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Four times under coach Mike Sullivan Authentic Natrell Jamerson Jersey , the Pittsburgh Penguins have gone into an elimination game in the playoffs. They have won each en route to back-to-back Stanley Cup titles.
On Monday at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Washington Capitals will try to end the Penguins run with a win in Game 6 of a second-round series. Washington, after winning 6-3 in Game 5, leads the series 3-2 and can advance to the Eastern Conference final with a win.
The Capitals are 1-9 all time in postseason series against Pittsburgh, with two of the losses coming the past two years, so they have a sense of needing to get past the Penguins roadblock.
Its not over yet, Capitals winger Brett Connolly said. Theyre a good team. We know that. (Game 5 Saturday was) obviously a big win. We just need to find a way this year. We need to find a way to get that last win no matter what it takes.
The Penguins will need to win not only Monday but also Wednesday in a potential Game 7 at Washington if they are to have a chance to win a third Cup in a row.
Even with that cushion, the Capitals are taking a conservative approach.
I can tell you how I feel if theres four wins, goaltender Braden Holtby said. Where its at right now doesnt matter at all. All that matters is the next game. Thats got to be our mindset if we want to have success and take a mature approach to it.
Pittsburgh can draw on those four elimination games it won in its recent Cup runs for experience. One of those games was a 2-0 victory in Game 7 against Washington last year Ronnie Harrison Color Rush Jersey , also in the second round.
Weve done it before, Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin said. We know weve got it in this group. Were going back home. Weve been good at home all year. We win one game there, come back (to Washington) and play a Game 7. Thats nothing new to us, nothing were afraid of. Weve just got to bring our best effort again in Game 6.
Sullivan said the Penguins have another intangible.
It comes down to character and the people we have in our dressing room, he said.
Washingtons win in Game 5 might have had a couple of caveats, possible injuries to defenseman John Carlson and center Nicklas Backstrom, although coach Barry Trotz said both were expected to travel to Pittsburgh and should be available.
The Capitals already are without wingers Andre Burakovsky (injury) and Tom Wilson (suspension). Wilson would be eligible to return for a Game 7.
Pittsburgh came away from its loss Saturday in which Washington scored two empty-net goals feeling pretty good about everything but the final score.
I liked our effort, winger Patric Hornqvist said. I liked our attitude and all that. We just have to clean up our mistakes, and well be fine.
That is a popular belief among the Penguins.
Everybody understands the situation Authentic Marquez Valdes-Scantling Jersey , Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby said. It brings out everyones best. You dont have anything to save it for, so you go out there with one focus, and thats win a hockey game and get to a Game 7. Thats our mindset here.
We have a lot of good things to build off. We just need to make sure we keep going, keep playing the same way.
Kirk Cousins was perfect in his first game for Minnesota on Saturday night, completing all four of his passes, including a 1-yard touchdown strike to Stefon Diggs in the Vikings' 42-28 exhibition victory over the Denver Broncos.
Case Keenum wasn't nearly as sharp in his Denver debut.
He completed just 1 of 4 passes for 5 yards spanning two drives that went nowhere, lamenting after getting taken out that he wanted another possession.
Cousins was the crown jewel of this year's free-agent class of quarterbacks, signing an $84 million, three-year deal in Minneapolis. That meant Keenum was out two months after leading the Vikings to the NFC championship Jackie Robinson Jersey , and he signed a $36 million, two-year deal with Denver.
After Cousins' single series 鈥?one in which he didn't have to face Von Miller 鈥?Trevor Siemian led Minnesota on three scoring drives, most notably a screen pass to Roc Thomas that beat the blitz for a 78-yard score.
CARDINALS 24, CHARGERS 17
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) 鈥?Christian Kirk's 38-yard punt return on his first touch as an NFL player set up an early touchdown for Arizona in its preseason opener.
Rookie Josh Rosen completed 6 of 13 passes for 41 yards in his Arizona debut, playing the whole first half except the opening series.
Geno Smith, battling Cardale Jones for the right to back up the Chargers' Philip Rivers, completed 14 of 23 passes for 218 yards, including a 47-yard touchdown throw to Geremy Davis. He was intercepted once.
With Rivers sitting this one out Chukwuma Okorafor Color Rush Jersey , Jones started and played nearly the entire first half, completing 6 of 12 passes for 50 yards.
Kirk, Arizona's second-round draft pick out of Texas A&M, took the Chargers' early punt and broke free. He might have taken it all the way had he not slipped trying to make a move against punter Drew Kaser.
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