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April 27th, 2009, 07:02 AM
4/27/90:
Washington right wing John Druce scores the winning goal in overtime to give the Capitals a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers, ending their Patrick Division Stanley Cup playoff series in five games. The clinching marker tops off a stunning sequence for Druce, who scores in each game in this series, nine goals in all, including a three-goal hat trick in Game 2 and two goals each in Games 3 and 4. The victory pushes the Caps into their first-ever Prince of Wales Conference final-round series, where the magic finally runs out and they lose to Boston.
B I R T H D A Y S
Enos Slaughter b. 1916
Lee Roy Jordan b. 1941
Keith Magnuson b. 1947
George Gervin b. 1952
Herman Edwards b. 1954
Washington right wing John Druce scores the winning goal in overtime to give the Capitals a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers, ending their Patrick Division Stanley Cup playoff series in five games. The clinching marker tops off a stunning sequence for Druce, who scores in each game in this series, nine goals in all, including a three-goal hat trick in Game 2 and two goals each in Games 3 and 4. The victory pushes the Caps into their first-ever Prince of Wales Conference final-round series, where the magic finally runs out and they lose to Boston.
B I R T H D A Y S
Enos Slaughter b. 1916
Lee Roy Jordan b. 1941
Keith Magnuson b. 1947
George Gervin b. 1952
Herman Edwards b. 1954