Did Alex Ovechkin score? He sure did! And that, friends, is #876.
Plus: Nice to see Connor McMichael get back on the scoresheet tonight, scoring a beautiful goal on an equally beautiful set-up by (who else?) Pierre-Luc Dubois. Nicer to see Dylan Strome, one game removed from snapping his own goalless drought, getting a pair of very important goals for the Caps.
Minus: Tough to narrow it down, between taking too many penalties to giving up too many odd-man rushes to simply not being able to connect passes and establish offensive zone pressure – but we’ll go with the massive momentum swing in the second that saw the Caps go down 3-1 in the second period. Giving up one shorthanded goal is bad; giving up two on the same penalty is downright embarrassing.
Our three stars:
*** Josh Norris (1G, 2A)
** Dylan Strome (2G)
* Thomas Chabot (1G, 1A)