They won 20 of 28 faceoffs in the first period of Game 6.
If you watched Game 6 of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals' second-round Stanley Cup playoffs series Monday, you could have guessed that Pens captain Sidney Crosby might have sustained a concussion after going head-first into the boards.
Washington will benefit from playing at home and get off to a fast start.
The Canadian star was examined by a team doctor who ruled he did not need to be removed from play for further evaluation.
- Capitals goalie Braden Holtby has been effective in five career Game 7 appearances, posting a 2.11 goals-against average and.921 save percentage. The Pens have scored 39 goals, averaging 3.55 per game.
Now the NHL's highest-scoring offense finds itself heading to Wednesday night's Game 7 looking to regain its swagger in time to prevent the kind of collapse that usually befalls their longtime rivals this time of year. It's also better than any team in the National Basketball Association or Major League Baseball.
"They think they won an easy game tonight". "Now it boils down to one". Yeo said. "You don't have your Colorados and Detroits anymore with the physical play". Its our turn to serve, and holding serve means that we go on. "I think Washington for sure is due to win". Trotz doesn't think it'll have anything to do with history.
I dont know if theres any hump to get over, said Trotz, who is 1-1 with the Capitals in two Game 7 opportunities in 2015.
Boudreau, who is 1-7 in his National Hockey League coaching career in Game 7 after success in that spot in the minors, thinks goaltending will be the difference. Youre not going to win every one. "But I thought our game was really, really quite good in both those Game 7s". He missed Game 4 with a concussion and returned for Game 5 on Saturday. "I think they're the better team right now, so hopefully they play that way".
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Washington's bounce-back came after a disheartening 3-2 loss to the Pens in Game 4 in Pittsburgh a week ago.
NY lost at home in Game 5 of the East finals against Tampa Bay in 2015, then won Game 6 on the road before losing at home in the deciding game.
"I've got to believe that (the momentum from Game 6 is) going to roll over, that they're finally sick and exhausted of hearing that they haven't gone to the third round and will break through", Boudreau said.
Meanwhile, Crosby has found himself in the center of controversy, as some wondered why he was allowed to continue to play after he crashed headfirst into the boards Monday, soon after suffering a concussion in Game 3.
"Here was their best player coming in for a breakaway", St. Louis Blues coach Mike Yeo, a young assistant coach on the Penguins bench that night, said during a Tuesday phone conversation. "We can sit here and I can explain for 10 minutes what concussion protocol is and all that stuff".
Fleury has allowed nine goals on 58 shots the past two games after nine on 142 shots the first four games against the Capitals.
The Rangers, vying for their fourth trip to the conference finals in six years, have been in this position before in recent years - needing a win in Game 6 to extend a series.
Were just trying to shoot where there is open spot, Kuznetsov said. "Game 7" Justin Williams, who will play his first one with Washington. Three minutes into that Game 7, superstar winger Alex Ovechkin sped down the left side, with only goalie Marc-Andre Fleury between him and an early goal that might have shifted the entire game and maybe even the destiny of these two teams.
Pittsburgh's defense also played its worst game of the postseason. Next, the Anaheim Ducks will host the Edmonton Oilers at 10:00pm EST in the final game of their series. Laviolettes Predators are looking to become the third eighth seed in the salary-cap era that began in 2005-06 to reach the Cup Final.
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