from Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post,
It was one play in one moment as 10 p.m. approached on a Monday night in May, but when the puck landed on Evgeny Kuznetsov’s stick and he took a powerful stride to the goal, decades rode with him. Tell us the teams in our town aren’t intertwined with their fates. Point out that one version of the Washington Capitals has nothing to do with those that came before it.
“I never focus on the history,” Kuznetsov said.
And yet there it was, on his stick blade. So much history. For the Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins, a nemesis if there ever was one. For the man who found Kuznetsov open in the middle of the ice, Alex Ovechkin. For Washington as a sports town, questioning belief and commitment and whether hope was sustainable — or even worth it.
from Dave Allen of D.C. Sports Bog at the Washington Post,
As Evgeny Kuznetsov skated in on Penguins goalie Matt Murray with a step on the two defenders giving chase more than five minutes into overtime on Monday, Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin had just one thought.
“Please score,” a smiling Ovechkin, who was speaking for every Capitals fan and had sprung his countryman on the breakaway with a pass off a Pittsburgh turnover, told NBC Sports Network’s Pierre McGuire when asked what was going through his mind. “Just f—— please score.”
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