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First-period report: Caps show no urgency in opening frame

By Scott Burnside

Monday, May 11, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- Well, if you're a Caps fan, you've got to look at tonight's first period through the glass-is-half-full lens and figure you're lucky to be down only 1-0 after being outshot 18-5 in the opening frame and allowing the Penguins 60 seconds of 5-on-3 hockey. Still, I thought the Caps displayed a curious lack of urgency for a team that could be on vacation in about 90 minutes. It reminds me a bit of the way they started Game 7 at home against the New York Rangers in the first round. The ...

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