The biggest number of all: 14, the length of a winning streak topped by just two other teams in NHL history.
What a Super Sunday it was for the Washington Capitals, who got a hat trick from their two-time reigning league MVP and made up a three-goal deficit to beat Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 in overtime.
"It was what people pay to see, when the superstars shine," Washington coach Bruce Boudreau said....
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Game of the Day - 2010-02-09 10:28:36
The Super Bowl was a letdown compared to this game. It also came with one of the biggest commentator gaffes of all time. Milbury's comment that "Crosby is showing Ovi who his daddy is" before Ovechkin produced a hat trick and the Capitals came back from a 4-1 deficit was priceless. No lead is safe against the Capitals. Milbury should have known that.
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