Plus: The kids keep scoring! Ivan Miroshnichenko and Connor McMichael both found the back of the net in the first period tonight, and both tallies were pretty stellar. Miroshnichenko looked particularly good tonight—the physicality in his game was evident whenever he was on the ice.
Minus: Is “everything else” an acceptable answer here? This author says yes.
Caps Player of the Game: Darcy Kuemper’s stat line tonight was not pretty, but we’ll give him the nod simply because the rest of the team left him out to dry. This is somewhat of a pattern for him this season—no offensive support, and no defense to make up for it.