Plus: Connor McMichael played great, congrats to Taylor Raddysh on his first career playoff point…but this is all about Logan Thompson, who was The Reason the Caps emerged from the third unscathed and from the game with a 2-0 series lead.
Minus: About that third period…once again, the Habs hung around and hung around until deciding to turn up the heat late in the game, and it was only thanks to Logan Thompson that the lead held this time. It’s hard to play with the level of physicality the Caps have adopted for this series for a full 60 minutes, so it’s understandable that the energy might taper off as the game goes on, but the Caps need to figure out how to ration that energy and not let the Habs linger. That will be even more important as they head up to Montreal and lose the advantage of favorable line-matching.
Our three stars:
*** Sam Montembeault (29 saves)
** Connor McMichael (2G)
* Logan Thompson (25 saves)
Up next: The Caps hit the road as the series swings to Montreal for the first of two at Bell Centre Friday night.