The Washington Capitals were skating weary last night -- and handed the lowly Maple Leafs a 2-1 victory.
Caps goaltender Semyon Varlamov, who stopped 38 of 39 shots, was a bright spot in the game, -- and Alex Ovechkin moved into a tie for second place in the NHL in goals by scoring his 16th.
"We looked pretty tired," coach Bruce Boudreau lamented to the Washington Times. "Sometimes it is a bad one point and sometimes there is a good one point. I thought we were lucky to come away with one."
The team was missing seven regular skaters -- Alexander Semin, Mike Knuble, Boyd Gordon, Tom Poti, Shaone Morrisonn,Quintin Laing, Milan Jurcina. And they were playing the second in-a-row night.
But the Maple Leafs were in control during much of the playing time, and the score might have been worse for the Caps if Varlamov had not been so impressively sharp.
And even though Ovechkin scored the Cap's lone goal, he opined that he was not happy with how he played. "We didn't move our legs [including] me," he explained. "I'm not happy how I play today. I'm not happy how my line play today. We score one goal, but we have to score more. We have more ice time than everybody, so we have to use it. We had a couple of chances on the power play, we don't score."
This was the Maple Leafs first in six games. Niklas Hagman, who had scored in regulation, beat Semyon Varlamov with a back-hander.
With a day off, the Capitals next play the Senators on Monday. Sphere: Related Content
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