Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Caps 2nd-round bound after Fedorov's late goal finishes miracle comeback


Thanks to sage, old Sergei Fedorov and a kid goalie with more career starts in the NHL postseason than the regular season, the Washington Capitals are headed to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in more than a decade.


And they didn't even need a star turn from Alex Ovechkin to complete their monumental comeback.


Fedorov beat Henrik Lundqvist with 4:59 left in the third period, rookie Simeon Varlamov was good in the net when he had to be, and the second-seeded Capitals edged the No. 7 New York Rangers 2-1 in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal Tuesday night.


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