That had been the opposite of what played out through the first four games against Pittsburgh. "We played two very good teams, and Anaheim has a chance to go all the way". The Penguins took a 3-0 lead, the series and, eventually, the Stanley Cup.
Replicating the performances in Game 5 and 6 will be a hard task with the Penguins quite literally fighting to save their 2016-17 season, but if the Capitals do manage to do just that, they'll have the odds in their favor. The Capitals have lost six of nine times theyþÄôve faced Game 7 in the Alex Ovechkin era.
"I don't know if there's any hump to get over", said Trotz, who is 1-1 with the Capitals in two Game 7 opportunities in 2015. That's what, as a hockey player, you grow up hearing about, so I'm excited for the challenge.
"Obviously there's more at stake when it's the final game", said Carlyle, who won the Cup in 2007 but hasn't won a Game 7 since 2006.
The team wearing those sweaters has been chasing the puck for extended periods in its own zone, making feeble clearing attempts, looking uncertain when handling the puck before turning it over, losing battles on the boards, allowing easy entries into the zone, getting outshot every time out, relying on goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to win every game.
QUOTABLE: "I think a lot of guys on both sides have been in this situation. Emotionally, I don't think I want to answer that question at all". Sidney Crosby was out briefly with a concussion.
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"Hey, he breaks out no one is going to say, "Hey you've gotten any goals" as long as he gets the one that they need in Game 7 everyone is going, 'Wow, Conor Sheary's having a great playoffs.' And guys can build off that". To him, Game 7 performances are just apart of the job, and Williams, always one to strive to put in the best work possible, just wants to hit the ice so he can help out the team's main cause. "You grow up hearing about it", Oshie said.
Justin Williams is 7-0 with 14 points in Game 7s for his career.
Ovechkin finished the playoffs dealing with a lower-body injury that required pain-numbing injections, the Russian Hockey Federation said in noting that Ovechkin would not be able to play for Russia at the world championships in Europe because of it.
Russian Federation also said Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov and defenseman Dmitry Orlov would play at the world championships, which are going on in Paris and Cologne, Germany. Now one week later, the Capitals have gotten back on even terms, and have set up a showdown for a spot in the third round to inch closer to that elusive Stanley Cup.
"The Hurricanes" coach in that Game 7 against Edmonton was none other than Peter Laviolette, who's waiting for the Ducks or Oilers in the Western Conference final with the Nashville Predators.
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