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Washington Capitals Highlights
Capitals force Game 7
When it comes to the playoffs, everything just seem to go topsy-turvy.
The Washington Capitals defeated the top-seeded New York Rangers on Wednesday night to send the semifinals into a deciding Game 7 on Saturday.
After a heartbreaking setback in Game 5 of the series, the Capitals bounced back with a vengeance against the Rangers, winning 2-1 to force a winner-take-all deciding Game 7 when lesser teams would have just folded and dropped the game.
Two-time MVP Alex Ovechkin and playoff rookie Braden Holtby all stepped up to prevent the Rangers from winning the series and take this game down the line. Jason Chimera scored in the second to take a 2-0 lead, their second two-goal lead in the series.
The Capitals are the No. 1 in blocked shots in this playoffs while the Rangers come in second. Washington edged New York 24-6 in blocks during Game 6.
The deciding game is on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. The winner will take on the New Jersey Devils in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Rangers outlast Capitals in 3OT
The New York Rangers relied on Marian Gaborik’s first goal in the playoffs to beat the Washington Capitals in the early hours of Thursday morning to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
It took the Rangers three overtime periods before Gaborik finally put an end to the night 14:41 into the third overtime on a pass from Brad Richards which he sent sliding between rookie goaltender Braden Holtby to win the game for New York 2-1.
Hotlby had 47 saves for the Capitals while Henrik Lundqvist stopped 45 for the Rangers.
The suspense was kept high by Washington early in the third overtime as they killed a power play by New York. The game started 7:40pm on Wednesday and finished 12:14am on Thursday morning.
John Carlson scored in the second period for the Capitals while Ryan Callahan scored for the Rangers also in the second period.
Game 4 is on Saturday in Washington.
Capitals upset defending champion Bruins to advance to 2nd round
Joel Ward slammed home a rebound in overtime to send the Washington Capitals into the second round of the playoffs dashing the hopes of the defending Stanley Cup champions Boston Bruins for a repeat.
The Capitals won on a 2-1 Game 7 upset of the Bruins on Wednesday night. This was the first time in NHL history that a playoff series went down the line and be decided by one goal.
Rookie Braden Holtby of the Capitals deflected 31 while Matt Hendricks contributed to the other goal of Washington. The barely made it to the playoffs this season after finishing on top of the Eastern Conference in the last two seasons.
Tim Thomas of the Bruins made 26 saves while Tyler Sequin scored the only goal for Boston. The Bruins were hoping to be the first team since ’97-’98 to repeat as Stanley Cup champions. The last team to do that was the Detroit Red Wings.
Boston takes playoff opener in OT
The Boston Bruins banked on Chris Kelly’s long slapshot goal 1:18 into overtime as the defending Stanley Cup champions took the playoff opener against the Washington Capitals at the TD Garden on Thursday night.
The Bruins’ goalie, Tim Thomas, earned his sixth career playoff shutout by stopping all 17 shots thrown his way for the night. But his opponent did equally as well. Braden Holtby, a third-stringer on his playoff debu, made 29 saves for the Capitals before Chris Kelly took his shot that whizzed over his glove for the game-winner.
The 21-year old Holtby who just has played just 21 games in his NHL career, made it to the lineup because of injuries to Tomas Vokoun and Michal Neuvirth.
Chris Kelly had career highs of 20 goals and 39 points with a 33 plus-minus tied for third in the league.
Game 2 is set on Saturday also at the TD Garden
Playing in the Southeast Division under NHL's Eastern Conference, the Washington Capitals regularly play against divisional opponents such as the Atlanta Thrashers, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Within the division, the Tampa Bay Lightning would be considered by many to be the Washington Capitals' greatest rival.
Two of the team's biggest rivals outside the Southeast Division are the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers. Because the Capitals and the Penguins feature two of NHL's marquee players in Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby, games between these two teams are always hotly contested and nationally followed.
The Washington Capitals play at the Verizon Center where they share the venue with the NBA's Washington Wizards, the Georgetown University's men's basketball team, and the WNBA Washington Mystics.