Another close game, another big win for the Caps – and a deserved one, this time in overtime courtesy of Dylan Strome. Sure, ideally the Capitals would refrain from letting Metro division opponents get points in their wins, but the fact that these games keep going into extra-point territory is just a reminder of how tight this division is (and will likely remain the rest of the season).
The Caps controlled play through most of the first two periods, slipping a little in the third before finding the back of the net in overtime, courtesy of the power play (!