The Ducks and Washington Capitals are set to play in the regular-season finale on April 10, and it might take that long to digest their first meeting, a 2-1 shootout win by Washington at Honda Center on Monday.
Goalies John Gibson and Braden Holtby dueled. Ryan Kesler’s line handled its stiffest test yet, and there wasn’t much else that separated the NHL’s hottest team, the Ducks, from the league’s best team, the Capitals.
Here’s what we learned:
Holtby was as good as advertised: Holtby flashed his credentials in the first period with a stop on Sami Vatanen.