Watch: Ovechkin, Kunitz trade PPGs in dizzying start to Game 5

Visions of 2009.

The Capitals, Penguins, and their power plays were shot from a cannon in Game 5, setting the tone for a contest that resembles the high-scoring, superstar-driven postseason wars the clubs waged previously.

Though it was officially the Capitals' first recorded shot, Alex Ovechkin's goal scored eight seconds into the team's first opportunity on the man advantage was a culminating moment for the home side, which immediately tilted the ice on goaltender Matt Murray.

With Ovechkin's leaner, and because they're winners of their last five playoff home games where the captain has scored, the Capitals appeared off and running in an elimination game.

But after Nicklas Backstrom took an interference penalty, Chris Kunitz cleaned up the Capitals' crease, scoring the Penguins' first power-play goal of the series just three minutes later.