Sergei Fedorov celebrates with Alex Ovechkin following Federov's game winning goal in the third period. (Photo by Pete Silver/OffWing Photo)

The boys in red did it! With tonight’s victory the Capitals are through to the next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs where they will face-off against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pick up the details in the following game recap.

• Game Recap from the the Washington Capitals.

The schedule with the Penguins has just been released:

Enjoy the slideshow of game 7 highlights between the Washington Capitals and the NY Rangers from OffWing Photo’s Sports Photography photo stream.

For the story of what went down at the Verizon Center, you can catch OffWing Editor and FanHouse blogger, Eric McErlain over at Fanhouse.

• Story of the game and the play of Capital’s Matt Bradley.
• Rangers head coach John Tortorella and flying water bottles.

Of course you also just stay here and enjoy the pretty pictures. Click on below for a slideshow of pics from the game.

Ryan Callahan of the New York Rangers scores against goalie Simeon Varlamov of the Washington Capitals during the second game of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs.(Photo by Allen Clark/OffWing Photo

The Washington Capitals gave the Rangers a new look today by putting in Simion Varlamov in the goal. Despite a valiant effort, it only took one goal today by the Ranger’s Ryan Callahan in the first period to seal the victory against the Washington Capitals in game 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. 

Coach Boudreau liked what he saw in Varlamov saying, “I thought he played well. I didn’t think there was anything that could be done on the first goal. He made a really good save about three minutes after that. I was happy with his game.”

The story is also about the play of the Rangers and their goalie, Henrik Lundqvist, he was stellar today stopping 35 shots on goal. Lundqvist summed it up this way, “We blocked a lot of shots. A lot of guys blocked shots and sacrificed their bodies in a series like this. We had a lot of blocks in the first game –especially on face offs. Tonight, again, a couple of blocks where they had pretty good shots. We did a lot of good things. I think theses first two games have been really focused, and we minimized our mistakes. And that’s been the difference.”

With it being the playoffs and the fact that we are playing a NY team the Verizon Center has been inundated with press and photographers. You might notice that angles of our shots are a little different today. We bounced around the rafters, and the floor. At first I was not excited but as I shot I realized that I had got into a bit of a rut shooting at ice level (I can hear the empathetic moans from everyone now).

WASHINGTON, DC – April 15: Sean Avery helped the Rangers to a 4-3 victory tonight, keeping it very physical out on the ice. (Photo by Kate McGovern/OffWing Photo)

Tonight’s match-up between the Caps and NY Rangers in game 1 of the playoffs was physical. Alex Ovechkin was everywhere tonight with 2 assists and 13 shots on goal.

While OffWing Photo was down on the ice taking pictures for the game our compadre from OffWing Opinion, Eric McErlain, was live blogging tonight for NHL FanHouse. Stop by to read the play-by-play if you are interested on how it all went down.

For tonight’s game we were in a hole between sections 101 & 102. This had us shooting the Ranger’s net in the first and third periods, and the Caps goal in the second period.

Enjoy a slideshow from tonight’s game.

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 3: Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals tries to center the puck against Petr Prucha of the New York Rangers during a NHL hockey game on January 3, 2009 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. (Photo by Allen Clark/OffWingPhoto.com)

WWASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 3: Eric Fehr of the Washington Capitals tries to score against goalie Steve Valiquette of the New York Rangers during a NHL hockey game on January 3, 2009 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. (Photo by Allen Clark/OffWingPhoto.com)

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