TAMPA — All goals count the same on the scoreboard, but for the second game in a row, the Capitals showed how crushing a score in the final seconds of a period can be as a dramatic shift in momentum.
On Friday night, Alex Ovechkin scored with six seconds left in the first period for a 2-0 Washington lead. And on Sunday, the Capitals did it again. They earned a power play with 10 seconds left in the second, then scored with three seconds left for a 4-2 lead.
"It's huge," Capitals forward Brett Connolly said. "It's a big momentum-killer for them.