Washington Capitals: Top 3 best moments of 2021 season

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T.J. Oshie, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /

#2 A home win over the Penguins

Feb. 25 was the only home win for the Caps over the Pittsburgh Penguins but it was a good one. The team wore special warmup jerseys for Black History Night. It was two days after they debuted their screaming eagle reverse retro jerseys which unfortunately resulted in an overtime loss.

Tom Wilson, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /

That Thursday night the Caps got revenge in a big way. The Caps took a 1-0 lead with Nicklas Backstrom feeding Nick Jensen, cutting to the net while Jensen fed it right back to Backstrom for the score at 11:20.

In the third period the Caps doubled their lead with T.J. Oshie making perhaps the goal highlight of the year. Stay tuned. Oshie went down the ice, deked around a defenseman, went head first with one hand and scored at 3:18.

The Penguins answered with two goals first from Brandon Tanev shorthanded and then Jake Guentzel for the tie. The Caps answered at 12:40 with a power play goal from Tom Wilson with a slam dunk in front of the net.

Carl Hagelin and Lars Eller put the game away with empty net goals. This was the most impressive Caps home win without fans. With those two moments down there’s one more moment left.

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