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Recap: Sorry Mike! Caps Clip Wings 3-2 in Shootout

It took a shootout to settle Mike Green's homecoming to Washington as the Capitals clipped the Detroit Red Wings 3-2.

Sixty minutes wasn't enough on Tuesday as the Washington Capitals downed the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in a shootout on a night that saw a heartfelt Jumbotron tribute to Mike Green, an Ovechkin goal, and some not-half-bad goaltending.

Here's Tuesday night's Plus/Minus:

  • Plus: Trotz claimed the Capitals were comfortable playing for a shootout, and boy does it sure seem like it. With the clinical deadliness of T.