Washington (AP)-Alex Ovechkin Scored the First Playoff OverTime Goal Of His Nhl Career to Give the Washington Capitals a 3-2 Victory Over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of their First-Round Playoff Series on Monday Night.
Washington (AP)-Alex Ovechkin Scored the First Playoff OverTime Goal Of His Nhl Career to Give the Washington Capitals a 3-2 Victory Over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of their First-Round Playoff Series on Monday Night.
Fresh Off Breaking Wayne Gretzky’s Record For the Most Goals in League History 15 Days earlier, Ovechkin’s Second of the Game 3:26 INTO OTOLLOWDED The Eastern Conference Top-SEDED CAPITALS to Escape After Blowing A Two-Swalal Third-Pereat Lead.
“A Goal is a Goal,” said overchkin, who was his first 44 Playoff Overtime Games with Scoring the Winner. “IT doesn’t.
Before Letting it Slip Away, they spent Much of the Night Bullying The Smaller, Less Experienceed Canadiens with one Big Hit after Another. That was part of a concept age to finish crecks, and the captals haad 42 hits with 14 of 18 skats registering at least one.
“Everybody Was Hitting,” Said Ovechkin, Who Led the Way with Seven. “All Our Guys Get Invtud in the Physical Game.”
The Physicality Help Washington Tilt The Ice, with Ovechkin Scoring on the Power Play Late in the First Perod and Setting up anthony beauvillier’s Goal in the Second.
But it was foot from easy.
Pierre-Luc Dubois’ Penalty Paved the Way for Cole Caufield to Start Montreal’s Comback Bid with 9:28 Left in Regulation. The captals tried to Hold on, and a defensive-zone mess allowed nick suzuki to tie it with 4:15 left on a shot into a wide-line net after Goaltender Logan Thompson Slid Out of the Crease.
Fortunately for them, Ovechkin Scoring Gave them a 1-0 series lead-Washington’s First Playoff Victory Since May 7, 2022.
“Obviously Sat Back A Bit Too Much in the Third,” said Dylan Strome, Who Had Two Assists. “But a Win’s a Win, Take it and Move on.”
Thompson Finished with 33 Saves in His First Nhl Game Action SINCE Getting Injred When a Shot Disldged His MASK April 2 at Carolina.
“LT Was Great,” Strome SAID. That save i Remember in the first period on suzuki on the 2 on 1. … it was a huge at the time to Kind of Keep Our Momntum Going and I Love him Game.
At the other end of the ice, sam Montembeaolt was arguably the canadiens’ best player, stocking 29 of the 31 shots he face in his stanley CUP Playoff Debut.
“In TERMS of What We Tried to Do Out The Tonight, I Felt It Was a Pretty Good First Game,” Coach Martin St. Louis said. “There was a Lot of Good Stuff.
UP Next
Game 2 is wedding Night in Washington Before the series shifts to Montreal for Games 3 and 4 Fried and Sunday.
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Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press
