Capitals end Penguins' run, years of heartbreak. Is it their time?

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SportsPulse: The Vegas Golden Knights were never supposed to be here in the first place, but now their shot at a title is becoming more realistic than ever. Our NHL insider Kevin Allen on how this team has done the unthinkable. In a season in which the Washington Capitals were expected to take a half-step backward, they instead have taken a major leap forward. The Capitals, playing without injured center Nicklas Backstrom, downed the nemesis Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 in overtime on Evgeny Kuznetsov's breakaway goal to reach the Eastern Conference final for the first time in the Alex Ovechkin era. They will face the Tampa Bay Lightning. Before the Capitals dispatched the Penguins, winners of back-to-back

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