{"id":4207,"date":"2009-04-29T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/capitals-25-of-the-way-to-their-goal-penguins-next.html"},"modified":"2009-04-29T10:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-29T10:04:00","slug":"capitals-25-of-the-way-to-their-goal-penguins-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/capitals-25-of-the-way-to-their-goal-penguins-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitals 25% of the way to their goal; Penguins next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"289\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/capitals.nhl.tv\/team\/embed.jsp?hlg=20082009,3,127\"><\/iframe><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/28\/AR2009042803641.html?hpid=topnews\"><b>Old Hand, New Result<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/apr\/29\/fed-bailout\/\"><b>Caps vanquish Rangers<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>For only the second time in their history and for the first time since 1988 the Capitals won a game 7. They were outplayed by the Rangers for two periods, but stayed in it thanks to #1 star <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Simeon Varlamov<\/span>, the 21 year 1 day old Russian goaltender. Their two goals also came off of the sticks of Russians with <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Alexander Semin<\/span> scoring the first one and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Sergei Federov<\/span> netting the game-winner with just under five minutes left in the game. Now that is a Fed Bailout we can believe in.  The Caps did it the hard way, coming back from a 3-1 series deficit, a feat that had yet to occur following the lockout.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/apr\/29\/in-the-end-rangers-just-collapse\/\"><b>In the end, Rangers just collapse<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>The Rangers controlled the first 40 minutes of the game, prompting the crowd to boo the home team as the second intermission began.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">MIKE WISE &#8211; <\/span><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/28\/AR2009042803971.html?sid=ST2009042900192\"><b>Sergei&#8217;s Day<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Old man Federov got it done again.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/apr\/29\/stanley-cup-journal-defensemen-step-up-at-most-cri\/\"><b>Stanley Cup Journal: Defensemen step up at most critical time<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>The blueliners really stepped it up against the blue shirts in this series.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">THOMAS BOSWELL &#8211; <\/span><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/29\/AR2009042900019.html?sid=ST2009042900192\"><b>Time to Exhale<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Ah, relief &#8212; this was D.C.&#8217;s first win in a game 7 since the Caps did it against the Flyers in 1988.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/29\/AR2009042900067.html?sid=ST2009042900192\"><b>Captain Clark Enjoys &#8216;Good Stuff&#8217;<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/apr\/29\/clark-makes-long-awaited-return-to-lineup\/\"><b>Clark makes long-awaited return to lineup<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Captain <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Chris Clark<\/span> made his Washington playoff debut last night after missing last year&#8217;s run as well as much of this season.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/29\/AR2009042900021.html?sid=ST2009042900192\"><b>Varlamov&#8217;s Gift Is a Day Late<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>The birthday boy got it done. Here is some video from <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Eric McErlain<\/span>:<br \/><object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VlD9Q9pHCHg&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x5d1719&#038;color2=0xcd311b&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/apr\/29\/five-turning-points-for-the-caps\/\"><b>Five turning points for the Caps<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Coming up in the next round &#8212; the Pittsburgh Penguins. Break out the haterade!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonCapitals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Capitals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Caps\" rel=\"tag\">Caps<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/NYRangers\" rel=\"tag\">NY Rangers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/NHLPlayoffs\" rel=\"tag\">NHL Playoffs<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old Hand, New Result &#8211; The PostCaps vanquish Rangers &#8211; The Wash. TimesFor only the second time in their history and for the first time since 1988 the Capitals won a game 7. 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