ESPN.com · Apr 28, 2016
More on the line this time for Crosby, Ovechkin
Who will win the playoff battle of Sidney Crosby versus Alex Ovechkin in the second round? Barry Melrose and Scott Burnside each select a winner. (3:25)Surely, after all this time, we're past describing this as a schoolyard battle over which kid is toughest or coolest or best.
Surely, after all of the hardware and the successes and, yes, disappointments and nagging doubts, this second-round Stanley Cup playoffs series between the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins -- which starts at 8 p.m. ET Thursday at the Verizon Center in Washington -- is far richer than the simple narrative of who's better, Alex Ovechkin or Sidney Crosby.
Right?