PITTSBURGH — Braden Holtby’s teammates ran out of ways to praise him for performances like Monday night’s a long time ago. There are only so many ways to gush about his steadiness, his calm and his general excellence. Especially lately, the refrain has been that Holtby saved them, again.
This run for Holtby has reached unprecedented levels, and he extended it with arguably his most impressive performance against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Consol Energy Center, stopping a season-high 44 shots in a 4-1 Washington Capitals win. Holtby is now 11-0-1 in his last 12 games, at times singlehandedly keeping Washington atop the Metropolitan Division.