Capitals Confident, But Recall What Happened to Rangers

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Going into tonight's game three against Pittsburgh, the Washington Capitals have every reason to feel good about their position; they have their star player Alex Ovechkin on fire, getting fantastic goaltending from their rookie sensation, Simeon Varlamov, have a two game advantage in the series, and have won five games in a row. Having said that, the Capitals are fully aware of how quickly the worm can turn in a playoff series as they witnessed firsthand the Rangers with a 2-0 and 3-1 advantage in the last series, and wound up losing it to the Capitals. Having recently experienced that scenario firsthand, I wouldn't figure on the Capitals coasting in tonight's game and fully expect them to try and put a nail in the Penguins chances by going up 3-0 in the series. It will be a difficult task however because the Penguins will be playing at home and will feed off the energy of the home crowd, and I would also expect that Malkin will awaken from his zombie like state and show that he is indeed a part of the series by having a big game. While the Capitals would love to win both games in Pittsburgh and sweep the Pens out of the playoffs, I would think that they would be quite content to win one game in Pittsburgh, and head back to Washington with a 3-1 advantage, and two games at home.

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