In Washington, DC, Nikolaj Ehlers, Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele rallied the Winnipeg Jets from an 0-3 hole to force extra time, but lost on penalty shots to the Capitals, 4-3, on Tuesday night.
Braden Holtby got the win for the Capitals on 30 saves – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“I’m glad we got the point because it’s so critical,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said. “You’d like to win that game. It gets to a shootout. Laurent was just really good and a big piece of us getting to the shootout alone, so I’m hoping these men appreciate the work that they did tonight.”
Braden Holtby got the win on 30 saves.
Alex Ovechkin, Jakub Vrana and Garnet Hathaway scored for the Caps to give them the 3-0 lead.
“When we get that kind of lead, we have to manage the puck right, you know, and we should easily win the game,” Ovechkin said. “But, again, a couple of bad bounces, a couple mistakes and it’s in our net. Obviously, [Holtby] today was unbelievable, all four lines were rolling, and it was fun to watch.”
Ovechkin was credited with the game-deciding goal in the fifth round of penalties.
“[Ehlers’] goal is huge because now we’re talking about completely different things between the second and the third,” Maurice said.
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Laurent Brossoit made 34 saves in the loss.
“In the first, obviously they were all over us,” Brossoit said. “We’ve been a bit slow to get started in a lot of the games the past month. In a lot of them we’ve come back to win.”
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