Like betting on the Super Bowl Braden Holtby made 32 saves for the Washington Capitals in a 4-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Second Round at Capital One Arena on Sunday.
Washington, which had a 2-0 lead in the first period, scored the first 2 goals for the fifth time in eight Stanley Cup playoff games, including a 3-2 loss to the Penguins in Game 1 on Thursday.
“We knew we let them back the last game,” Backstrom said. “That was huge. That’s what we wanted to do. That’s a big win for us.”
“We need to have a better start,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “We need more pushback from the drop of the puck. Listen, we knew they were going to come out hard. We’re up 1-0 (in the series) after the first game, we knew they were going to come out hard. We didn’t match the urgency.”
Game 3 of Eastern Conference Second Round at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday (7:30 p.m ET; NBCSN, SN, TVAS2)
By N. Cermak
