Washington Capitals: Top 10 greatest moments of 2020

#8 Vancouver comeback

This was one of Washington’s biggest comebacks of the season. After Evgeny Kuznetsov put the Caps up 1-0, the Vancouver Canucks answered with five unanswered goals. Kuznetsov got the goal off a pass from Jakub Vrana after the Canucks had two turnovers. They got them from a power play strike from Brock Boeser and a shorthander from Tim Schaller before the first period was over.

The Canucks added three goals in the second period from Elias Pettersson, Tim Schaller, and Jake Virtanen before the Caps mounted their comeback. It started when Kuznetsov got a buzzer beater with his second goal before the second period expired.

The Caps were shorthanded early in the third period but Garnet Hathaway fed Lars Eller for a goal that got them closer. Michal Kempny would then add two goals for his best offensive game of the season. Kempny’s first goal came on a shot from downtown. Kempny’s second also came from downtown to tie the game.

Both teams wouldn’t score at regulation or overtime which made the contest go into a shootout. Boser missed in the first round while T.J. Oshie scored. Pettersson tied it in the next round. Kuznetsov was unsuccessful as was Tanner Pearson. It set up Nicklas Backstrom for a chance to win the game and he did just that.