Capitals comeback to stun Penguins, take 2-1 series lead
"In the playoffs, you try to do everything you can to help the team win", Hagelin said.
Alex Ovechkin finished Game 4 against the Penguins without a shot on goal.
And guess what? It's going to be a long series.
Pittsburgh was 2-for-4 on the power play and the Capitals were 1-for-3.
Not so much for others, like Bruins forward Sean Kuraly, who played the waiting game during Game 1 of Boston's series against Toronto and batted the puck in while falling over Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen. Mark your calendar. Get the chores done while you can.
"The biggest thing we've learned is to focus on the moment", Washington coach Barry Trotz said Wednesday. "Well, we've done that".
The Capitals and Penguins have two star-studded rosters that should be showcasing the speed and skill of post-season hockey, but instead the series is being bogged down by the animosity-driven antics between the two teams. It might be for a mistake that never should have been committed. As they nearly always do when the Penguins are on the other side of the ice.
Even this spring, that has held true. Nearly as impressive was the poised play Jake Guentzel made on a Crosby goal earlier in the game, undressing defenseman Dmitri Orlov before making the ideal pass. Crosby's Pittsburgh teammates are still amazed every time he does it and they should be.
Now, though, there's - is this possible? With seven seconds left on the power play, T.J. Oshie headed to the sin bin for tripping.
Strange. It didn't feel forced or contrived.
Pittsburgh did a better job of puck management than in earlier games. There was no goat, no gag.
Of course, the Capitals lost that series.
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Amidst the rather mediocre results for both the Tories and Labour though, was the wipeout of UKIP . His appeal was, predictably, rebuffed by Mr Corbyn's office. "That's got to change".
Ovechkin and Crosby would both finish the game with zero shots on goal, an fantastic statistic in itself. Sixty shotless minutes don't make a slump. "My head was down, he flew overtop of me, which I guess is jumping now if you fly up, and not a word was said". "Ovi will get his shots". I do take a little bit of offense. But there are at least two games left in this series. Get so caught up in trying to retaliate against Wilson that they forget why they're out there in the first place.
"We've believed in ourselves all year", Holtby said. "They probably think "Here we go again" and we're not thinking that".
There are, of course, obstacles, and they're significant.
Yet when the puck dropped for a critical Game 5 of the Metropolitan Division finals Saturday night in Washington, Simon found himself as the Penguins' top-line right wing for the second consecutive game, playing alongside the red-hot duo of Jake Guentzel and Sidney Crosby. He has posted a.913 save percentage or lower in three of the four games.
"When I'm standing on the ice, I think it's no goal", Malkin says. "I think the playoffs is just a fresh start".
No one in Pittsburgh agreed with that assessment.
"We have a smart group", Predators center Ryan Johansen said Wednesday.
"We understood it's a huge game for us", Malkin said.
Didn't work out that way.
Then, five minutes remaining in the third period, Matt Niskanen, blasted a slap shot to get the game tying goal. Oshie in the slot for a one-timer. The Capitals' history with the Penguins is, of course, deep. The loss was Washington's first on the road in the playoffs (4-1).
Guentzel took his second penalty of the night, this time for slashing at 14:17. Only in 2009, that first matchup, were the Caps even after four games.
With his 20 points this postseason, Guentzel now has 41 career playoff points in 35 games played. Why would this one be any different?
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