That loud noise you are hearing coming from Washington

[Onceuponalife]

is the sound of the Pittsburgh Penguins choking in the Conference semis.

Oh, what a lovely sound!

Savor it.

[MrSlayer]

1. A.O. Let's go! A.O. Let's Go!

Crosby is pretty good too.

[mmonk]

2. Lots of close checking and defense in that series.

;-)

[Upton]

3. Is Ovechkin a monster or what?

He's an incredible player...I thought it was interesting the way Versus was showing Mario Lemueix watching just as Ovechkin scored his third goal....

[Cush]

4. nice to see you can cross-check a goalie in the head

[mmonk]

6. Nice to see my Southeast Division brethren found a goalie

that can get them through a playoff series. Jose Theodore wasn't getting it.

[petronius]

7. Yeah, who knew? Of course, I also thought that was a trip to open up

Ovechkin's tie-breaker, so perhaps the refs were just too out of breath to blow the whistles. Which is good, I like a wide-open game, as long as I'm just watching from the safety of my couch...

[Captain Hilts]

5. C-A-P-S Caps! Caps! CAPS!

He wears his mother's number - 8!

[cboy4]

8. It's a beautiful thing!

[trumad]

9. .

[cboy4]

10. It's perfectly acceptable to do so if it's in the form of revenge.

I warned him that I would be showing no mercy because of the way he taunted the Sharks and those of us who are San Jose fans.

But excellent job as usual misrepresenting my position.

[trumad]

11. Oh---sorry--- I didn't see your rule change.

[Onceuponalife]

15. You are 100% correct cboy

If someone trashes your team, you are allowed to respond in kind.

[PRETZEL]

12. Washington held serve on their ice,

that's what they were supposed to do.

If Pittsburgh loses one at home over the next 2 games, then the chocking can be talked about. Washington has had some people who I didn't expect to step up, namely their goalie, and has kept them in the games.

I give them credit for captializing more on their opportunities. The Ovechkin goals were by no means cheapies. The first was just good positioning and he had an open net. The other 2 were just plain rockets. He's a goal scorer and a damn good one. The other goal was just an unfortunate bounce of a blocked shot.

If this series goes back to Washington tied at 2-2 then the pressure's back on Washington.

[Captain Hilts]

13. I'm glad for hockey that Sid and Ovie are living up to their billing.

Too bad it's on a lousy network located waaaaaaaay up in numbers.

[Forkboy]

14. I'm not sure it can really be a choke seeing as though Washington is the higher seed.

:shrug:

[trumad]

16. Well---what do you expect for two the dumb asses up above...

[Captain Hilts]

17. Yes and no. Pitts has played very well since the all-star break and the NHL's regular season...

is almost irrelevant.

Many teams just do the bare minimum to get into the playoffs and people play was vastly more intensity in the playoffs, hence why some players' stats jump.

The regular season needs to lose about ten games.

[Captain Hilts]

18. Game 3 is driving me nuts. nt

[MrSlayer]

19. Home cooking is alive and well tonight.

7 straight power plays for the Pens before they finally give one to the Caps. I hope Ovechkin shuts them up in OT.

[Captain Hilts]

20. I noticed that. I've never seen the Caps commit that many unanswered fouls. nt

[Captain Hilts]

21. Game 3: Yet Another Penguin Power Play. nt

[joeybee12]

22. O/T for both games tonight...hell, I'm going to bed...n/t

[Captain Hilts]

23. 14 power play minutes for Pitts. and 4 for Washington . Hmm....nt

[PRETZEL]

24. Alot of that had to do with Pittsburgh being the more aggressive team

the hooks and interferences generally are a result of players trying to slow the opponent down.

The Pens played perhaps their best game of the playoffs last nite. Again Varlomov stood on his head or that would have been a 2-3 goal win as opposed to OT.

[Forkboy]

25. The Pens just plain out worked the Caps last night, and that's why.

Nothing fishy to me (and I watched more of that game than the Boston one, which was kind of dull after the first period).