The Washington Capitals could clinch the President’s Trophy for the second straight year with a win over the Toronto Maple Leafs and a Penguins loss.
The Caps scored the game’s only goal against the Leafs in the first period after Lars Eller tallied his twelfth goal of the season. It came off a stunning cycle by the Caps’ third line.
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The @Capitals are running a clinic on cycling the puck this evening. #WSHvsTOR pic.twitter.com/1TCJ1jM670
— NHL (@NHL) April 5, 2017
According to CSN Mid-Atlantic’s Craig Laughlin, this is basically perfect execution of the pinwheel cycle.
Lars passes to Brett Connolly. Connolly passes to Andre Burakovsky. Then Burakovsky passes back to Eller for the one-timer goal.
Beautiful.