Washington Capitals: Top 10 rivalry games of all-time

#8 Game 1 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins 2016 aka the game we found out T.J. Oshie is a Penguin killer

On April 28, the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins finally met again in the Stanley Cup playoffs. It was sure to be an emotional series. The Caps had just beaten the Philadelphia Flyers in six games and the fans were supercharged for Game 1.

The Caps took an early 1-0 lead when they forced a turnover. Andre Burakovsky fed Jason Chimera a cross ice pass. Chimera shot it but Matt Murray stopped it with his pads. Burakovsky, however, got the rebound and scored.

The Penguins answered with two straight goals in the second period. The first came from Ben Lovejoy and the second came from Evgeni Malkin. The Caps would tie it with T.J. Oshie picking the pocket of Olli Maatta and racing down the ice to score.

The Caps took the lead early in the third period thanks to a backhanded shot by Oshie for his second goal of the game. The Penguins would tie it just over five minutes later on a goal from Nick Bonino.

In overtime, it would be Oshie coming through to complete the hat trick and give the Caps an early 1-0 series lead. Oshie went with a wraparound as the puck went right under Murray’s legs.