Caps Lose Heartbreaker In OT
Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins celebrates following his game winning goal against the Washington Capitals during game five of the NHL's Eastern Conference Semifinal. (Photo by Allen Clark/OffWing Photo)
The Washington Capitals lost a heartbreaker on home ice against the Pittsburgh Penguins in overtime of game 5 of the NHL’s Eastern Conference Semifinal.
For more on the game please visit Eric McErlain’s post on NHL FanHouse.
Capital Fans Rock The Red
Enjoy the slideshow of pics from Game 5.
Ovechkin Hat Trick Leads Caps To Game 2 Win
WASHINGTON, DC – May 4: The Capitals celebrate Alex Ovechkin’s third goal of the game, while fans throw hats onto the ice in honor of his hat trick. (Photo by Kate McGovern/OffWing Photo)
The Capitals won 4-3, with the other Washington goal belonging to David Steckel. Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby also earned a hat trick tonight, scoring all the Penguins’ goals.
The win gives Washington a 2-0 series lead in the Stanley Cup Eastern Conference semifinals. The Capitals will visit the Penguins Wednesday night for Game 3.
See a slide show from tonight’s game below. For a full recap, check out Eric McErlain’s coverage at the NHL FanHouse.
Capitals Win Round One Over Penguins
Goalie Simeon Varlamov of the Washington Capitals makes a save against the Pittsburgh Penguins. (Photo by Roland Pintilie)
Happily for the Washington Capitals this series against the Pittsburgh Penguins started differently than the previous series against the NY Rangers. It was the Caps that go up early with the win in game one with a 3-2 decision.
Washington Goalie Simeon Varlamov was outstanding tonight. Center Brooks Laich put it this way, “I was stunned. I was like ‘Oh my God.’ I was amazed. I saw [Sidney] Crosby shoot and I was like ‘Aw that’s in,’ then he [Simeon Varlamov] just reaches back and grabs it and the whole bench was like ‘Wow, that’s out break, let’s get going, we got to smarten up and play better.’ Incredible.”
Alexander Semin falls to the ice during Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins. (Photo by Roland Pintilie)
Capitals Head Coach Bruce Boudreau put into words what everyone knows, “I don’t know about Monday because we’re not there yet, but we’re in for a heck of a series because that’s a very good hockey club we’re playing.”
Caps Clinch First Round Stanley Cup Win Over Rangers
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.
The schedule with the Penguins has just been released:
| Saturday, May 2 | at Washington |
| Monday, May 4 | at Washington |
| Wednesday, May 6 | at Pittsburgh |
| Friday, May 8 | at Pittsburgh |
| *Saturday, May 9 | at Washington |
| *Monday, May 11 | at Pittsburgh |
| *Wednesday, May 13 | at Washington |
Enjoy the slideshow of game 7 highlights between the Washington Capitals and the NY Rangers from OffWing Photo’s Sports Photography photo stream.
Caps Fall To Rangers In Game 2
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).
Caps Fall To Rangers In Game One Of Playoffs
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.
