Caps look to even up series before coming back to DC
4-19 Game Columbus at Washington Columbus leads 2-1
TV: 730pm NBC Sports Washington, USA Network
Last game: Washington defeats Columbus 3-2 in double ot
Columbus top performers
- Artermi Panerin- goals, assist
- Pierre-Luc Dubois- goal
- Sergei Bobrovsky- 42 saves
Capitals top performers
- Wilson- goal
- John Carlson- goal
- Ovechkin-2 assists
- Eller GWG in double OT
The Caps jumped out to early leads in both Game 1 and Game 2, squandered both leads. The Caps started with a 1-0 lead in Columbus in game 3, however they quickly lost the lead in the first period. The Capitals on a goal by John Carlson would give them the lead before first intermission. The Caps could have left Panarin’s late third period goal shoot them in the foot. But nine minutes into the second overtime Lars Eller would end it, and give the Caps their first win of the series.
Caps lines:
Alex Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana – Nicklas Backstrom – T.J. Oshie
Brett Connolly- Lars Eller – Devante Smith-Pelly
Chandler Stephenson – Jay Beagle – Alex Chiasson
Michal Kempny – John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov – Matt Niskanen
Brooks Orpik – Christian Djoos
Braden Holtby between the pipes
Scratches: Travis Boyd, Andre Burakovsky (upper-body), Shane Gerisch, Madison Bowey, Jakub Jerabek
