By now, you've probably watched Joel Ward's series-clinching overtime goal from the Washington Capitals' 2-1 overtime Game 7 victory over the Boston Bruins about 100 times (I wouldn't blame you if you couldn't fall asleep).
But now allow me to show you something a little freaky.
Wednesday in Hershey, Pa., the Caps' AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears, were facing an elimination game of their own. Down 2-0 to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a best-of-five series, a loss would have knocked the Bears out of the Calder Cup Playoffs.
In overtime, Ryan Potulny scored the game-winning goal to lift Hershey to a 4-3 win.
That's not the only coincidence. Take a look at the box scores of the Caps and Bears' game. See a similarity?
Both teams scored game-winning overtime goals just 2:57 into the extra session.
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Now that's what I call synergy. Or something just plain freaky.
Adam Vingan is co-founder and editor of Kings Of Leonsis, a Caps-centric blog. Follow him on Twitter @Adam_KOL and e-mail your story ideas to adamvingan (at) gmail.com.
