Hi folks, it's your friendly Emergency Backup Recapper tonight. I got called into service about 8 minutes into the game and thought the start time was 8:00 pm eastern. What I'm saying is you should totally expect a thorough and precise recap of every single play.
1st period
Fortunately for me it seems very little happened in the first few minutes. Brooks Orpik got called for delay of game but not much came of the Leafs power play.
The Caps honoured Brooks Laich with this video tribute (warning for autoplay) and I came in just as he was acknowledging the crowd.