Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin reacts after scoring on Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov as Islanders center Mathew Barzal looks on during the second period of an NHL Eastern Conference Stanley Cup hockey playoff game in Toronto on Friday. Credit: AP/Nathan Denette
There finally was an Ovi sighting in Toronto on Friday night. The question for the Islanders was whether it would spell trouble, or offer another reason to feel good about the state of their first-round playoff series.
As it turned out, it was the latter, after the Islanders absorbed two scoring blows from Alex Ovechkin but still secured a 5-2 victory over the Capitals in Game 2 and took a 2-0 series lead.