The Capitals’ 4-3 shootout win against the Red Wings was a wild one, to put it mildly.
First, it seemed like the Caps had the win in the bag being up 3-1 with less than two minutes left in the game…until the hockey gods gave the Red Wings two lucky-bounce goals to tie it up.
When overtime proved not enough to decide a winner, it went to the shootout, which the Caps have been notoriously horrible at all season long…and somehow they scored on all three of their attempts to take the win. None of those attempts were as important as Nic Dowd’s.