The Washington Capitals spent weeks leading up to the playoffs wondering if they could just become healthy. Then on Saturday, when the postseason actually started and the Capitals appeared close to full strength, the injury bug struck again: Starting goaltender Vitek Vanecek got hurt midway through the first period. In his playoff debut.
But the Capitals had enough. They had T.J. Oshie — battling through his own pain, no less.
Oshie scored the game-winning goal in overtime of Washington’s 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs first-round series at Capital One Arena.