Best comebacks of 2019-20 final: Stunning the Sharks vs. 4-goal 3rd period against Pittsburgh - NBCSports.com

With the NHL hitting pause on the 2019-20 season, NBC Sports Washington is looking back at the highlights from the first 69 games of the regular season. The Comeback Caps dug many holes and climbed back out of a large number of them, but which comeback was the best?

We've gone through all of the best comebacks and we've narrowed it down to the top two. Here is the final matchup.

FINAL: Stunning the Sharks (Jason Murphy) vs. 4-goal 3rd period against Pittsburgh (JJ Regan) 

The Set-up 

JM: The game was over. The Caps, with an empty net, turned the puck over at the blue line and with one pass Logan Couture was all alone for the empty netter to seal the win. Except there was still a minute left. It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.

JJ: After two periods, the Caps had only 10 total shots on goal. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, erased a 1-0 deficit with two goals in a span of 26 seconds thanks to Patric Hornqvist and Sidney Crosby. Entering the third period, Washington had no offense, no momentum and seemingly little chance to battle back against their hated rivals.

The Comeback 

JM: Listen, every Caps fan loves beating the Penguins. Any grade-schooler knows that. No Caps fan thinks fondly back about that time that Caps beat the Sharks. But this was historic. Off a failed clear by the Sharks, Jakub Vrana found the loose puck in the slot, spun and fired it past Martin Jones. Forty-six seconds left, still down a goal, but still with time. Alex Ovechkin at the point threw it down the wall where Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nick Backstrom dug it out and Kuznetsov threw it to the slot where T.J. Oshie didn't waste a breath and rifled it past Jones to tie things at 4. A 3-on-3 overtime ensues where anything can happen. Evander Kane had a great chance for his fourth goal of the night turned away by Braden Holtby, then Holtby denied a breakaway from Brent Burns before banking a stretch pass off the boards to John Carlson barreling through center. End-to-end and a 2-on-1 developed for Carlson and Lars Eller who took the pass from Carlson and fired it home.

The Caps were the first team in 15 years to overcome a 2-goal deficit in the final minute of regulation and win the game. That kind of history is surely better than a run-of-the-mill victory over the hated Penguins.

JJ: Tom Wilson scored less than two minutes into the third period on a 4-on-4 breakaway opportunity as he forced a neutral zone turnover which Backstrom tipped back to him to spring the breakaway. Washington restored its lead just over three minutes after Wilson's tying goal with Carl Hagelin scoring a key goal against his former team on a relentless scrum in front of goalie Matt Murray.

Just as Washington retook the momentum, however, Evgeni Malkin scored the goal of the night, nutmegging John Carlson before shooting it past Holtby. The Caps, however, would not be denied and Oshie responded less than two minutes later. Hagelin would add the empty-netter for the team's fourth goal of the period and the Caps would earn the victory.

The Importance 

JM: In the grand scheme of things, it’s a January win over a Western Conference opponent. But... Holtby started to get his groove back, the Caps continued to learn that they are never out of a game and they made franchise history. A pretty good Sunday at the office if you ask me.

JJ: It's always good to win against the Penguins. The win snapped a four-game losing streak and the Caps vaulted back over Pittsburgh to reclaim first place in the Metropolitan Division.

Which comeback gets your vote? 

JM: I’m honestly shocked we aren’t talking about the miracle comeback on Long Island which might have even edged out this Sharks game. But instead the history-making Sharks comeback is up against some Penguins game. Need I say more?

JJ: What's a bigger comeback, erasing a two-goal deficit with less than a minute to play, or erasing a one-goal deficit entering the third period? It's the Sharks game. I know I'm supposed to make a case for the Penguins game, but come on people, the correct answer is the Sharks game! The win against Pittsburgh should not have even made it this far. Washington was trailing by one goal. One! And they had a full period to work with! That's a great comeback?

Listen, this was a great game, the Caps scored four times in the third period against their biggest rival. It was fun to watch, but it was not as epically crazy as the San Jose game.

The win over the Sharks was the first time in franchise history Washington has come back from a two-goal deficit in the final minute of a game to win! That should get your vote, not a one-goal comeback against Pittsburgh.

You decide! 

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 🏆

We’re down to the final two games of the Caps Best Comebacks bracket:

Caps overcome 2-goal deficit in final minute, stun Sharks in OT
vs
Caps score 4 goals in third period to beat Penguins

Which was better?

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