After allowing an embarrassing shorthanded goal, the Capitals have struck back with a weird one off the enchanted hockey stick of Nicklas Backstrom with a kismetic bounce off Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.
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.@backstrom19 CALLED BANK! #CapsJackets #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/A0Ij21K2wF
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 21, 2018
Matt Calvert scored a shorthanded goal after Alex Ovechkin turned the puck over to Seth Jones in the offensive zone.
Seth Jones forces turnover
Matt Calvert scores shorthanded on the 2-on-1 break
1-0 Blue Jackets.
This marks the first time they've scored first in the series. pic.twitter.com/TRaPT2apnd— Ian Oland (@ianoland) April 21, 2018
It happened. It sucked. We have forgotten about it.
Our attention turns to Nicklas Backstrom, behind the Blue Jackets net 13 minutes into the first period.
Backstrom stabs the puck off of Sergei Bobrovsky’s paddle. The puck soars skyward, then bounces off Bob’s back and banks into the back of the net.
That was too weird. Nicky had to laugh.
Congrats to Backstrom on “scoring” his first “goal” of the playoffs as well as Chandler Stephenson and Michal Kempny on their first career playoff points.
Chandler Stephenson recorded an assist on Backstrom's goal, his first career playoff point. Three rookies have recorded a point in the playoffs for the Capitals (Jakub Jerabek, Jakub Vrana each with an assist).
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) April 21, 2018
Michal Kempny also recorded an assist on Backstrom's goal, his first career playoff point.
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) April 21, 2018
