Evgeny Kuznetsov had put all possible questions about his pain threshold to rest by merely taking his first shift of Saturday night’s Stanley Cup finals Game 3 at Capital One Arena. [Alex Ovechkin starts it, DSP ends it, and the Capitals seize a 2-1 Stanley Cup finals lead]“I feel like I can help the team,” Kuznetsov said. After his goal at the 12:50 mark of the second period, Kuznetsov flapped his wings, the customary celebration all postseason. That included a pair of memorable plays in the second period: defenseman Matt Niskanen outskating Vegas’s Shea Theodore to a bouncing puck and picking up another penalty when he was tripped by Fleury. After Ovechkin scored his goal to make it 1-0 just 70 seconds into the second period, Kuznetsov had his best chance of the night after Oshie had sacrificed his body.

Source: Washington Post June 03, 2018 04:14 UTC