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WASHINGTON â The Pittsburgh Penguins are reeling as they prepare to renew their rivalry with the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.Pittsburgh (6-4-3) limps into the nationâs capital having lost four straight (0-3-1) and being outscored 18-6 in the process.Matt Murray stopped 23 of 27 shots before being pulled in the third period as the Penguins endured a 5-1 home loss to the New Jersey Devils Christopher Tanev Jersey , who had lost three straight themselves, on Monday night. The Penguinsâ goal came from defenseman Jamie Oleksiak in the first period.Article continues below ...âObviously, weâre concerned,â Penguins coach Mike Sullivan told NHL.com. âWe donât want to lose four games in a row. In this particular point in the season, itâs so early in the season, itâs more about the process than anything. Right now, I think weâre chasing the game.âOn Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that Sullivanâs search for answers led him to split up the power-play pairing of Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby in practice.One power-play unit included Olli Maatta, Malkin, Phil Kessel, Bryan Rust and Patric Hornqvist. The other had Kris Letang Authentic Daniel Sedin Jersey , Jack Johnson, Crosby, Jake Guentzel and Dominik Simon, with Crosby in a new position, manning the left-half wall.âSometimes just like a line combination, if it gets a little stale and goes through some struggles, then sometimes just by splitting it up gives them a fresh look,â Sullivan told the Post-Gazette. âIt could possibly spark something.âThe Penguins have scored just twice in their last 19 power-play chances.âOur execution hasnât really been there as a whole consistently,â Crosby told the Post-Gazette. âWeâve been guilty of maybe forcing plays or struggling in different areas. Whatever it is, we havenât been consistent.âThe Capitals (also 6-4-3) did some line tinkering before Monday nightâs game against the Edmonton Oilers and it paid off.Washington coach Todd Reirden dropped Jakub Vrana from the first line to a fourth line with Travis Boyd â making his season debut â and Devante Smith-Pelly. The trio accounted for two goals on their first two shifts in a 4-2 home win over the Oilers.âI think we needed that win, and we knew they have a pretty good team Womens Derek Dorsett Jersey ,â Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin told the Washington Post. âObviously, I think tonight the (Boyd) line set the tone. Two shifts, two goals. Itâs pretty big.âOvechkin added his 11th goal of the season and T.J. Oshie his seventh. Pheonix Copley stopped 31 shots for his second win of the season.The Capitals will be trying to win consecutive games for the first time this season when they skate against the Penguins.âYouâre always looking for consistency and at times here weâve found it for stretches, for good stretches, and right now weâre not really finding that consistency.â Oshie said. âSo weâll look to do that in our game and it starts with the start Wednesday night.âThe Penguins won the teamsâ first meeting of the season 7-6 in overtime on Oct. 4 at PPG Paints Arena. Letang and Guentzel scored twice for Pittsburgh, and Oshie scored twice for Washington.Braden Holtby is 8-9-3 with a 3.10 goals-against average and .906 save percentage against the Penguins. Murray is 5-4 with a 3.93 GAA and .875 save percentage versus Washington.Ovechkin has 34 goals and 23 assists in 53 career games against the Penguins. Crosby has 20 goals and 45 assists in 46 games versus Washington, and Malkin has 19 goals and 41 assists in 41 games. WASHINGTON (AP) Facing elimination at home, the Washington Capitals looked determined to hit everything that moved in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final.The goal was to finish checks on Tampa Bay Lightning players as much as possible, though at one point Devante Smith-Pelly decked Dan Girardi and took teammate Jay Beagle down with him.âI apologized to him,â Smith-Pelly said. âI said sorry. He didnât seem to care.âSorry, not sorry.The Capitals made no apologies for taking the body and grinding out a physical 3-0 victory Monday night that tied the playoff series and set up a deciding Game 7. T.J. Oshie had a goal on the power play and into an empty net http://www.tampabaylightningteamshop.com/authentic...kos-jer sey , Smith-Pelly scored a back-breaker and Braden Holtby stopped all 24 shots, but it was the bruising style that kept the Capitals alive and could still pay more dividends.âYouâve got to wear them down,â Smith-Pelly said. âEvery game, if guys are going to be playing 25, 30 minutes, itâs tough when youâre getting hit every single shift. Weâve been on the body all game and all series. If it shows up in Game 7 where guys are starting to get tired, then it was all worth it.âGame 7 is Wednesday night at Tampa Bay. The winner faces the Vegas Golden Knights, who are in the Stanley Cup Final in their first season.Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson and Brooks Orpik led the charge in the grueling Game 6, throwing their bodies around all night like human wrecking balls. Orpik separated Cedric Paquette from the puck twice on one shift, Ovechkin leveled rookie Yanni Gourde and Wilson was his usual self Tyler Johnson Jersey , dishing out a handful of crushing body checks.The Capitals outhit the Lightning 39-19 and outshot them 34-24, bruising and battering them all over the ice.âItâs desperation, really,â Orpik said. âYou try to empty the tank as much as you can. Thatâs probably one area where we have an edge is the size and physical play.âThat edge was noticeable in Game 6 when Washington fired up an already-raucous crowd well before Oshieâs power-play goal 15:12 into the second period. While Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy was again on top of his game in stopping 31 of 33 shots, Orpik said the Capitals wanted to give back to fans for their energy and did so by laying out Lightning players.From Wilsonâs big hit on Paquette on his first shift through the time Smith-Pelly scored with 9:58 left, the physical play took a toll on the Lightning, who didnât have the energy left to muster a late comeback. Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos said simply the Capitals âexecuted their game planâ and the Lightning didnât respond.âThey played with that desperate hockey and we should have matched it and we didnât,â winger Ryan Callahan said. âThey played like their lives were on the line, and we played like we had another chance and thatâs unfortunate, but weâve got to change the script now in Game 7.âTampa Bay had no answer for the physicality with a hit disparity coach Jon Cooper chalked up as, âSomebody was engaged and somebody wasnât.â The Lightning also couldnât solve Holtby Womens Victor Hedman Jersey , who was at his best on a handful of deflection attempts to record his first shutout of these playoffs.âI was just trying to stay in the moment, focus on one puck at a time,â Holtby said. âI try and stay the same level through the game.âThe Lightning missed a chance to close out an opponent for the first time in these playoffs. They eliminated New Jersey and Boston in five games apiece but are now on the brink themselves.The Capitals improved to 10-2 in the Ovechkin/Nicklas Backstrom era when facing elimination any time before Game 7. Theyâre 3-7 in Game 7 over that time but will obviously take their chances after grinding their way back to 3-3 in the series.âI think itâs great that weâre close,â Oshie said. âI think both teams for the most part figured out what works against the other team. Itâs just a matter of whoâs going to play longer, harder and do more of it.âNOTES: Washington improved to 4-5 at home in the playoffs. The Lightning dropped to 5-2 on the road. ⦠An assist on Oshieâs first goal extended Capitals C Evgeny Kuznetsovâs point streak to nine games, tied with Backstrom in 2009 for the longest in franchise playoff history. ⦠F Andre Burakovsky returned to the Capitals lineup after being a healthy scratch for Game 5, replacing Alex Chiasson.â
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