from Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post,
The old standards about their luck and their fortitude no longer apply. Lock them in a cabinet. Keep them in a scrapbook. Don’t tell your kids what it once was like to root for this team.
Yes, it’s only one exchange, and Friday was only one game, and we don’t know what will happen to them the rest of this series against the Tampa Bay Lightning. But we know the Capitals have a thorough 4-2 victory in the opener, and we know it was built on an exchange the likes of which the Capitals have never seen so deep in the postseason.
“Obviously,” Holtby said, “a turning point in the game.”
Distilled, it was this: The Lightning scored the tying goal. The referees (rightly) took it away. The Capitals scored two seconds later. It’s essentially first-and-goal from the 1 — and Washington returned an interception 99 yards.
Create an Account
In order to leave a comment, please create an account.