The Washington Capitals were outgunned and out-hustled in the first period against the New York Islanders. It felt like every dangerous chance came off of an Isles player’s stick. And then, with under a minute to go in the period, good ol’ Canadian Boy Brooks Laich shook things up.
Laich chased Jay Beagle’s seemingly harmless dump-in and won a battle behind the net. Laich’s tenacious forecheck created chaos, then a turnover. Once he got to the puck, Laich threw a beautiful pass to Marcus Johansson, skating hard to the slot. Mojo buried it.
What a shot.
That was the fifth playoff goal of Johansson’s career. Caps: ride that momentum and turn things around in the second period, please.
Earlier we created emoji for every Caps player, including the goal-scorer http://t.co/BFMkS3UJrY pic.twitter.com/cgfZiXW2tp
— RMNB (@rmnb) April 15, 2015
