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LAS VEGAS (AP) The Washington Capitals will play for a Stanley Cup championship Thursday night for the first time in 43 NHL seasons. Alex Ovechkin is one win away from carving his name into history at the peak of his incredible hockey career.With a 3-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Final and a city thousands of miles away thirsting for its first championship in a generation Ryan Strome Jersey , the Vegas stakes are awfully high for the Caps in Game 5.Ovi still wants his teammates thinking about the Golden Knights, not that silver trophy.âTo be honest, I think most of us have never been in this position,â said Ovechkin, who could become the first Russian captain to raise the Cup. âFor me personally, I donât try to think about it too much whatâs going on and just try focusing on different things. But itâs hard.âExactly what could distract an athlete of Ovechkinâs magnitude from the imminent chance to validate his place in his sport?âWhatever. Cars. Hotels. You know, Vegas.âIndeed, this desert is a strange place to end a drought. But with three chances to get one win, Ovechkin and his teammates want to seize their very first opportunity for the clincher on the Las Vegas ice.With one more victory, Ovechkin would finally have team success to complement his formidable individual accomplishments. The vaunted goal-scorer can also succeed where a generation of Washington athletes have fallen short by leading the Capitals to their first title and the cityâs first major pro sports championship in a quarter-century.With his 33rd birthday looming in the fall, Ovechkin understands the opportunity before him and the magnitude of the situation for everyone who has ever worn the Capitalsâ jersey.Itâs enough to tighten anybodyâs grip on the stick Womens Wayne Gretzky Jersey , but the Caps didnât appear overly tight during their workout or in the dressing room afterward.âItâs a great time,â Ovechkin said Wednesday. âProbably the best time in my life, hockey-wise. We just enjoy it together, this moment. Itâs fun.âEven with a commanding series lead, the Caps all spoke of the importance of consistency and seizing the moment after their light workout. Washington has a shockingly lengthy franchise history of playoff collapses, but these Caps promptly won all three potential closeout games in their first three playoff series this spring.âMaybe because weâve talked about it so much,â Caps defenseman John Carlson said. âGuys are sick of hearing about it from the meetings. Sick of not getting it done. They all kind of blend together, but I think we have come out with great efforts every closing-out game, and weâre going to need a big one. This is a good team at home. Itâs going to take a really good effort to get it done.âThe Caps donât have the luxury of thinking about the minor disappointment of not being at home to secure Washingtonâs first championship in a major pro sport since the Redskinsâ Super Bowl victory in January 1992. Back home in D.C., fans will be cheering on their team at Capital One Arena in a watch party that sold out in about 20 minutes.âI think the history of the organization is definitely an important thing, but weâre focused on this group Aaron Ekblad Jersey ,â Washingtonâs Tom Wilson said. âWeâre focused on this year, and obviously once all is said and done or whatever happens, you can look back on it. We want to do it for the city. We want to do it for ourselves.âSo far in this series, the Caps have done just about everything well. Washington has scored 16 goals in four games against the reeling Golden Knights, whose charmed expansion season has run short of magic in three consecutive losses.While the Caps focused on changing nothing from their last three efforts, the Golden Knights also donât believe they need a wholesale change. Coach Gerard Gallantâs team is banking on the resilience of a group that hasnât lost four consecutive games at any point in their utterly charmed inaugural season.âItâs not the first adversity weâve faced this year,â forward Jonathan Marchessault said. âYouâd rather have the odds in your favor, but Iâm thinking about (Game 5). If you start thinking that we have to win three games, sometimes it gets demoralizing. Weâre just focused on the next one. ⦠Theyâre in a better situation than us, thatâs for sure. Stuff weâve done this year has never been done, so I think thatâs what weâre thinking about.ââMore Stanley Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/StanleyCupFinals On the eve of free agency Aleksander Barkov Jersey , John Tavares is leaving the NHL guessing about his destination.With less than 12 hours until the market opens, the elite center had not chosen between six suitors, with the San Jose Sharks, hometown Toronto Maple Leafs and incumbent New York Islanders considered the most likely options. Returning to the Islanders looks less likely now after the midnight deadline passed for Tavares to get an eight-year contract from his current team.The Tavares sweepstakes dragging on into Sunday seems to favor San Jose and Toronto, either of which could sign the 27-year-old to a seven-year deal worth $70 million or more. He met this week with the Sharks, Maple Leafs, Islanders, Boston Bruins, Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning, and his decision could drastically affect the plans of those teams and others.âI think other teams have admitted, we would have to make moves (to clear salary-cap space) Evgenii Dadonov Jersey Kids ,â Bruins general manager Don Sweeny told reporters in Boston on Friday. âPretty confident weâd be able to do that.âAs hockey waited for the Tavares watch to end, several teams made moves Saturday ahead of the frenzy.The Sharks agreed to a $64 million, eight-year extension with forward Logan Couture, according to a person familiar with the contract who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal hasnât been announced. It canât become official until after noon Sunday because it doesnât begin until the 2019-20 season â the same as long-term deals the Los Angeles Kings have with Drew Doughty and Arizona Coyotes have with Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Niklas Hjalmarsson.Detroit got its own defenseman under contract for the next two seasons by agreeing to deal with Mike Green that pays him $5,375,000 annually. Signing Green could be just the start of the action for the Red Wings, who have been linked to unrestricted free agent goaltender Jonathan Bernier and winger Thomas Vanek.New Jersey also shored up its goaltending situation by re-signing Eddie Lack to a $650,000, one-year deal. The Devils also have Cory Schneider and Keith Kinkaid, who split time last season and in the playoffs.A person with direct knowledge of discussions said the Buffalo Sabres are expected to sign goalie Carter Hutton, who had been the St. Louis Bluesâ backup to Jake Allen. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because agreements cannot be announced until the signing period begins.Hutton and others seem to already be ticketed for certain places http://www.officialhockeypanthersshop.com/authenti...mer-jer sey , but many big-name players are still up for grabs.Maple Leafs winger James van Riemsdyk, who tied Tavares with 36 goals last season, has been drawing significant interest and, at 29, could easily command a seven-year contract at a substantial raise over his previous $4.25 million salary. The Western Conference champion Vegas Golden Knights have cap space but might lose wingers David Perron and James Neal, who combined for 110 points last season.The Winnipeg Jets are doing their best to try to bring back center Paul Stastny after he was so instrumental in their playoff run. They cleared about $5.5 million in cap space by trading goaltender Steve Mason and Finnish forward Joel Armia to Montreal on Saturday but may still need more room to bring back the 32-year-old.The Canadiens are set to buy out Mason, putting him on unconditional waivers as the Minnesota Wild did with forward Tyler Ennis to clear cap space.Stastny fit in seamlessly after Winnipeg acquired him from St. Louis at the trade deadline but also might be better served waiting to see what Tavares does. Teams looking for a center who donât land Tavares will look to Stastny and Torontoâs Tyler Bozak and could look into a trade for Buffaloâs Ryan OâReilly, who is signed for the next five years and owed a $7.5 million bonus Sunday.âAP Sports Writer Josh Dubow in San Jose, California, contributed to this report.
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