NOT THE RESULT WE HOPED FOR

CAPITALS 5PENGUINS 4 OTThey were playing without Sergei Gonchar. They blew two leads. They had plenty of excuses available in the event of a loss. But the fact of the matter was that with two minutes remaining in regulation, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals were tied at four. The Penguins were then awarded a somewhat controversial power play as the result of a Brooks Laich slash, and the stars looked like they were going to align. The team had every opportunity to close the door on Washington and end the series in front of their adoring home fans.The Penguins subsequently threw the kitchen sink at Simeon Varlamov over the course of the next two minutes, but he was not to be denied at this stage of the game. As a result, the teams would enter overtime for the third time in the sixth game of this epic series. But unlike the previous two, this was not the result Penguin fans had become accustomed to, especially with the unflappable Marc-Andre Fleury in goal.Fleury was 5-...