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Caps start New Year with Classic win over Pens
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January 3, 2011, Monday
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ERIC Fehr scored twice as the Washington Capitals got the New Year off to a soggy but successful start with a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in a rainy Winter Classic on Saturday.
Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead thanks to Evgeni Malkin but the Capitals hit back with goals from Mike Knuble and Fehr, who stole the spotlight from the NHL's leading scorer, the Penguins' Sidney Crosby, and Washington teammate Alexander Ovechkin.
Mother Nature had threatened to ruin the NHL's New Year's Day party when steady rain and unseasonably high temperatures forced the NHL to push back the opening faceoff for the outdoor extravaganza to 2000 local time.
Conditions improved just enough to allow the NHL's signature event to go ahead in front of an excited sold out crowd of 68,111 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, who watched much of the final period in a driving rain.
The outdoor showcase provided a unique setting for hockey's hottest rivalry but challenging conditions resulted in a lackluster contest that prevented the league's two most dynamic players, Crosby and Ovechkin, from displaying their skills.
Even Pittsburgh netminder Marc-Andre Fleury, who drew an assist on the Penguins' goal, had more points combined than Crosby and Ovechkin.
"The conditions were alright," shrugged Crosby, who was flattened near the end of the second period by a blindside hit that left in shaken. "It's an amazing feeling ... playing hockey in front of that many people."
In other NHL games on Saturday, it was: Lightning 2, Rangers 1, OT; Sharks 1, Kings 0; Sabres 7, Bruins 6, SO; Flames 2, Oilers 1; Maple Leafs 5, Senators 1; and Hurricanes 6, Devils 3.
Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead thanks to Evgeni Malkin but the Capitals hit back with goals from Mike Knuble and Fehr, who stole the spotlight from the NHL's leading scorer, the Penguins' Sidney Crosby, and Washington teammate Alexander Ovechkin.
Mother Nature had threatened to ruin the NHL's New Year's Day party when steady rain and unseasonably high temperatures forced the NHL to push back the opening faceoff for the outdoor extravaganza to 2000 local time.
Conditions improved just enough to allow the NHL's signature event to go ahead in front of an excited sold out crowd of 68,111 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, who watched much of the final period in a driving rain.
The outdoor showcase provided a unique setting for hockey's hottest rivalry but challenging conditions resulted in a lackluster contest that prevented the league's two most dynamic players, Crosby and Ovechkin, from displaying their skills.
Even Pittsburgh netminder Marc-Andre Fleury, who drew an assist on the Penguins' goal, had more points combined than Crosby and Ovechkin.
"The conditions were alright," shrugged Crosby, who was flattened near the end of the second period by a blindside hit that left in shaken. "It's an amazing feeling ... playing hockey in front of that many people."
In other NHL games on Saturday, it was: Lightning 2, Rangers 1, OT; Sharks 1, Kings 0; Sabres 7, Bruins 6, SO; Flames 2, Oilers 1; Maple Leafs 5, Senators 1; and Hurricanes 6, Devils 3.
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