Postgame Recap: Caps 1 Oilers 0

 Braden Holtby was steller last night with 33 saves, and a third period goal by Dmitry Orlov was enough to give the Caps win number 14 on the season. Here are the highlights.

My Thoughts:

*Dmitry Orlov had a solid night and his goal was a bullet that beat Anders Nilsson to give the Caps the lead at the 13:28 mark of the third period.

*Orlov's goal was a product of a hard working shift by Michael Latta, Tom Wilson, and Brooks Laich. It was good to see the fourth liners have a shift like that that lead to a huge goal.

*The Caps for the most part slept walked through this game which for me was frustrating but Braden Holtby kept them in the game and really at the end of the day stole the game from the Oilers.

*Overall it was a low scoring game that did not see a ton of action, another big moment was when Nick Backstrom was called for a four minutes high sticking penalty and the PK killed it off which fired up the crowd at the Verizon Center.

*At the end of the day a win is a win no matter if it is ugly or pretty. Again the two points will give them a little bit of space in second in the Metro, they still sit 5 points behind the Rangers who won again last night.


What's Next: Wednesday Nov. 25th vs, Winnipeg 7:00 p.m on CSN