from Thorn Loverro of the Washington Times,

The best chance for a championship parade down Pennsylvania Avenue — unless we get desperate as a community and start holding parades for effort, like the D.C. Council did two years ago with a resolution honoring the Wizards for their 44-win season and second-round playoff defeat — remains the same franchise that has carried the savior burden for several years now.

Ladies and gentlemen, your Washington Capitals.

“We’re still working, and it’s not perfect yet, but I’m pretty sure we’re going to be fine and we’re going to be good,” Alex Ovechkin told reporters after the game.
Oh, yes, Ovechkin — the three-time Hart Trophy winner as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player, who scored a remarkable goal on Saturday night.

“He’s a great player, but I’ve got to make that save to keep us in it,” Devils goaltender Keith Kincaid said. “Teams need a big save from their goaltender late in the game like that, but unfortunately, I couldn’t get it for them.”

That’s why the Capitals remain the best chance for a title. This team plays a game that is more random than any other — a game that, in a seventh and deciding contest, can be decided by one goal that the goalie couldn’t stop, maybe perhaps for once from the best goal scorer of his time.

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