Capitals: Top 3 heroes against the Islanders

We’ve been talking plenty about Saturday’s impressive Washington Capitals comeback win over the New York Islanders. Here’s one more.

The Washington Capitals comeback was incredible but was it the biggest comeback of the season. Back in October, the team took on the Vancouver Canucks on the road and overcame a 5-1 deficit only to win it in the shootout round. Pretty cool, right?

Well there was also a game earlier this month that looked like the Washington Capitals were going to drop. Against the San Jose Sharks at Capital One Arena, the Capitals trailed by two goals with under a minute to go.

Making matters worse, the Sharks had just scored an empty net goal. But that didn’t stop Jakub Vrana or…