Capitals Penguins Playoff Series Schedule
2009 Stanley Cup Playoff Second Round Features Pens and Caps
This ought to be interesting -- because the NHL hopes Ovechkin and Crosby will be marquee names for years to come. The bitter Penguins-Capitals rivalry has already gone through a couple of mini-feuds this season: Ovechkin-Evgeni Malkin and Crosby-Alexander Semin. Now it's the league's last two MVPs mixing it up along the boards and by word of mouth.
Capitals Penguins Playoff Schedule
The Penguins will face Washington in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Game 1 will be Saturday at 1:08 p.m. at the Verizon Center, with Game 2 there Monday.
The series will shift to Mellon Arena for Game 3 May 6 and Game 4 May 8, then return to Washington for Game 5, if necessary, the next day.
Game 6 would be played May 11 at Mellon Arena, with Game 7 in Washington May 13.
Games 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 will begin at 7:08 p.m. The starting time for Game 6 has not been set.
NHL Second Round TV Schedule
Capitals Penguins Playoff Series
The Capitals won the season series, 3-1, but the Penguins have won six of seven previous playoff meetings with Washington.
The Penguins-Capitals matchup came about because Washington beat the New York Rangers, 2-1, and Carolina scored twice in the final 80 seconds of regulation to defeat New Jersey, 4-3, in the seventh games of their respective opening-round series tonight.
There are events booked into Mellon Arena for May 5, 7 and 12. It was not immediately known how that might affect scheduling for the series.
Caps Pens 2009 Playoffs
#4 Penguins vs. #2 Washington
October 16, 2008 - Capitals @ Penguins, 4 - 3, 7:30 PM
The first mathcup was a major letdown for the Penguins, who got a goal and two assists from Malkin in his personal matchup with Russian rival Ovechkin, who was scoreless, but couldn't hold a 3-0 lead with Marc-Andre Fleury in net. The Penguins were 10-1-1 in their previous 12 against the Capitals and Fleury, who made 26 saves, had been 7-0 against them.
Alexander Semin had a goal and an assist as Washington won its third in a row. The Penguins lost their third in four games as Crosby didn't get a goal for the fifth consecutive game and twice made mistakes that led to Washington goals.
January 14, 2009 - Capitals @ Penguins, 6 - 3, 7:30 PM
Niklas Backstrom had three assists, Tomas Fleischmann had a goal and an assist and Viktor Kozlov, Alexander Semin and Jeff Schultz also scored for Washington, which had four third-period goals.
Sunday Feb 22, 2009 - Penguins @ Capitals, 2 - 5 , 12:30 PM
In this matchup a notable incident happened in the final minute of the second period after the Capitals had taken a three-goal lead. Ovechkin gave Crosby a nudge with the shoulder, and Crosby retaliated by pushing Ovechkin's upper body over the boards at the Capitals' bench. Ovechkin then took his arm and gave Crosby a squeeze around the neck, and Crosby lost his helmet as linesman Greg Devorski stepped in.
Sun Mar 8, 2009 - Penguins @ Capitals, 4 - 3 Shootout, 3:00 PM
In the end, just as it should have, the game came down to Sidney Crosby vs. Alex Ovechkin, the NHL's past two MVPs, each with the puck on his stick.
Unlike their last meeting, Crosby avoided much in the way of face-to-face confrontations with rival Ovechkin on Sunday, instead producing a goal and assist in regulation, then the shootout's only score to help Pittsburgh edge Washington 4-3 -- the Penguins' sixth consecutive victory and the Capitals' fourth straight loss.
Capitals Penguins Playoff Series
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