The Washington Capitals hadn’t played a game since January 2, so I’m baffled why they looked exhausted against the St. Louis Blues at home on Sunday afternoon. But even an overwhelmed Caps team still have Ovi on it.
Brett Connolly gave the Caps the lead in the first period with a deflection of Alex Ovechkin’s shot, but the Blues scored twice in the second – once on the power play from Vladimir Tarasenko and another at evens from Steen.
The Caps continued to struggle in the third, but a trip by Jay Bouwmeester led directly to Alex Ovechkin’s 27th goal of the season – an Ovi Shot from the Ovi Spot™. That restored the tie, which Lars Eller promptly broke with an excellent goal on transition. A tricky deflection through traffic and credited to Carl Gunnarsson caught Holtby unaware to tie it again with four minutes left. Regulation ended like that. In overtime, Oshie gave Nicklas Backstrom a monster stretch pass, and Backy didn’t squander it.
Caps beat Blues 4-3 in overtime!
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) January 7, 2018
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— Ian Oland (@ianoland) January 7, 2018
Well, the Caps haven’t really been knocking me out with their five-on-five play for a couple weeks now, but it’s hard to argue with the standings. Still, I’d be a happier consumer of their hockey entertainment product if they weren’t, ya know, sloppy as hell.
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