Pageau tallied his 12th goal, an assist, four shots and a plus-2 rating in Tuesday's 6-5 loss to Pittsburgh.

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He also won 14 of 20 faceoffs while skating 19:48, the most of any Ottawa center in this one. The 23-year-old Pageau has seen his minutes rise significantly of late -- he's averaged 18:40 over the last six games versus 15:39 for the season -- but that can be chalked up almost entirely to the absence of Kyle Turris (ankle) from the lineup in recent days. Pageau hadn't done much over the course of Turris's first few games out of the lineup, and this one game doesn't count as a breakout. When Turris gets back out there, Pageau will surely see his ice time drop back to its more typical level.