The Penguins are lucky to escape with a 2-1 lead after giving up a goal on Alex Ovechkin's rocket with 1:43 left in the period.
Crosby scored twice in the first 64 seconds of the second period to give him as many goals as he had points in the Penguins' series against the Capitals a year ago. "They've got real good players, and this is two good teams goin' at it", Pens Coach Mike Sullivan said in a frontal assault on the National Hockey League cliche record.
Washington power plays - The Capitals didn't draw a single power play in Game One against Pittsburgh, a big deal for the team with the best power play in hockey over the past four seasons.
It also wasn't the first four-goal game of the season at the Canadien Tire Centre.
"Typically we're going against Crosby's line and that's a tough task, he's a great player", Oshie said. We can't just put it on Braden Holtby. It'll be interesting to see where Hagelin slots in the lineup in Game 3, specifically if we see the HBK line back together for a full game. Washington was able to spend most of the first period in the offensive zone, drawing two power plays and taking 10 of the first 11 shots on goal.
"I'm really enjoying this time right now", a smiling Fleury said.
I just don't think a regression will doom this team. "They've responded all year and they will respond again". He allowed six goals on just 35 shots over the first five periods of the series and was pulled in favor of backup Philipp Grubauer in the third period Saturday night. "Playoffs come down to a bounce and one shot here or there and Thursday we were on the wrong side of it".
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The Penguins and the Capitals will go head-to-head on April 28 at 8 PM EST in Game 2 of the NHL Playoffs! On the seventh, they created: a Game 1 win over Washington that took home-ice advantage away from the Presidents' Trophy winners and put the Capitals, for the third time already in these playoffs, in a spot that championship-quality teams think of as nearly dire.
Why didn't Sullivan just hold up an old-fashioned gold watch on a chain, swing it back and forth and say, "You are feeling exhausted". Most of the time, when a trend shows up in Game 1, it tends to loom over the series.
"Bones is a guy that is a high-stakes player", Sullivan said.
"Obviously they lost key player, Letang", Ovechkin said. Of course, a lot of that has to do with Patric Hornqvist's availability, as well as what the coaching staff wants to do with Sheary, who is still looking to get his scoring game on track. 10G-7A. His two goals helped get Pittsburgh a victory and won the battle between the two superstars in Game 1. Each of Washington's seven playoff games has been decided by one goal.
Empty seats began to appear throughout Verizon Center after Evgeni Malkin's goal made it 5-2 early in the third period. "They're special athletes, both those guys, and they look for those big moments and they capitalize on those big moments".
"Way too early to talk about that", Trotz said, asked if he planned to return to Holtby on Monday night. Eventually, he turned it around and was a major reason why Washington advanced to the second round. That's where your goalie needs to come up with a save, and I just didn't.
Yes, the Penguins did get a little lucky with several of the Capitals' shots clanking off the post, but Pittsburgh has made its shots count. "We got to find some goals in our room right now, and we haven't found enough". So now it's about breaking every single game down, focusing on the moment, living in the moment, not worrying about statistics or the standings in the series.
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