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Jon Cooper likened his team’s performance Friday night to one he might see in midseason. “They were playing in the Eastern Conference Final, and we were playing in Game 38,” the Tampa Bay Lightning head coach told reporters, including Sportsnet’s…
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VIA: NHL PR Department NEW CUP WINNER GUARANTEED AS CONFERENCE FINALS TAKE SHAPE A new Stanley Cup champion is guaranteed for the 18th time in the past 19 seasons as three division champions – the Lightning, Golden Knights, and Capitals – along with the…
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And just like that, there will be a new #StanleyCup champion.@Kuzya92 seals the deal for the @Capitals. pic.twitter.com/ROumFUMhmg — NHL (@NHL) May 8, 2018 Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the overtime and series-winner in Washington’s 2-1 victory over Pittsburgh Monday night. Ovechkin…
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Alex Ovechkin scored the go-ahead goal as the Capitals took a 2-1 lead in their Second Round series Alex Ovechkin scored a goal and an assist in Tuesday’s 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Ovechkin helped set up John Carlson’s…
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Evgeny Kuznetsov picked up a goal and two assists in Thursday’s 4-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets Kuznetsov registered the primary assists on goals by Tom Wilson (1-0) and Alex Ovechkin (3-0) before he added an empty-netter late in…
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The Washington Capitals might find themselves buried in a menacing 2-0 hole against the Columbus Blue Jackets, but Alexander Ovechkin isn’t sweating it. In fact, on Tuesday, Ovi reiterated that he expects to head back to D.C. for Game 5 with the series all…
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The NHL playoffs rarely go according to script. Last year, two out of the four Wild Card teams won in the first round – the Predators and Rangers — and Nashville went on to the Stanley Cup Finals, even though…
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In a 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks at the Verizon Center on December 4, Russian super sniper Alex Ovechkin not only put the Washington Capitals two goals to the good, but he also placed himself 20th on the…
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After becoming the first player in 100 years to record back-to-back hat tricks in the first two games of the season, Washington Capitals superstar, Alex Ovechkin was the obvious choice to be named the NHL’s first star of the week. “When you…
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2017 NHL Offseason Analysis METROPOLITAN DIVISION The Metropolitan Division could be the most competitive division in the National Hockey League, as all eight teams are more than capable of making the playoffs. This division is comprised of teams that had…
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