ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) Sidney Crosby is standing in Alex Ovechkin‘s way again. Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins extinguished two of the Washington Capitals’ best Stanley Cup hopes in 2009 and 2016, going on to win the championship each time. Now as Ovechkin and the Capitals face a summer of change, it’s only fitting that perhaps their best chance to win it all means going through defending champion Pittsburgh in the second round.
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Ovechkin on facing Crosby, Penguins: ‘You don’t have to be afraid’
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) Sidney Crosby is standing in Alex Ovechkin‘s way again. Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins extinguished two of the Washington Capitals’ best Stanley Cup hopes in 2009 and 2016, going on to win the championship each time. Now as Ovechkin and the Capitals face a summer of change, it’s only fitting that perhaps their best…
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