The puck bounced, flipped, dangled and dropped among some Washington Capitals players’ sticks in their defensive zone. Nobody could quite get possession of it, and the Nashville Predators eventually took advantage, setting up the ninth and final goal of the night.
The game-winning goal was very fitting for a game that saw much stranger ways to score, a mixture of unlucky puck bounces combined with plays some individual players surely want back.
Washington erased a two-goal deficit thanks in part to a Predators own goal and took a lead into the second intermission, but sloppy play allowed the Predators to come back and win, 5-4.