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Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin

Kuznetsov Goal in Pittsburgh Anniversary

Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin

NBC Sports Washington

Washington Capitals, Hockey, Craig Laughlin, Sports News, Ice Hockey, News, Sports, Nhl, Joe Beninati

4.8528 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

It has been 2 years since Evgeny Kutznetsov's game winning goal in Pittsburgh finally lifted the Caps past their arch rivals. Rob chats with Kutznetsov about his big moment and Evgeny gives a surprising answer as to what he thinks is the biggest goal of his career.

Rob also is then joined by Brian McNally, Ryan Billie, and Ben Raby for their memories of that historic evening in franchise history.

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It is the two-year anniversary of what many Caps fans consider.

0:08.5

The biggest goal in franchise history, even bigger than the Lars Eller goal that actually

0:14.8

won the Stanley Cup, was when Hvgeny Kuznetsoff scored in overtime game six to finally

0:19.9

eliminate the Pittsburgh Penguins.

0:22.8

Ben Raby, you've been covering this team for a long time now. Is this the biggest goal in Capp's

0:28.0

franchise history? It is. It is, Rob. And it's funny because I remember the day after his goal

0:34.5

in eliminating Pittsburgh, I wrote a column for WTOP in which I said at the time, I had it

0:39.6

at the time as the second biggest goal. And I said, depending on how the next few weeks go,

0:46.0

it could either drop down the list, say they get swept in the Eastern Conference final. Maybe

0:50.7

it's not such a big deal. Or I said, depending on how the next few weeks go,

0:54.7

this could potentially propel itself to the biggest goal in franchise history. And I think two

0:59.3

years later, where we're a little removed from it, there's no recency bias, I'll say it's the

1:04.2

biggest goal in franchise history, absolutely. Brian McNally, you've also covered this team for a long

1:09.1

time and been a fan of this team for a long time. So you've seen, I don't know, probably all of the biggest goals in franchise history at this point. You agree with Ravey? I mean, I can't go above Lars Eller, right? Like that, you literally clinch the Stanley Cup. That has to be number one. But I know how important that was. I get Ben's argument. I know that when you see

1:29.2

the years, people invested in watching the penguins go down, seeing them celebrate cups,

1:35.6

the cap's always knocking on the door, never getting there. I know what that meant to people.

1:40.2

So I get why he makes that argument. And it was, I mean, Rob, it was awesome to be there,

1:44.8

like to have a in-person view of that and what it meant to the players. Like Ben's talking kind of from the fan perspective, but the players' perspective, too. They had been, that group had been going up against the Penguins year after year. It was a big relief for all of them, too, as you could see in their, in their

2:01.5

reactions and their celebrations. And a long-awaited return to the podcast of Ryan,

2:06.2

formerly the producer of our pre-imposed game shows now producing the games themselves.

2:13.3

Billy, you were working with us back then. Again, fan of the team, your whole life.

2:18.2

I mean, this stuff is important to you.

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