UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Easy going. Laid back. Even keeled.
Braden Holtby sounds more like the guy in your dorm who has a peculiar odor and Phish music blaring from his room than one of the best, most unflappable goaltenders in the NHL.
“He’s a really calm guy, smart,” said Nicklas Backstrom, who made Holtby’s 36-save performance in Game 4 matter with an overtime goal that gave the Capitals a 2-1 win and pulled them into a 2-2 tie in this best-of-seven first-round series with the Islanders.
“He’s the guy you want to bring home to your parents a lot.