Justin Schultz, Garnet Hathaway, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports
The Washington Capitals earned a dominating 6-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres. If we graded the offense, they would get an A+ no doubt for their contributions up and down the lineup.
Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom, Richard Panik, Daniel Sprong, Garnet Hathaway and Alex Ovechkin all lit the lamp for the Caps. Vitek Vanecek got the start in goal and we’ll get to him later in the day with a grade for the goaltending.
Now let’s grade the defense, who helped play solid in front of Vanecek and contribute to the offense’s scoring.