NHL Playoff Watch Daily: Predators, Stars continue battle for Central’s final spot

The Pittsburgh Penguins look to punch their ticket to a second-straight Stanley Cup final while the Ottawa Senators look to keep their Cinderella playoff run alive.

Kevin Shattenkirk is new to the Capitals-Penguins rivalry. As a trade deadline acquisition, he has only been with the Caps for about two months. He has not built up a lifetime of hatred for Pittsburgh as have most Caps fans, he does not have painful memories of the series in 2009 or 2016, he has not even had a regular season to accept that fact that he now must hate the Penguins instead of the Chicago Blackhawks like he did in St. Louis. Instead, Shattenkirk brings his own rivalry to this second-round matchup, a personal one between himself and Penguins forward Nick Bonino. “We’ve battled for years in many different ways,” Shattenkirk said. “In practices, on the golf course, there’s plenty of