Watch live: Bruins aiming for No. 2 in Atlantic

Something which has long confounded me about the NHL is why so many teams are willing to put themselves in the playoff conversation (often through media proxies, but not always) if they’re five or six points out of the playoffs at the start of February. On some level, it’s easy to say it’s because so

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Pittsburgh Penguins took a commanding 2 game lead against the Capitals in the second round of the NHL playoffs on Saturday night. The Penguins faithful gathered outside the steps of the National Portrait Gallery, which is opposite of the Verizon Center, to celebrate the win and trolled the Capitals with an absolutely savage banner. Brutal. The Capitals haven’t made it past the second round of the NHL playoffs since 1998, a fact that they’re very well aware of. The Capitals and Penguins meet again in Game 3 on Monday night.