Plus: Nice to see the power play get rewarded with the big man out of office, with Connor McMichael doing the thing he’s been doing so well this season: crashing the net.
Minus: Really disconcerting to see how the Caps have struggled early on without their captain. Yes, Alex Ovechkin is irreplaceable and you could expect to see an impact on that top line, but coming into this game, Coach Carbery left the other three lines largely in tact and even they struggled. Certainly a testament to the importance of #8 to this squad (as if we didn’t know that by now) but as he’s not coming back for a little while, they’ll need to figure out how to play without him.
Our Three Stars:
*** Connor McMichael (1G)
** Dougie Hamilton (GWG)
* Tomas Tatar (1G, 1A)