Article: Pittsburgh, Crosby Win Initial Faceoff; Wretched Start Sinks Caps, Ovechkin

Penguins 5, Capitals 4

The score sheet credited Sidney Crosby with having registered a goal and an assist for the Penguins, and showed Alex Ovechkin with an assist for the Washington Capitals. It didn't make any mention of the big-picture significance of the meeting between the game's top rookies.

A rivalry was born in front of a standing-room-only crowd of 16,978 at Mellon Arena, where Crosby helped the Penguins storm to a four-goal lead, then hang on for a 5-4 victory, despite the best efforts of Ovechkin to procure a different outcome.

"They both played great," Capitals goalie Olie Kolzig said. "This is the first time I've seen Crosby play live, and he's something special. But we've got ...

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