Caps report

Yesterday from MCI Center

BY THE NUMBERS

17

Hours between the end of the game against the New York Rangers on Saturday night and the start of the game against the Buffalo Sabres.

QUOTABLE

“I don’t think that was an excuse. We had no excuses coming out of this game. We just didn’t capitalize and made a couple mental errors.”

— Caps forward Matt Bradley on the short turnaround.

PLAY OF THE GAME

With 3:37 left in the game Tim Connelly swept in short-handed on Olie Kolzig and dropped a pass for Jochen Hecht, who scored what turned out to be the winning goal.

—Dave Fay