Washington Capitals: Top 10 greatest moments in franchise history

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Lars Eller, Washington Capitals (Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images) /

#8 Lars Eller keeps the Stanley Cup run alive

This moment was important and made this list for one reason only, if the Caps weren’t going to win this game there wouldn’t be a Stanley Cup and there might not even be a top 10 moments list.

The Caps were down 2-0 in their first round series against the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2018, dropping both games at home and heading into Columbus for some must win games.

Tom Wilson got the Caps on the board first in the second period with a goal at 5:52. The Blue Jackets tied it with a goal from Pierre-Luc Dubois. The Caps took the lead at 14:43 with a power play goal from John Carlson.

The Blue Jackets tied it at 4:12 in the second period with a goal from Artemi Panarin. Panarin’s goal would force overtime but little did we know it would take two stressful overtimes to finally decide the winner.

In the second overtime it was Lars Eller with the most beautiful, ugly goal you’ll ever see. On a shot from Brett Connolly, Eller was there to rebound the puck in and keep Washington’s season alive.

We all know what happened after that goal and we’ll get to that later.

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