Postgame Recap: Caps 5 Lightning 3

 The beginning of the Friday night's was not a good one. Three goals by the Lightning lead Barry Trotz to have to pull Braden Holtby and put in Philip Grubauer. The Caps after that had the best comeback of the season. Behind a 4 goal third period the Caps came back to take two points from the Lightning winning 5-3. (Still no full highlights, not sure why none are being posted lately)

My Thoughts:

*Alex Ovechkin scored two goals to bring him to 9 away from 500, and added two assists. Ovechkin is at 491 goals and was a big part of the comeback with the tying goal and an assist on the game winning goal.

*T.J Oshie also played a big part in the comeback with two goals and two assists as well. It was the chemistry on that first line that just took over the game when it was needed.

*Another big turning point in the game was a big hit that Matt Niskanen had to Lightning forward J.T Brown. The Lightning would get frustrated and take a penalty which lead to the tying goal.

*Also Philipp Grubauer did a very good job in relief, he kept the Caps in the game so that they can make a comeback.

*I was personally very impressed with the emotion the Caps played with. The comeback wouldn't have happened if the team felt sorry for themselves and just said it was a bad night. They kept fighting and scored 4 goals in the third period against the defending Eastern Conference Champions. The Caps are now 3-0 against the Lightning this season.

*Overall it was another win, this time a comeback win. This team is winning in different ways and now find themselves tied with the Stars for the best record in the NHL, and now are six points up on the Rangers for 1st in the Metro and seven up on the Islanders. The Caps still have three games in hand on the Rangers.


What's Next: Sunday Dec. 20th at. New York Rangers 7:00 p.m on CSN