"Shortly after the Canadiens had cut down the Capitals' first two-goal lead of the game, Wilson's line had the Habs hemmed in their own zone with just over five minutes left in the second period. Wilson then trucked Montreal's Jake Evans along the boards, creating a gap in coverage for Jakob Chychrun to expose and blast home a shot that put the Caps back ahead by two."
""All these different momentum swings through the game, and you know you're going to face those when you go on the road, and you're going to have to work your way through those," head coach Spencer Carbery said postgame. "You're going to lose momentum, you're going to give up a goal, [but] how do you respond? I think we continued through the night to respond when, all of a sudden, the building came alive, and we lost momentum.""
Tom Wilson used physicality to shift momentum in the Capitals' 8-4 road win over Montreal. A hit on Jake Evans with just over five minutes left in the second period opened coverage for Jakob Chychrun to score and put Washington ahead by two. Head coach Spencer Carbery emphasized the team's responses to momentum swings and road adversity. The hit was ruled clean by on-ice officials and the NHL Department of Player Safety; Evans left the game after 12:19 of ice time. Wilson engaged after exchanges involving Josh Anderson and Alex Ovechkin and impacted the game without registering a point.
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