Trailing the Capitals by three goals early in the second period, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said he thought the game could go one of two ways.
The first would be the direction the Penguins took over the three previous games, a multi-score loss with too many goals allowed. The other way — and the route things ended up heading — was a fierce comeback ending in a wild 8-7 win.
The tide began to turn early in the second period and, oddly enough, may have been sparked by a couple of Penguins’ trips to the penalty box.