In a battle between the NHL’s best home and road teams it was the visiting Capitals upending the Avalanche 3 to 2 at Ball Arena.
Here’s Monday night’s Plus/Minus:
Plus: Johan Larsson has points in four straight games (1G, 4A).
Minus: Cale Makar’s visor mount.
Game notes:
- Garnet Hathaway got the Capitals on the scoreboard and tallied his 100th career NHL point four minutes into the contest. Breezing through the neutral zone Hathaway walked around Jack Johnson before rifling his shot past Darcy Kuemper’s best effort.
- Washington needed to kill a penalty shortly thereafter and were led in doing so by Ilya Samsonov.