Wednesday nights matchup between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals will mark the 26th regular season meeting between Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin. Danuel House Jersey . They have at times been considered the two best players in the game, the question is, has their rivalry been rekindled? The NHL season has reached its quarter point and both Crosby and Ovechkin find themselves at the forefront of the scoring race. With 17 goals, Ovechkin is tied with Alex Steen for first, three goals ahead of injured Tampa Bay Lightning forward Steven Stamkos. Crosby meanwhile, shares the overall points lead with Steen as both players currently have 26 on the season. With seven assists added to his goal total, Ovechkin is fourth, two points behind the leaders. In their head-to-head battle, that has also included seven playoff games, Crosby has been the more successful of the two, picking up 43 regular season points and also has 13 more in the postseason. Ovechkin has 46 points in those 32 matchups. All of those playoff games were contested during a heated seven-game series in 2009 that the Penguins eventually captured in final game blowout in Washington. Adding fuel to the fire, the Penguins and Capitals are currently fighting for first place in the Metropolitan Division, with only a single point separating the two teams after 21 games. Last season, they split the two most prestigious post-season awards with Ovechkin being named the Hart Trophy winner as league MVP for the third time in his career while Crosby captured the Ted Lindsay award as most outstanding player as voted by the members of the NHLPA for the second time. Other players have also entered the upper echelon of the NHL to challenge Sidney Crosbys place at the top including Stamkos, New York Islanders forward John Tavares, Anaheim Ducks forward Corey Perry and Crosbys teammate Evgeni Malkin. Has Ovechkins resurgence been enough to add the spark back into the rivalry between himself and Crosby or has everyone moved on to another battle for the top spot in the NHL? Has the rivalry between Crosby and Ovechkin been rekindled? Its Your! Call. Kenny Smith Jersey . The Packers, Lions and Bears were a combined 35-15 and as long as Jay Cutler can say healthy, all three could make the playoffs in 2012. Stitched Rockets Jerseys . When the next inning rolled around Wednesday, though, Nationals manager Matt Williams sent Strasburg to the mound to face the top of the Dodgers order in what would become a 3-2 victory for Washington, the first time this season the No. https://www.cheaprocketsonline.com/657z-luis-scola-jersey-rockets.html . – Team Canadas Brooke Henderson carded a 4-under 67 at Craigowan Golf and Country Club to jump into the lead at the Canadian Womens Amateur Championship on Wednesday.DALLAS -- Tyler Seguin scored three goals and assisted on a fourth in the second period Saturday, leading the Dallas Stars to a 5-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. The game was tied 1-all until Seguin came in on a 2-on-1 rush with Jamie Benn at :39 seconds of the second period. The Stars then scored three times in a span of 1:02 to break the game open. Seguin took a backhand pass from Alex Goligoski to score from the slot at 17:03, and completed his natural hat trick 40 seconds later. He assisted on Valeri Nichushkins goal at 18:05. Seguin leads the Stars with 15 goals. The hat trick was his second this season and third in his 4-year career. He was in his second game back after missing two because of concussion-like symptoms. Dan Ellis made 27 saves to even his record at 3-3, including two victories in a row. He had not allowed fewer than three goals in a complete game this season. The Stars improved to 14-9-5; Philadelphia dropped to 13-14-2 and 2-2 during a six-game road trip. The Flyers played most of the game down a skater after centre Zac Rinaldo drew a game misconduct penalty at 1:15 of the first period. Dallas also was a skater short after centre Vernon Fiddler sustained an upper-body injury in the second period. Rinaldo pounced on Stars left wing Antoine Roussel as he slid past the net, and received 27 minutes in penalties -- a 2-minute instigator minor, a 5-minute major for fighting, a 10-minute misconduct for being the aggressor and the 10-minute game misconduct. Moses Malone Jersey. Roussel was not penalized. The minor and the major gave Dallas 7 power-play minutes. The Stars had several chances against goalie Steve Mason during that time, but couldnt score. Philadelphia broke through at 18:51 when Andrej Meszaros scored his first goal as Stars defenders scrambled to try to protect goalie Dan Ellis. Neither the Stars (0 for 3) nor Philadelphia (0 for 1) scored on their first-period power plays. Mason dived on top of Ray Whitneys shot from the right circle with barely 2 minutes to play in the period. Ray Emery replaced Mason in goal to begin the third period. NOTES: The teams hadnt met in nearly two years, since Philadelphias 4-1 victory at Dallas Dec. 21, 2011. . On their eventful trip, the Flyers endured a bumpy flight into Dallas-Fort Worth Thursday. On Friday, they didnt practice because an ice storm knocked out the power at a rink in Farmers Branch, Texas. ... Flyers forward Vincent Lecavalier missed his third consecutive game because of back spasms. For Dallas, defenceman Trevor Daley missed his first game after going on injured reserve for an ankle injury sustained Thursday at Toronto. Stars left wing Ryan Garbutt returned after missing the Toronto game because of an ankle injury. . Entering the game, the Stars were 1-2-4 in their previous seven home games. They had lost their last six games against Philadelphia dating back to 2008-09. . Philly left wing Scott Hartnell played in his 900th NHL game. ' ' '