Rivalry flared up yet again in Washington on Super Bowl Sunday as the Capitals beat the Penguins, 3-0. Elsewhere, New Jersey held off Montreal and the Lightning came back to beat the Blues.
Penguins Vs. Capitals: Matt Cooke Knees Alex Ovechkin; Washington Shuts Out Pittsburgh, 3-0
It’s probably going to become another Super Bowl Sunday tradition. The NHL’s top two properties, the Penguins and the Capitals, will face off in the run-up to the big football game. For the second straight year, the teams did just that, and also for the second straight year, Washington came out on top of their hated rival Pittsburgh.
Michal Neuvirth made 22 saves to earn a 3-0 shutout behind goals from Brooks Laich, Marcus Johansson and an empty-netter from Mike Knuble. The win boosts Washington two points closer to Pittsburgh for the fourth-place spot in the Eastern Conference, while it also kept them three points behind Tampa Bay in the division. The Lightning also won Sunday.
Read Article >Blues Vs. Lightning: Steven Stamkos Scores 40th Goal As Tampa Tops St. Louis In Overtime
The Tampa Bay Lightning are scary good when the puck is in their offensive end. With guys like Steven Stamkos, Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis and Simon Gagne, they’re a threat to score basically all the time. Then, they get up a man, and scoring becomes almost a certainty. (Okay, so that’s pushing it, but the St. Louis Blues won’t argue the point.)
Lecavalier scored the game-winner on the power play in overtime to give the Lightning a come-from-behind victory of the Blues, keeping them on pace with second-place Washington in the Southeast Division. The goal came heartbreakingly close to the end of overtime for the Blues -- just six seconds before the horn.
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