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By: BoDog Sportsbook
Date: Apr 20, 2011
   
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Perhaps the Washington Capitals need to stop taking 2-0 series leads in the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. After all, the team is 1-4 in series history when it has taken a 2-0 lead, but the Caps will head home with their series against the New York Rangers tied 2-2 if the Blueshirts win a second straight game on Wednesday. This game opened as a pick’em on Bodog’s NHL odds.

New York turned this into a series with a physical 3-2 win on Sunday. Brandon Dubinsky netted the winning goal with 1:39 left by bouncing a shot off defenseman Karl Alzner, goalie Michal Neuvirth, and then the stick of Alex Ovechkin to give New York the win. Three goals was a big deal for the Rangers after they only one goal in two losses at Washington. New York got 35 shots through on Neuvirth after a combined 47 in the opening two games — 2-1 and 2-0 losses.

Look for the Rangers faithful to be all over Washington coach Bruce Boudreau tonight. He ripped Madison Square Garden and Rangers fans on Monday: "Well, the one thing, its reputation is far better than the actual building, I mean, it's nothing. The locker rooms are horrible. The benches are horrible. There's no room for anything. But the reputation of being in Madison Square Garden is what makes it famous. Also, our building's a lot louder, too. So I mean, they can say what they want, but it's not that loud in there."

Boudreau also called defenseman Marc Staal's hit on Mike Green in the second period on Sunday "dirty." Boudreau has claimed the Rangers are targeting Green’s head after he missed the rest of the regular season after suffering a concussion on Feb. 25 against the Rangers. Green averaged 21:56 of ice time in the first three games of the Capitals-Rangers series and says he's holding up physically.

The Rangers outhit Washington 41-29 in Game 3 and the Caps have vowed to come out hitting tonight. Plus Ovechkin has taken 32 shots on the three games of the series to date, but has managed to get just nine of them on net. He has had 14 shots blocked and has missed on nine tries.

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