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Alex Tuch collected the skittering puck with absolutely nothing between him and the tying goal with two minutes left in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Braden Holtby reacted with pure instinct.
Washingtonâs goalie stretched back and lunged to his right with his stick Matt Breida Jersey , thrusting the paddle into the exact 4-inch slot of air through which Tuchâs shot was headed for the net.
âLuckily it hit me,â Holtby said with a shrug.
The Washington goalieâs coaches and teammates werenât quite so calm about a save that will go down in Capitals history as the key to a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night, evening the series at one game apiece.
The win was the Capsâ first-ever Stanley Cup Final victory â and the save might be a catalyst to even bigger things.
âTo me, it was the hockey gods,â Washington coach Barry Trotz said. âThey evened it up from the last game. Great save. You could see the emotion on our bench. Once he made that save, I knew we were going to win the game.â
Holtby made 37 saves, but he got help from earthly sources as well. Alex Ovechkin scored a power-play goal, his first in a Final, Brooks Orpik ended a personal 220-game goal drought with the eventual winner, and Lars Eller added a goal and two assists.
âWe refocus and pick each other up and thatâs a sign of a good team Michael Pierce Jersey ,â Holtby said. âThatâs one of our strengths.â
Game 3 is Saturday night in Washington. The Caps are just 4-5 at home in the postseason, but theyâll ride a wave of momentum after going into the Golden Knightsâ daunting home arena and taking away home-ice advantage in Washingtonâs first Stanley Cup Final in 20 years.
After getting battered in the Knightsâ 6-4 series-opening win, Holtby made several big saves throughout Game 2, coming up particularly big while Washington killed a 5-on-3 disadvantage for 1:09 earlier in the third period. He capped his energetic performance with that jaw-dropping stick save on Tuch with 1:59 to play.
âHolts just makes the save of the year,â Washington forward Jay Beagle said. âMaybe the save of a lifetime. Itâs unreal.â
The T-Mobile Arena crowd was stunned, but after several months of watching this expansion team push through every obstacle, the Knights couldnât get around Holtbyâs stick.
âThank God heâs our goalie,â Ovechkin said. âHeâs over there when we need him, and it was probably the save of the year for sure.â
Washington overcame another big blow when it lost leading scorer Evgeny Kuznetsov to an upper-body injury in the first period after a big hit from Vegas defenseman Brayden McNabb, but the Caps avoided any hotheaded retaliation and concentrated on a gritty effort that was enough to even the series.
James Neal and Shea Theodore scored and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 23 shots for the upstart Knights Joe Flacco Jersey , who couldnât summon their usual clutch magic, even with lengthy man advantages. Thanks to Holtbyâs 15 saves, Vegas finally went scoreless in the third for the first time in six periods in this series.
Washington handed the Golden Knights only their second home defeat â the first in regulation â in Vegasâ nine postseason games.
âI think itâs really important that we take a step back and take a deep breath and know that youâre not going to win this series in two games,â Vegas defenseman Nate Schmidt said. âWeâre a special group. We can go out and win games on the road. Weâve done it all playoffs.â
So have the Capitals, who improved to 9-3 on the road after two games in this frequently chaotic series.
The Caps have made the playoffs in 13 of 19 seasons since their only other trip to the Final in 1998, but hadnât managed to get their fans back to the final round until this year. Capital One Arena in downtown Washington was packed with red-clad fans watching Game 2 on the videoboards.
The temperature on the Las Vegas Strip spiked to triple digits in the hours before Game 2, likely making it the hottest Final game in NHL history. But the heat didnât fry the spirits of the fans who filled the plaza next to the arena to capacity before the puck dropped, continuing this gambling meccaâs fanatical support of its first major pro sports team.
Shortly after Neal opened the scoring for Vegas in Game 2, Kuznetsov went straight to the dressing room after absorbing a high check from McNabb. The game immediately took on a nastier tone, and the teams played 4-on-4 hockey moments later after a prolonged scrum led to two penalties.
Trotz gave no postgame update on Kuznetsovâs condition.
â(That hit) galvanized us as a group Emmanuel Lamur Jersey ,â Trotz said. âThis group has learned so much. Theyâve gotten so resilient. This group has had everything thrown at them, and they just say, `You know what? Weâre going to push on.ââ
Washington attacked and evened it shortly afterward with a goal from Eller, who had failed to hit an open net on a rushed play for a potential tying goal late in Game 1.
Washingtonâs excellent power play finally got a chance early in the second period, and Ovechkin scored a vintage goal with his powerful shot from a sharp angle. The Russian superstar led the NHL with 49 goals in the regular season and added 12 more in the Eastern Conference playoffs before scoring the first Stanley Cup Final goal of his 13-year, 1,121-game NHL career.
The Caps then got a thoroughly unlikely contribution from Orpik, whose deflected shot bounced fortuitously off the ice and beat Fleury. The gr San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from allegations that he attacked his then-girlfriend in their home in February.
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for May 17, at which point Fosterâs former girlfriend, Elissa Ennis Patrick Omameh Jersey , may testify under oath.
Ennis has recanted the allegations that led to the domestic violence case. Foster has been charged with domestic violence with an allegation that he inflicted great bodily injury, forcefully attempting to prevent a victim from reporting a crime, and possession of an assault weapon.
The 28-year-old woman initially told police that Foster dragged her by her hair, physically threw her out of their house, and punched her in the head eight to 10 times. She later issued a statement through her attorney saying her injuries were the result of a fight with another woman.
Prosecutor Jim Dermertzis has said the district attorneyâs office will continue to prosecute the case against Foster even if Ennis does not cooperate with the investigation.
If convicted of all charges, Foster could face up to 11 years in prison. Foster remains a member of the 49ers although the team hasnât allowed him to participate in the offseason program while his case is ongoing.
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