Did Alex Ovechkin score? No, but neither did anyone else so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Plus: Darcy Kuemper tripping Pierre-Luc Dubois was kind of funny. Charlie Lindgren made some good saves. Um…other than that, the lone positive is probably that we don’t have to watch the Kings again unless the two teams happen to meet in the final round of the playoffs.
Minus: This game was close until it wasn’t, but the Kings’ stifling play (some might even say downright mind-numbingly, staggeringly, put-you-to-sleep, make-you-pray-for-death boring…not us, of course, but some might) kept the Caps at bay long enough for the home team to snag a couple of tallies early in the third, and that was all it took.
Our three stars:
*** Charlie Lindgren (24 saves)
** Kevin Fiala (1G, 1A)
* Darcy Kuemper (21-save shutout)