“It’s always nice to have the opportunity to score a penalty and it’s definitely nice to win as well,” Bäckström said after the match and continued:
— That’s all that counts. To keep rubbing.
Washington’s two other goals were scored by Alex Ovechkin in the first period and in the third period Swedish Marcus Johansson scored the second assisted by Nicklas Bäckström.
Marcus Johansson was satisfied after the win and hopeful for more.
— I think we played a good match. We want to get back in the winning hole and line up some wins now, he said.