What is momentum, anyway? The Caps don’t seem to know, as they left Chicago on a high (from a game they definitely should have won, but that’s beside the point) and even dominated stretches of this one but ultimately left the Music City sans points. That’s not what you want to see when, once again, the race in the standings is oh so tight.
Plus: Alex Ovechkin stays hot. We love to see it, old man.
Minus: Coming into tonight’s game, the Caps had killed off every five-on-three power play they’d taken under Spencer Carbery’s rule…that streak came to an end when Roman Josi fired one past Charlie Lindgren with both John Carlson and Hendrix Lapierre in the box (the second power-play goal given up by the Caps in the game). It was bound to end eventually, of course, but it was a cool streak while it lasted.
Honorable mention goes to the loss of Justin Sourdif, who took a puck to the face early in the second and did not return. Heal up quick, Sourds…
Caps Player of the Game: How about the captain with a two-point night!