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It’s a battle for the ages, who will win? The tired but super hot St. Louis Blues coming off their fourth straight win last night or the super injured Washington Capitals coming in off some fresh legs. Fight!
McMichael drew back into the lineup, Protas was promoted to the top line, and Lindgren got the start against his old team.
Here’s tonight’s plus/minus:
Plus: It was easy to stick a fork in the Caps after that horrific first period… but there was plenty of hockey left, and the Caps needed almost every minute to orchestrate a comeback, erasing 3-1 and 4-2 deficits to force overtime.
Minus: For a coach that loves defensive play, Laviolette put Gustafsson-Carlson together for that last handful of games and they were terrible. Why he kept them together so long is a head scratcher. They were on ice for both the Blues first two goals tonight, bringing their total 5v5 goals to three for and seven goals against in their short time together. I don’t think it was a coincidence when Laviolette finally separated them the Caps started to play better.
A few more notes on the game:
Up Next: Caps finally come to the end of a brutal stretch games that started end of October when they play the Colorado Avalanche this Saturday at 7PM.