A call went in the favor of the Washington Capitals the previous game. How would the Caps take this momentum in the next game? Their team captain Alex Ovechkin had a third period goal for the ages and shifted the momentum on Washington’s side.
The first period was scoreless but the Caps got a late power play that would serve them well the next period after Evgeni Malkin was called for tripping. 48 seconds into the second period John Carlson blasted one from the point to put the Caps up 1-0.