Crosby v Ovechkin

Any time Crosby and the Penguins face off against Ovechkin and the Capitals and it's actually on TV I will be glued to the coachcouch. This gives you, the loyal reader (I assume there's at least one of you) the opportunity for a quick recap. After a slow first period that saw both teams feeling each other out, things picked up in the second period thanks to a fluke goal from Mike Knuble that broke the ice and gave the Caps a 1-0 lead. The Penguins would take a 2-1 lead by the end of the period setting up the dramatic third stanza. Capitals sniper Alexander Semin tied the game with a wicked wrister and after the Capitals took a 3-2 lead, Penguins star Jordan Staal evened the score again with a blistering wrist shot of his own. Following an exiting back and forth overtime, the game would be decided by a shootout. Here is Sidney Crosby giving the Penguins a seemingly insurmountable 2-0 lead in the shootout, followed immediately by Alexander Ovechkin scoring to begin the surmount. The Capitals would win the shootout 3-2.