Alexander Semin's OT goal pushes Caps past Rangers

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    Alexander Semin had gone 14 playoff games without a goal, a troubling trend for a Washington Capitals team that has endured too many postseason disappointments in recent years.

    It took almost 80 minutes of hockey in game No. 15 to finally end the drought.

    Semin scored 18:24 into overtime Wednesday night to give the Capitals a 2-1 win over the eighth-seeded New York Rangers in Game 1 of their first-round series, a welcome bit of relief to the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference.

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/recap?gameId=310413023
     

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