Wow, Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin both showed why they are the top players in the world by both netting hat-tricks tonight in Washington’s 4-3 win.
Washington leads the series two games to none.
This is what the NHL wanted, hopefully people watched.
Also, the Ducks and Wings games yesterday was incredible, any game that goes into three [...]

Where would the Blueshirts be without Henrik Lundqvist? Well, not up 3-1 over the Washington Capitals in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, that’s for sure.
The “King has been tremendous between the pipes for the Rangers, stopping an astounding 141 of 149 shots while being under siege what seems like the entire round [...]

From Dan Steinberg at D.C. SportsBlog:
“The hot topic in the media room tonight concerned the post-game celebration pulled off by Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom. After the entire team had congratulated Simeon Varlamov and left the ice, the two stars skated toward the deserted center ice and leaped up into each other, NBA style. Then [...]

Steve Zipay reports the following incident in his Blue Notes blog:
“Interesting moment early on when Alex Ovechkin came out and sat on the Caps bench to watch the Rangers‘ skate for a few minutes, but was ushered away on someone’s orders. Ovechkin, who hasn’t scored a goal in the first two games, was [...]

Many New York Rangers/hockey  pundits and analysts figured that the Washington Capitals’ offense would dominate the Blueshirts in this first round series. However, with two games in the books, those same doubters are scratching their heads as the Rangers are up 2-0 with the next two games at Madison Square Garden beginning tonight.
I’m actually not [...]

While the New York Rangers escaped Game 1 with a 4-3 victory, the team still has a few things that they can improve upon in Game 2 this afternoon to help grab a 2-0 series lead:
- Winning face-offs. Face-offs are a huge factor in the playoffs. They help establish puck possession and they can lead [...]

Here we go–
My prediction? Rangers in six.
Why?
This is the series that will make Marc Staal a star.  He has no choice but to be the best defenseman on the ice.  He needs to be on Alex Ovechkin like superglue.  Ovechkin is the leagues best player and he is going to get an endless amount of [...]

Many fans and pundits will talk about that in order for the Blueshirts to be successful in the playoffs, they are going to need to get goal scoring from all parts of the team, convert their power play opportunities, give no room to Ovechkin, etc.
While these factors are huge in the postseason, to me at [...]

Alexander Ovechkin led the the NHL in shots this season and even though the regular season has ended, he hasn’t stopped shooting. Ovechkin had some words about Henrik Lundqvist’s equipment:
“His equipment is really big.”
Lundqvist countered by saying that his equipment is measured constantly and that he is willing to do so again.
Ovechkin also took a [...]