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10 years ago today, the Snovechkin Game happened

A decade ago, one of the greatest regular-season games in Washington Capitals history happened at Verizon Center.

After DC was blanketed with over two feet of snow, the Capitals and Penguins renewed their rivalry on Super Bowl Sunday 2010.

Sidney Crosby scored the game’s first two goals to the ire of the Caps fans who successfully made it to the arena. Gross. Alex Ovechkin responded with a lamplighter of his own, but then Jordan Staal found the back of the net twice himself. By the middle of the second period, the Penguins had a commanding 4-1 lead. The game appeared over.

And then the Snovechkin magic happened.

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By Ian Oland 4 months ago

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Let’s Rewatch the Entire Snovechkin Game Since Caps-Pens Got Snowed Out

Photo: Mitchell Layton

The Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins were supposed to renew their rivalry at 12:30 PM on national television today. Instead, a blizzard dropped two feet of snow on the nation’s capital, paralyzing the area and closing DC’s airports and roads.

So without hockey, what are we to do? I figure: watch really good, old hockey instead! And the obvious thing to watch is the Snovechkin game in its entirety. The similarities from then and now are uncanny.

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By Ian Oland 4 years ago

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