Just when you thought this second round of the NHL Playoffs couldn’t get any better, Monday night happened. The Washington Capitals finally... FINALLY... broke through to take down their arch nemesis Pittsburgh Penguins, with Alex Ovechkin—the seemingly cursed superstar—playing a key role in his team’s overtime victory.
Alex Ovechkin is going to the Eastern Conference Final for the first time in his career pic.twitter.com/OPWJzggq3i
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) May 8, 2018
Meanwhile, in Winnipeg, the defending Western Conference champions proved that they would not go down easily against a Jets team that was ready to blow the roof off of its building and its city.