In stunning fashion, at least to those in St. Louis, the Washington Capitals rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the defending Stanley Cup champions.
There were many heroes in this game. Martin Fehervary made his NHL and Washington Capitals debut and was presented the hard hat after playing 13:35 and the 19-year old fared well next to Radko Gudas.
There was Alex Ovechkin, who scored Washington’s first goal of the season. Dmitry Orlov, who’s off to a good start now after a down season a year ago. Braden Holtby practically stood on his head to keep the Caps in the game and deserves credit for this win as well.
And then you have Jakub Vrana, one of the biggest priorities of this past offseason in terms of re-signing. There was a reason general manager Brian MacLellan wanted to retain him and it was for his speed and offensive prowess.
The Capitals trailed 2-0 and refused to quit. Alex Ovechkin got the team on the board in the first period and Dmitry Orlov tied it in a second period with much better effort. Then it was Jakub Vrana’s overtime goal which turned out to be the difference.
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Lots of players played well but here is who we believe were the top 3 heroes from the Capitals season opener in St. Louis.