Washington Capitals take game 1 of Eastern Conference Semi-finals against Pittsburgh Penguins. 3-2.

Highlights of fast-paced game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals in the first game of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, 2009. The league and the media hyped this series because of the matchup between Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin. (And Art Ross trophy winner Evgeni Malkin.) Varlamov put on a great show in the Caps win.

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• Ovechkin
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• Penguins
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• Pittsburgh
• Crosby
• Malkin
• Varlamov
• NHL
• playoffs

[Troosevelt703]

Game three goes to the refs

they stole one

The glory goes to Gary(asshole)Bettman

[ts15210]

You're sounding like Philly fans already, come on man, you're still up 2-1.

[Troosevelt703]

And we'd be up 3-0 with fair officiating

10 PP's advantage in the series

Don't lie to me the pens have gotten away with alot more then the caps

[ts15210]

I hav e learned that it's quite common to whine about officiating when you lose, The Flyer fans did it, the Cardinal fans did it in the superbowl.

You know what, that call on Dupuis at the end of the game was not a penalty, they just wanted to even it up a bit. Caps are still up in the series, don't make your team look bad by whining.

[Troosevelt703]

Maybe the call on Dupuis was a make up call. They should've given us about 5 more to make it fair.

[ts15210]

At least you're not saying the Caps penalties should have not been called, you justr think there should have been more calls against the Pens.

I've praised NHL refs for years saying they are the most fair in sports, but I see stuff every game that should be called and isn't. I can't believe you think Caps outplayed Pens, though.

Get honest, your goaltender is the big difference in this series.

[muska114]

Pittsburgh doesnt get called for shit, and ovie is 100 times the player Crosby is, Guerin and kunitz do all the dirty work.

[BLUE5294]

Now your down 4-3. Dont worry theres always a game 8...

[Troosevelt703]

I don't think I ever said that that the caps outplayed the pens. They spent 10 minutes longer then the pens chasing 5 on 4 so the pens are bound to have more energy and its near impossible for the caps to keep up. They were outplayed I just think they would have had more legs if they hadn't spent so much time chasing.

[Troosevelt703]

Well flyers fans are crazy we all know that.

And the superbowl was definately called fair.

But I doubt the caps coach, GM, and half the players would call out the refs knowing they could be fined or suspended if their was nothing to it.

I don't care if we'd already won the series this is about fair play and no team should have an advantage because of biased officiating. Was it okay for Gretkzy to get Preferential treatment and Lemeux to have to earn it? I felt the same about that.