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nhl.com - 3/9/2008
Penguins 4, Capitals 2
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Sidney Crosby again got the better of Alex Ovechkin , thanks to a rookie who put the puck into his own net with 28 seconds to play. Nicklas Backstrom's attempt to clear the puck went horribly wrong, providing the Pittsburgh Penguins with the winning goal in Sunday's 4-2 victory over the Washington Capitals . In a crowd in front of the crease, Backstrom looked as if he were ...

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Japers' Rink:  Monday Roundup, Early Edition

Puckhead's Thoughts:  DOH!

The Pensblog - A Pittsburgh Penguin Site Managed By A Bunch Of Jokes That Can Barely Run Their Own Lives:  Thank You Niklas. PENS LOSE.

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Monday Roundup, Early Edition
Japers' Rink — [ AP Recap - Game Summary - Super Stats - WashingtonCaps.com Postgame ] Warning: Reality check ahead Rather than relive yesterday's stomach-churning loss or delve into the game's minutiae ( Sergei Fedorov won 17 of his 21 faceoffs... woohoo!), let's take a look at something even more painful - where this weekend has left the Caps' playoff dreams (hint: it's got a handle, a float, a flapper and a bowl). It's this simple: the Caps have twelve games left and trail Philadelphia by six points for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference and Carolina by seven points in the Southeast Division. Philly has a game in hand on the Caps, who have a game in hand ...

DOH!
Puckhead's Thoughts — Capitals 2, Penguins 4 Scoresheet - Wash Post If there was ever a more fitting proof that the Capitals are cursed with bad luck, it reared it's ugly head this weekend. With a mere 12 games left the Caps are left scratching their heads. Did what happen, just happen? Yes it did. Before that, just like in the Boston game, the Caps had the game in hand. If this team didn't have bad luck, they would have no luck at all. Too many times we said this season, "The Caps deserved a better fate in that game" or "Just one more goal." There in lies the problem. What killed this team wasn't the close wins in the waning moments of the season. It wasn't the mid season trades ...

Thank You Niklas. PENS LOSE.
The Pensblog - A Pittsburgh Penguin Site Managed By A Bunch Of Jokes That Can Barely Run Their Own Lives — 4 - 2 [ NHL.com RECAP ] Some people say the first sign of Spring is turning your clocks ahead. But for us, demoralizing the Washington Capitals might be the first sign that winter is over. The mistake Niklas Backstrom made will not soon be forgotten. Besides the Winter Classic , this season ...

Caps vs. Penguin Scum 3-9-3008 Wrap Up
Bleatings From a Caps Nut — The Local Yokels: (Com)Post. Times. Caps.com. The Neutral Observers: NHL.com AP Wire. The Other Side: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Nicklas Backstrom wins it, Caps bad luck. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Caps blow it, traveling road show. Final Thoughts: To their credit, the Pittsburgh media certainly understands something that the idiot Penguin Scum fanbase (a good portion of which lives in the D.C. Metro Area, ...

Sunday Roundup
Japers' Rink — "Know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is? It's 25 hits. Twenty-five hits in 500 at bats is 50 points, okay? There's six months in a season, that's about 25 weeks. That means if you get just one extra flare a week - just one - a gorp... you get a groundball, you get a groundball with eyes... you get a dying quail, just one more dying quail a week... and you're in Yankee Stadium." - Crash Davis in Bull Durham For some reason, that quote keeps banging around my head these days when I think about the difference between making and missing the playoffs. It's going to be close. How close? Who knows. But in this year of mediocrity parity, you can bet that it will be ...

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