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Heading into the break, the Caps let a one-goal lead slip away in the third period and very quickly fell into a very deep hole to the Rangers. Tonight’s game seemed destined to go the same way after two quick strikes by the Devils to first tie, then go ahead – but the Caps (led by a resurgent third by Alex Ovechkin) made sure to snag an all-important point
Plus: How about the Caps not letting this one get away from them this time? None of the scrambling we saw pre-break against New York, and they rediscovered their attack game to get the tying goal and hang on for the extra time.
Minus: After a bit of a slow start, the Caps looked good in the first period…but that all went to heck pretty quickly in the second, which started off rough and got rougher when the Devils evened the score on the power play. Repeatedly throughout the middle frame, the Caps found themselves hemmed into their own zone by a Devils team that, once it gets the forecheck going, is hard to slow down.
Caps Player of the Game: Nice to see the captain back on the scoresheet after a lengthy drought, picking up an assist and then adding the all-important game-tying tally in the third. Honorable mention to Logan Thompson, who kept this game close when the Caps were trying their very best to make it not so much.
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