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- Updated: April 29, 2016
5:38 PM ET
ARLINGTON, Va. — Even a day later, it’s a little hard to get your head around all the things that transpired in Game 1 of the Washington Capitals’ thrilling 4-3 overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
So much happened, so little time to take it in.
It’s a good bet that Game 2 will deliver more emotion and drama. But will the outcome be any different?
Here are three things we learned:
Crosby was contained
Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby didn’t have a particularly inspiring start, as he and linemates Patric Hornqvist and Conor Sheary were minus-3 in Game 1. They were on the ice for all three of T.J. Oshie’s goals, including the winner in overtime.
“You don’t like being on for goals, definitely not,” Crosby said Friday. “But I’ve had a lot worse games and didn’t end up [minus-3].”
The Penguins controlled play for long stretches in the second and third periods, finishing with 45 shots fired at Washington netminder Braden Holtby. Crosby finished Game 1 with one shot on goal, while Sheary, the subject of a nasty knee check from Tom Wilson, also had one shot. Hornqvist had four shots on goal.
Capitals right wing Tom Wilson (43) lost his helmet — and later, his cool — when Penguins center Evgeni Malkin (71) checked him into the boards during the second period of Game 1. Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post/Getty Images
“I thought we had some good chances and ended up getting scored on a few times,” Crosby said. “We’ve got to move on.”
Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan has said he’s not in favor of chasing line matchups, so it will be interesting to see in Game 2 if he tries to separate the Crosby unit from Washington’s big trio of Oshie, Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom. “It was a match that we anticipated,” Sullivan said. “They went a lot against one another in the regular season. Sometimes both coaches are comfortable with the same match, and we’re certainly comfortable with that. We’ve done a fair amount of power against power all year long.”
Olli overwhelmed?
In a game that featured 80 shots on goal and …
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