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Caps finally show some playoff moves

By Pierre LeBrun
ESPN.com

Monday, April 20, 2009

NEW YORK -- On Day 6 of the NHL playoffs, the Washington Capitals finally played postseason hockey. Alex Ovechkin played a near-perfect game on both sides of the puck; Alexander Semin stopped being a passenger; Nicklas Backstrom looked like Peter Forsberg; and the Caps, as a team, not only outshot the New York Rangers but also, more importantly, outworked them in a decisive 4-0 Game 3 victory Monday night. In what was a rare sighting in the opening two games, we saw Washington players fighting ...

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