Posted on February 8th, 2010 by DJ Filed in
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Three goals from Alex Ovechkin. Two feet of snow on the ground. One big comeback against a detested rival, with punches and name-calling added for good measure.
The biggest number of all: 14, the length of a winning streak topped by just two other teams in NHL history.
What a Super Sunday it was for the Washington Capitals, who got a hat trick from their two-time reigning league MVP and made up a three-goal deficit to beat Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 in overtime.
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The Penguins blew a three-goal lead and fell to the surging Washington Capitals, 5-4, in overtime today at the Verizon Center.
Mike Knuble scored at 2:49 of overtime on a power play to win it for the Capitals.
The Penguins lost for the second time in two days, while the Capitals — aided by an Alex Ovechkin hat trick — extended their club-record winning streak to 14 games and won their 11th in a row at home.
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Posted on February 7th, 2010 by DJ Filed in
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Penguins vs Capitals Previews: Preview 1 & Preview 2
Pittsburgh Penguins
Overall: 35-22-1-71
Road: 18-12-0-36
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Washington Capitals
Overall: 40-12-6-86
Home: 22-3-3-47
Posted on February 7th, 2010 by DJ Filed in
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Mother Nature struck again, and the Penguins found themselves victimized once more.
The historic snowstorm that pulverized the East Coast, including the city of Pittsburgh itself, created havoc and last-minute travel adjustments for the Penguins Saturday. The team couldn’t fly directly from Montreal, Quebec, where it played the Canadiens Saturday afternoon, to Washington, D.C., where it has a Sunday matinee showdown with the Capitals.
In the end, the Penguins were forced to fly a plane from Montreal to Newark, New Jersey and then take a five-hour bus ride to Washington. The circumstances created a long night of travel and the team didn’t arrive in D.C. until 2:15 a.m.
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Posted on February 7th, 2010 by DJ Filed in
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If Alex Ovechkin is Washington’s most beloved athlete, then Sidney Crosby is the most hated.
But there’s one thing even the most die-hard Capitals fans cannot deny about the Pittsburgh Penguins captain: He’s a generational talent and, after leading his team to the Stanley Cup in June, he has toiled to transform himself into an even better player than he was last May, when he doused Washington’s Stanley Cup dreams in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Already celebrated as one of the game’s best passers, Crosby, whose Penguins visit Verizon Center on Sunday in a pre-Super Bowl showdown, has added a new wrinkle to his game this season. The 22-year-old center is shooting more and shooting to score and, as result, ranks third in goals, just one behind Ovechkin and San Jose’s Patrick Marleau. With 37 goals through Saturday’s games, Crosby is on pace for 53, which would be 20 more goals than the 33 he averaged during his first four NHL seasons.
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Crosby, like Lemieux in 1987, gets his chance to be Canada’s hero
By the time the torch is lit Friday to open the XXI Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the American narrative will have been foretold by a national media always seeking the next cereal-box icon: There will be superb skiier Lindsey Vonn, flamehaired snowboarder Shaun White and speedskating ace Apolo Anton Ohno.
Not in the eyes of the host nation, though.
In Canada, these will be the Sidney Games.
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Posted on February 7th, 2010 by DJ Filed in
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The Penguins, combining air and bus travel, made it to Washington about 2 a.m. today after playing Saturday afternoon in Montreal.
Because of the snowstorm that dumped about two feet of snow on this area, there had been some doubt about the status of today’s noon game against the Washington Capitals at the Verizon Center. That game will be NBC’s weekly NHL telecast.
Posted on February 6th, 2010 by DJ Filed in
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Brian Gionta scored two goals to lead Montreal to a 5-3 victory against the Penguins at the Bell Centre this afternoon.
The Penguins (35-22-1) are scheduled to play in Washington Sunday at 12:08 p.m., although it remains to be seen if they’ll actually be able to get there.
Left winger Chris Kunitz, who is recovering from abdominal surgery, did not play today. It is not known if he will dress for the Capitals game. Continue reading »
