Off this draw, it squirts loose. All-tempo ready, rebound and tight!

Scor! For the first time in his career, Alex Ovechkin has a Stanley Cup playoff,

overtime goal.

There were 44 other opportunities before last night, but on the 45th opportunity to play an overtime game in the playoffs,

which is about the most exciting thing in this sport, Ovechkin continues this season for the ages,

with his first overtime game winner.

The call made by Joe Beninati, along with Craig Lachlan, last night on Monumentals call of Game

1, Joe B, so nice to join us right now. I want to just start with this. When you come out the way the Caps did last night,

and even for someone like me who doesn't know a lot about hockey, it was so obvious that they

were the aggressor, the crowd was into it. And yet, you know, you get to the end of that first 20

minutes and you've just, you've just

got one goal even though you've dominated. Is that a bit of a lift for the opponent?

Sure. Kevin, I thought Martin San Luis team acquitted itself really well by the end of the

night. Montreal didn't have a very good start.

They're the youngest team in the playoffs.

A lot of their guys are experiencing this for the first time,

or very young in their Stanley Cup playoff career.

So to practice and get ready for the Washington Capitals

in game one of the best of seven in a building

like Capital One Arena. Yeah, you can do all you want to try and simulate it, but until you

get into it, you really can't experience it. And the Caps were dominating in the first 10 minutes,

and that's where you, as a Caps fan, you cross your fingers and go, geez, let this be 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 early.

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