WASHINGTON, D.C.—If you were attempting to invent a crisis to dampen the giddy, early success of this Maple Leafs season, maybe you could have turned the spotlight on Frederik Andersen. But Andersen said before Tuesday’s win that he wasn’t concerned with his out-of-the-gate numbers, that his self-analysis suggested he was playing better than his stats suggested. “It’s nice to get a game like this.” In other words, so much for that invented crisis, at least for now. Between that loss and Tuesday’s win, mind you, the dynamic between the teams has have taken a dramatic swing. The Capitals, a year older and a few pieces weaker, spent the lead-up to Tuesday casting themselves as underdogs to the emergent Leafs.

Source: thestar October 18, 2017 02:22 UTC