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Via On Frozen Blog
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May 09, 2009
Look, if you've come here seeking me to divine trendings and karma for tonight, leave now. This is Caps-Pens, and if you've signed up for it this spring, understandably wishing-believing that Alexander Ovechkin and Bruce Boudreau possessed fresh, unscarred karma relative to the history of this series, rendering us magically free from past agony, that's understandable...
Via Sportz Assassin
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May 08, 2009
Pittsburgh police and the NHL are investigating a threat made against Alexander Ovechkin. A 17-year old boy posted on a Penguins fan site that "I'm killing Ovechkin. I'll go to jail. I don't care anymore." Needless to say, Ovie has added security for the Caps-Pens Game 4 in Pittsburgh. Apparently the threat was made the afternoon before Wednesday's Game...
Via Online Sports Guys
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May 08, 2009
((HT: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/Shelley Anderson))Top defenseman Sergei Gonchar ((pictured, thanks Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)) sustained an apparent right knee injury in the first period tonight at Mellon Arena as the Penguins beat the Washington Capitals, 5-3, in Game 4 and tied their second-round playoff series, 2-2.Game 5 of the best-of-seven series is tomorrow night in Washington...
Via nhl.com
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May 08, 2009
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have recalled forward Jay Beagle from the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Hershey Bears and assigned defenseman Karl Alzner to Hershey, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced ...
Via Mondesi's House
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May 07, 2009
PENGUINS 3CAPITALS 2OTKris Letang was a game-time decision with a shoulder strain compliments of Mike Green in Game Two. I think we're all pleased with the decision to have the young defenseman in the lineup on Wednesday night.It was Letang's goal at 11:23 of overtime that took a thousand-pound gorilla off the backs of the Pittsburgh Penguins, giving them their first win...
Via Capitals Outsider
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May 07, 2009
These are some of our favorite links previewing the Round 2 match-up between the Capitals and Penguins:
Pop Quiz Preview: Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (Puck Daddy)
Caps-Pens: Vegas Odds, Fiery Quotes (D.C. Sports Bog)
On The Couch: Examining the Pens-Caps Rivalry (Japer’s Rink)
Pittsburgh and Washington, United, in Successful Rebuilding (On Frozen Blog)
Seven...
Via SPORTS by BROOKS
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May 08, 2009
The NHL, as fans are probably aware, is just getting into the swing of what’ll probably be its best series of the playoffs: the Washington Capitals vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins. The two teams each favor one of the top two players in the league, Washington with Alex Ovechkin and Pittsburgh with Sidney Crosby, and they [...]
Via Bleatings From a Caps Nut
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May 06, 2009
7 will eventually beat 5... Onto the Battle Damage Assessment...THE GOOD:Simeon "the Saviour" Varlamov is quickly becoming the MVP of this series. 39 saves tonight on 42 shots against. You can't ask any goalie to do much more than he did tonight. Two of the Penguin Scum goals came from bad bounces off the defense in front of him and the third goal was a classic...
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