Red Wings coach Todd McLellan hints at starting goaltender vs. Capitals

He's giving us some confidence. And this is not a swing at the other two goaltenders, but you just feel it on the bench and when a save is made, the energy that's on the bench right now with Petr in the pipes. And when the puck doesn't hit him, even when it goes in, there's not a big sag. We sense that. We feel it. So, we chose to go with him again.

It was a pretty good night for a lot of our players and should give us a little bit of confidence starting in goal. Obviously with Petr, his performance was excellent. They didn't have many shots, but they had some difficult ones that got through traffic, and it was last-minute type saves. And then the scramble in and around the paint, I thought he handled it well.