With Ovechkin leading the way, the Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Saturday night in Game 5 to keep their season alive.
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Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals in Game Five of the Eastern Conference series.
He felt he had overplayed the shot, stomping his skates on the ice as he left it, the Capitals suddenly down two games in the series and on the brink of elimination. Ovechkin had been silent for much of the series as he was only able to muster a goal and an assist in the first four games of the series.
“For me handling Braden, I leave it up to Mitch, that’s his area”, said Trotz after his team’s 3-1 win. It’s kind of a situation when we need him and he need [ed] us.
“For long stretches of the game, I thought we were the better team”, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said.
“I know he takes a lot of pride in being one of our leaders out here, and I know he wants to make a difference and he does in so many different ways”, said T.J. Oshie, who scored the game-winner on the power play. “It’s just got to go in. “(The Flyers) were desperate, they were playing hard. He talked about erring on the side of enthusiasm and not apprehension and exuded calm confidence.
Few players know and seize the moment like Williams, a three-time Cup victor and the playoff MVP in 2014. Tampa Bay, which reached the Stanley Cup Finals a year ago, isn’t taking anything for granted.
There seems to be no apprehension in the NHL’s top team facing its toughest test yet.
“I think he’s been great every game he’s ever played in this uniform”, Lovejoy said. “We’re just ready for this opportunity to show that we’re capable of anything”.
The St. Louis Blues claimed the advantage in their NHL Stanley Cup play-off series against the Dallas Stars with a dominant 4-1 win on Saturday. You also remember the 2014 playoffs when they led the New York Rangers, 3-1, and lost the final three games. “I don’t believe in [pressure] one way or another, but it’s a little more pressure being up 3-2 than it is 3-1, yeah”. The Stars will likely go back to Kari Lehtonen in goal.
This Penguins team is better and deeper than those other teams.
“You have to learn from experience”, Williams said afterward. The team had previously been 0-14 on power play chances. Look for Pavelski to score two goals as the Sharks score a 4-2 victory. DeBoer said after the 111-minute, 12-second marathon. Justin Williams made it 3-1 midway through the contest. Then the Washington Capitals followed him all the way to Game 6.
The Sharks had been undefeated in three road playoff games in their opening-round series against the Los Angeles Kings, but they couldn’t cash in on the numerous opportunities they had throughout the three overtime periods in Game 4. Stastny’s shot was deflected to Brouwer, who nearly missed the puck but got enough to send it into an open net. Game 7. On Saturday, he was Mr.
Eakin has a goal and seven assists in the postseason. The Blues won 4-1. Garrison took a pass from Andrej Sustr and fired a slap shot from the right faceoff circle past Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss to give the Lightning their second straight overtime win and move them one win away from reaching the conference finals for the second straight year.
Boudreau, 61, was sacked by Anaheim two days after the four-time Pacific Division champions’ first-round exit from the playoffs. He was especially good late in the second period when he made consecutive terrific saves to rob Patric Hornqvist and Justin Schultz in close.
Game 5 is tonight in San Jose. That goal came less than four minutes into the game. Holtby, who tied the National Hockey League single-season wins record with 48, showed why he’s going to win the Vezina Trophy. He had a 2.20 GAA and.922 save percentage. His 46 goals, 60 assists and 106 points are career highs.
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– Canada 5, USA 1: At St. Petersburg, Russia, Canada pounded the United States in their opening game of the world ice hockey championship on Friday. “We just got to come out and play the way we did (Tuesday) and give ourselves a chance to win”. Brendan Gallagher’s wrist shot put Canada in front at the end of the first.
