After last game’s disappointing finish, given tonight’s opponent and the continued insanity that is the Metro Division/Eastern Conference, the Capitals absolutely needed to get at least a standings point out of this one. They did just that, forcing overtime courtesy of a slick Ryan Leonard backhand swipe to tie the game in the third and making it all the way to the shootout…
Plus: Good on the Caps, particularly Ryan Leonard, for getting that late game-tying goal the team so desperately needed. Too many times lately they’ve been on the other side of that coin.
Minus: With the Caps already missing Aliaksei Protas after he suffered an injury against Ottawa, the last thing you want to see is someone else get hurt – especially Tom Wilson, who has been arguably one of the team’s best players this season and just earned himself a spot at his first Olympics next month. Really didn’t like to see him going down behind the net and needing help to get down the tunnel.
Caps Player of the Game: Stop us if you’ve heard this one before – Logan Thompson singlehandedly kept the Caps in this game when they had no business being in it for most of the night.