This Time Caps Win in Overtime 6-5!
By Rodger M. WoodThe Caps suddenly start playing their kind of hockey after the Canadiens went ahead 4-1 in the third period of Game 2 of the playoffs.They started passing the puck and skating up middle ice, played hyper aggressively in the offensive zone, and put heat on and wore down the elder Habs defensive crew of Hamrlik, Bergeron, Gill, and Spacek.In rapid succession, Backstrom, Ovechkin, and Backstrom again beats Montreal goaltender, Jaroslav Halak on high shot goals to tie the game up 4-4.After the Canadiens went ahead 5- 4 late in the 3rd period, the Caps didn’t let up. 20 – year old Caps defensemen John Carlson scored the equalizer with less than 3 minutes to go in regulation and at 31 seconds of sudden death overtime, Niklaus Backstrom won the game with a hat trick goal, 6-5.Hey Montreal soothsayers! Do you still think you should bring your blooms to the 4th game Wednesday because you’re not going to sweep our young Caps in 4 games like you predicted. And I always thought Montreal writers and fans were the expert hockey folks, but now I am having second thoughts. See ya Monday in Montreal!
