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Kasperi Kapanen's goal in double OT lifts Toronto Maple Leafs past Washington Capitals 4

Kasperi Kapanen goal in double OT lifts Toronto Maple Leafs past Washington Capitals 4 3, series tied 1 1Lance Hornby, Postmedia NetworkToronto Maple Leafs' Kasperi Kapanen, right rear, celebrates his goal that beat Capitals netminder Braden Holtby while Toronto defenceman Connor Carrick raises his stick during the second overtime of Game 2 of their first round playoff series in Washington on Saturday night.

They'll go home with the split they so badly wanted, taking the bigger, more seasoned, first place Capitals to double overtime and emerging as 4 3 winners on the second of Kasperi Kapanen's first two NHL playoff goals.

With the Capitals trying to get into beast mode early after starting slow and nearly losing the series opener in OT to underdog Toronto, they came into Game 2 intending to bring out the heavy equipment at home, being physical and grinding the smaller Leafs into the ice.

"We're going to give them a run for their money," Kapanen said of the Presidents' Trophy winners, who entered the playoffs vowing to erase a line of spring flops.

The loss of veteran defenceman Roman Polak in the second period with a season ending ankle injury injury put more heat on the young Leafs, who had to rely on blueliners Martin Marincin, Connor Carrick and Morgan Rielly, all in their first NHL playoffs with six other Toronto forwards. Rielly and Jake Gardiner played 40 plus minutes when Polak went out in the second period, Matt Hunwick 35:19.

"For the next game, we have young legs and a great training staff," Rielly said. "We'll be ready.

"Going home, we look forward to it. We have the best fans in the world and the opportunity to play two home games (Monday and Wednesday) with getting a split here. You can't ask for anything more."

Kapanen ended it at 11:53 of the second overtime, hitting an empty net after a beauty Brian Boyle backhand pass from behind the other side of the cage. Matt Martin had an assist, too, as Toronto's fourth line matched the OT goal by Washington's pluggers in Game 1.

The Leafs came back after the Polak injury on goals by Kapanen and Rielly (also his first playoff goal) to take a 3 2 lead. Nicklas Backstrom tied it late in the third as Washington's top line finally arrived in the series. Alex Ovechkin answered a James van Riemsdyk goal, but was stopped by Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen in the last minute of the first overtime on a breakaway. It was one of 47 Andersen saves, while Braden Holtby made the same. All night, the 19,000 capacity Verizon Center was jangling.

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The back to back overtimes on the road were the first for the Leafs in a series since splitting at Boston Garden in 1933,replica van necklace.

"We're going to get better and better as this series goes on," Leafs head coach Mike Babcock said.

That will be hard from an own zone perspective without Polak, another injury on defence they can ill afford. With Nikita Zaitsev already on the sidelines, though skating on his own after a suspected concussion, the club lost a player Boyle called "a rock back there."

In full flight with the puck at the Washington blue line, Polak was met by Brooks Orpik, another rough blueliner. Sent spinning, Polak's right skate caught in the ice upon landing and his leg twisted under his body. When he did get off the ice. Polak needed help to the dressing room. He played 75 games this season. a year in which Zaitsev and others appeared in all 82 and the Leafs escaped significant injuries, especially on the blue line. They have Alexey Marchenko in reserve for Game 3 or might call up a member of the AHL'sMarlies.

Both teams had power plays to work with in the first extra frame, with the Capitals getting one after Boyle took down Evgeny Kuznetsov in the corner the kind of non scoring chance not normal in OT. Later, Nazem Kadri goaded Holtby into a slashing call that also could not be converted.

Van Riemsdyk's goal was his first off the playoffs, with Jake Gardiner earning his seventh point in eight career playoff games. The more difficult saves early in the frame were at the other end as Andersen atoned for the Tom Wilson overtime goal in Game 1, stopping a Brett Connolly breakaway. Justin Williams, with two goals in Game 1 in addition to his battlefield experience, said earlier in the day the Caps hope to win that war of attrition.

"The main goal of winning a playoff series is having them realize, 'you know what, this is too hard,' and then you have it won," he said. "We expect a long series every time we come into one and this one is certainly no different and it's going to be a grind."

Marincin, culpable on the Wilson goal that decided Game 1, struggled to clear and then took a penalty, during which Ovechkin got on the board after more than four periods in the series. Zach Hyman left him alone for a one timer only a few seconds into Marincin's sentence.

The fourth line also provided an earlier goal, a Martin feed in front to Kapanen, who spun a five hole backhand past a surprised Holtby. Kapanen had to sweat out a coach's challenge by Barry Trotz that Martin had preceded puck carrier Boyle into the zone. By the thinnest of margins, the goal stood.

Auston Matthews, Toronto's leading regular season sniper, awaits his first NHL playoff point, but not for lack of trying. He had 10 shot attempts, won 11 of 17 faceoffs and had a William Nylander pass go into his skates with a half empty net to shoot at.

"We have to focus on the next game," Holtby said, noting the Caps have rarely played with the lead in this series after playing with it the most this season. "You're not going to win them all,replica vca butterfly necklace, you don't want it to be easy. One of the beautiful things about the playoffs is how hard it is."Glavin: We're shedding idiotic talk about terrorismThe most dramatic event that occurred in Britain this week may or may not have been.

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