After last game’s disappointing finish, given tonight’s opponent and the continued insanity that is the Metro Division/Eastern Conference, the Capitals absolutely needed to get at least a standings point out of this one. They did just that, forcing overtime courtesy of a slick Ryan Leonard backhand swipe to tie the game in the third and making it all the way to the shootout…
Plus: Good on the Caps, particularly Ryan Leonard, for getting that late game-tying goal the team so desperately needed. Too many times lately they’ve been on the other side of that coin.
Minus: With the Caps already missing Aliaksei Protas after he suffered an injury against Ottawa, the last thing you want to see is someone else get hurt – especially Tom Wilson, who has been arguably one of the team’s best players this season and just earned himself a spot at his first Olympics next month.