UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Evgeny Kuznetsov downplayed his feat after the game, a flood of spotlights and a number of microphones stuck in his face, and even a day later, when his two goals were but a memory, his feelings remained a mystery.
“I have this questions every day,” Kuznetsov said on Friday, roughly a half hour after the Washington Capitals wrapped up practice at Nassau Coliseum. “I never talk about my game, but I feel much better when we got two points in the regular season or we win the playoff.”
Kuznetsov has long been a mystery himself, having finally joined the Capitals last spring after five seasons playing for HC Traktor, the KHL team in his Russian hometown of Chelyabinsk.