As the puck squirted past goalie Simeon Varlamov, giving the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 overtime victory over the Washington Capitals in Game 5 of their second round playoff series on Saturday night, part of me expected to feel crushed. After all, this series marks the eighth time the two teams have met in the postseason, with Pittsburgh taking six of the previous seven meetings. Now, after watching the Caps take the opening two games on home ice, the Penguins have roared back and now hold a 3-2 series lead going into Game 6 tonight back in Pittsburgh.
So why am I not crushed? Simply put, I have passed this way before, and the feeling is all too familiar.
