary and captain Jarome Iginla assisted on both of Langkow’s goals before a sellout crowd of 19,289.

Todd Bertuzzi and Johan Franzen replied for the Wings.

, who won the first two games at home before dropping the next two here. The Flames have to find a way to win in Detroit to pull off an upset of the top-seeded team in the Western Conference.

For the second straight game, Calgary’s special teams and goaltending were better than Detroit’s. The Flames scored two power-play goals on six chances while holding Detroit scoreless on six opportunities.

Calgary netminder Miikka Kiprusoff had to make tougher saves than Detroit’s Dominik Hasek and stopped 33 of 35 shots. Hasek turned away 18 of 21 shots.

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