The Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs met Saturday night in DC in a fixture that many expected to be quite the barn burner. It wasn’t exactly that, but I think you’d still be hard pressed to find a more enjoyable to watch hockey game on TV this weekend.
Chandler Stephenson opened the scoring only 18 seconds into the first period. Kasperi Kapanen tied the game with a deflection early in the second before Evgeny Kuznetsov put the Caps back up one on the power play. Par Lindholm tied things back up before we headed to the third frame.
Josh Leivo gave the Leafs their first lead of the night on the man advantage and Auston Matthews extended said lead.
Leafs beat Caps 4-2.
Nicklas Backstrom's favorite player quote on Evgeny Kuznetsov in awesome graphic form pic.twitter.com/BKEvv4Ijmt
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) October 14, 2018
Alex Ovechkin's big hit on Nazem Kadri pic.twitter.com/Sjua2R1pjQ
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) October 13, 2018
These are the biggest nachos I’ve ever seen #ALLCAPS @russianmachine pic.twitter.com/QOPQ9SvURm
— dlayphoto (@dlayphoto) October 13, 2018
#JoeBSuitOfTheNight #CapsLeafs It's a fuschia tie for Hockey Night in Washington pic.twitter.com/VnSmnPVifn
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) October 13, 2018
Next up for the Caps on Wednesday is their first date of the season with the New York Rangers. Handsome goalie duel incoming.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Leafs
Headline photo: Patrick Smith
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