Capitals vs. Bruins Recap: Ovechkin in Overtime

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports In Alex Ovechkin’s return to the lineup the Capitals downed the Bruins 4 to 3 in overtime courtesy of their captain’s game winning goal

Here’s Saturday night’s Plus/Minus:

Plus: Nicklas Backstrom continued his excellent start to the season, adding a goal and an assist to his team leading 12 points.

Minus: Washington was outshot in all three periods of play.

Nine more notes on the game:

Boston started the contest much better than the Capitals and Vitek Vanecek had to be sharp early. His strong play is what kept the Bruins off the board early.

Washington would end up striking first at 18:06. Backstrom stole the puck from Patrice Bergeron at the blue line and rifled a…