After a knock-down, drag-out first period — perhaps in the most literal sense for Alex Ovechkin who was the recipient of some friendly fire that sent him into concussion protocol courtesy of T.J. Oshie — Nicklas Backstrom got on the scoreboard first for Washington in the waining seconds of their lone powerplay. Forty-eight seconds later Nazem Kadri responded and we head to period number two tied up at one-apiece...