Lars Eller has ended the Caps goal drought. One hundred and seventy seven minutes since their last, the Caps have remembered how to hit the back of the net.
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.@lellerofficial snaps it home to break the drought! #CapsBruins #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/0gVZfEldKS
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) December 29, 2017
Eller, flanked by Brett Connolly and recently demoted Tom Wilson, surged into the offensive zone but did not generate a chance. They kept pressing anyway, with Tom Wilson moving the puck to the slot where Eller tracked it down to beat Boston goalie Anton Khudobin.
It’s Eller’s fifth of the season, and Washington’s first since the late cretaceous period.
Washington’s last goal came early in the third period of the team’s December 22 game in Arizona courtesy of Evgeny Kuznetsov. They were shut out by the Golden Knights, the Rangers, and until Eller’s goal, the Bruins.
The Caps were less than five minutes from setting a franchise record for time without a goal.
From @esbbob of Elias Sports Bureau:
The Capitals record for longest goal drought is 181:15 from Oct. 25, 1989 vs. WPG to Oct. 31, 1989 vs. STL.So Caps could break that this period. https://t.co/gsioHJA1br
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) December 29, 2017
But with Eller’s goal and Alex Ovechkin’s tying tally, the Caps are back and the game is tied.
Life feels good again.
.@ovi8 in the office = impossible to stop. #CapsBruins #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/gc4PDu4hK1
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) December 29, 2017
