Penguins vs. Capitals live stream, Game 6

All Washington has to do to produce a cathartic breakthrough is hand the Penguins their first series loss in 37 months. They needed to erase a 3-1 deficit just to force a Game 7 past year. They’re not afraid of challenges and they embrace these types of situations, so we have the utmost confidence in the group that we have. We’re not looking beyond it.

According to oddsmakers, the Capitals are a -115 favorite to win on the moneyline.

In the matchup of world-class captains, Ovechkin has been close to Crosby’s equal.

They are the faces of the league and its most intriguing personal rivalry.

A lesser Washington team would have folded, though, when the power-play luck shifted. All that matters is the next game. It was 3-2 Penguins just like that, as Holtby was left largely helpless when his defenders failed to clear the puck on Hornqvist’s goal.

Given their pasts – one as the ultimate champion and the other the perennial bridesmaid – it’s still hard to count Crosby out.

They haven’t been to the Eastern Conference final since 1998, and theirs is a tortured playoff history with Ovechkin. Yet somehow you have to think he will.

“I think our players are well aware of where we can be better”, Sullivan said. He has posted a.913 save percentage or lower in three of the four games.

But Wilson hasn’t been forgotten in Washington.

The Capitals have plenty of gamebreakers led by Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeni Kuznetsov and T.J. Oshie.

This isn’t new behavior from Wilson, and he shouldn’t have been on the ice tonight to make this hit. The Metropolitan Division rivals are meeting in the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third consecutive season with the Penguins eliminating the Caps in each of the past two postseasons. But I know Peter Laviolette is schooling all of us when it comes to his team and what’s best for it. Column on his latest wizardry and what it means. https://t.co/VsbcHhmH0MSaturday’s Stanley Cup SchedulePittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals, 7 p.m. ET, NBC. Aston-Reese sustained a broken jaw and a concussion. Vrana made coach Barry Trotz look like a genius for moving him to the top line alongside Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov, replacing Devante Smith-Pelly in the second period. That’s a trend the Penguins need to continue if they want to continue.

Senior vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell spoke to Marchand and Bruins general manager Don Sweeney on Saturday about Marchand’s actions against Tampa Bay a night earlier. Letang’s decision making, more than anything physical or injury-related, has been most troublesome this season. One of those games was a 2-0 victory in Game 7 against Washington a year ago, also in the second round. All of them at crucial times. The Penguins are a -105 underdog, while the over-under is set at 5.5 goals. They have been for the Penguins. Over is 3-0-1 in Penguins last 4 following a loss of 3 or more goals and under is 6-1-1 in Penguins last 8 after allowing 5 goals or more in their previous game and over is 9-2 in Penguins last 11 home games vs. a team with a winning road record. “There’s just no place in the game for that”. “There will be a little bit of video, but not very much”.