One night of hockey, two incredible stick saves. First, Braden Holtby kept the Capitals up by one with a full body extension stick stop. Later, John Gibson’s spinning stick save was shades of Hasek.

Five games later, he was the second-best goalie in the series, and Washington’s Braden Holtby had his first NHL championship. Holtby, a small-town farm boy, has been Washington’s starter for ...