Postgame Recap: Islanders 3 Caps 2 OT

  The Islanders were given a gift last night after a horrid call on Nick Backstrom in overtime lead to the game winner by John Tavares with 24 seconds left in the extra session. No discrediting the Islanders I was very impressed by the way their team plays. However, the officials let two calls go right before the call on Backstrom. One where Troy Brouwer was basically tackled in the neutral zone right before OT and they could have call a trip right before Backs got his penalty. Regardless all should have been just let go. Before that it was a great game to watch though the Caps fell short.


Caps/Islanders Highlight:

My Thoughts:


*Alex Ovechkin was good last night with his two powerplay goals. Ovechkin was not a lock to play in this game after leaving practice early on Tuesday but played and played well.

*Jack Hillen and Liam O'Brien returned to the lineup last night. Both played fine though O'Brien didn't see a lot of ice time.

*Nick Backstrom had two assists and played very well, I believe he has been the most consistent forward this season.

*Again I feel that Braden Holtby played a great game. He is doing a great job but the record has not turned around yet. However, if he continues to play well the Caps might be able to make a run.

*Andre Burakovsky is struggling a little bit. Lately he has been turning pucks over in his own zone and is not producing as much offensively. Trotz at times last night put Eric Fehr with Marcus Johansson and Troy Brouwer.

*Still nothing from Evgeny Kuznetsov as he barely plays enough to do anything. I'm not at practices and from what I hear Barry Trotz likes what he's seeing from him just hasn't broken out yet.

*The Caps had a lot of trouble getting puck out of their zone last night. The Islanders forcheck was suffocating and I wish the Caps can do that. I think they will eventually under the Barry Trotz system.

*The Hershey Bears beat Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2-1 in a shootout last night. The Bears got a goal from Stan Galiev and got a strong performance in net from Philip Grubauer.



Whats Next: Fri. Nov. 28th vs. New York Islanders 5 p.m on CSN