As he seemingly ran out of room to do anything with the puck, Kuznetsov noticed Oilers goaltender Cam Talbot was a little off the post, so Kuznetsov tried to slide the puck under the pad. Evgeny Kuznetsov with the magic hands to give the Caps a huge late third period cushion. Against Vancouver on Thursday and Edmonton on Saturday, Kuznetsov combined for 11 shots on goal, more than he had in the first seven games combined. Kuznetsov has tallied at least one point in nine of the Capitals’ 11 games so far, but as Ovechkin cooled slightly with one goal in the past six games, Kuznetsov started to provide the goal-scoring on his line. Last season started slowly for him; it took him 25 games to score 12 points, his current total after 11 games.

Source: Washington Post October 29, 2017 15:04 UTC