Here We Go Again

Well, just when I thought the Caps were done for the season, they kept fighting. It wasn't pretty, it wasn't easy, and it sure as hell wasn't without drama. It took overtime and a fluke shot to win, but all that matters was that they live to play at least one more game.

And luckily for the Caps, that one more game will be at Verizon Center, where the team has played well in all 3 games this series. It will give the team to exorcise the demons of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who have absolutely dominated the Capitals in playoffs past. Wednesday is this Caps team's chance to prove to its fanbase that the days of getting beaten by the Penguins is over. It is their chance to move onto the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 1998, when they made it to the Stanley Cup Finals.

And if the six games leading up to game seven are any indication, then game seven will be one for the ages. Every single game this series has been down to the wire or decided in overtime. 3 OTs. 2 hat tricks. The save of the playoffs.

What can game seven possibly have? Who knows. But I do know one thing: it is the biggest game in Washington Capitals history in over a decade. Sure, game 7 against the Rangers was enormous. But this is the Penguins. This is Sidney Crosby. This is the franchise that has sent the Capitals packing many times.

Buckle up, Caps fans. It's going to be a WILD ride.