Coming in having dropped four of their last six, the Washington Capitals looked to reverse their fortunes on home ice against their perennial Eastern Conference rivals, the Tampa Bay Lightning. In a back-and-forth contest that came down to the game’s final moments, Washington got off the schneid and picked up the 4-3 victory.
Here’s Thursday’s night’s Plus/Minus:
Plus: John Carlson’s scoring barrage was a marked turnaround for the blue-liner after having scored just one goal in his prior seventeen games.
Minus: The Caps didn’t make it easy at the end, with over five minutes of having six skaters on for Tampa, Washington was hemmed into their defensive zone for the latter quarter of the period and needed every bit of effort they could muster to pick up the win.