On Thursday, the Pittsburgh Penguins tied their series with the Washington Capitals at two apiece. Much can be garnered from this one, though a few things have stuck in our craw. Keep reading to find out what has us thinking.
Well, the whole “Washington Capitals are fired up over the Tom Wilson suspension” didn’t really pan out in this 3-1 Penguins victory. Pittsburgh didn’t seem nerved at all, and the Caps didn’t offer much in the way of firepower. Again, too many Washington stars were absent and ghostly, a disheartening show considering Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom were dynamite in Game 3. Now we have to wonder who comes out with the edge in Game 5, because the flip-flopping is giving us a headache. Not that this one isn’t turning into an excellent series. We simply ask for some consistency. So what did we learn in this one? Check below to find out before we head back to Washington on Saturday.
Three Things We Learned From Game 4
1: Jake Guentzel can’t stand the sight of eggs. He hates the smell, hates the taste, and plain ol’ doesn’t want you cooking them for him any time soon. Of course, we’re talking about goose eggs. Guentzel scored again in Game 4. It was numbers nine and 10 of the postseason and gave him point 21 overall. Both of those marks lead all players. In fact, through 10 games, he’s been held scoreless only once. We may need to start calling this dude Popeye, since goals are his spinach, apparently. If anyone is at the very top for Conn Smythe honors, it has to be him.
2: Pucks are getting really annoyed with having to cross completely over the goal line. After a controversial no-goal by Pittsburgh in Game 2, we simply had to have another one in Game 4, right? Here are both for comparison, the first from Game 2 and the second from tonight.
All we’re gaining from these controversial goals at this point is a brand new word we have to look up in the dictionary. “Parallax” needs to remain sounding like a sleep disorder, not a term used to show whether or not a puck crossed half an angstrom over a stripe of paint. Now you have to look up “angstrom.” See how annoying that is?
3: This series isn’t going anywhere any time soon. We knew going in that this would be a fantastic show between two clubs on opposite ends of the postseason success totem pole. With the matchup now tied at two games each, we can only hope it continues to flip back and forth until we get to a quadruple overtime in Game 7. If any two teams deserve that, it’s Pens and Caps. Speaking of Pens and Caps, where is the Reynolds company to cash in on this? Sorry, you might need to google that also. See, NHL? Two can play this game.
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