Washington Capitals (6-2-2 14pts) v. Calgary Flames (5-4-1 11pts)
Game Recap:
The Washington Capitals come to Calgary looking to grow their current winning streak to four games, but the Flames will look to end that for the Capitals. In the first period both teams would trade powerplay opportunitie, but neither team would be able to capitalize on their chances. the first period would also see the Flames out shoot the Capitals 15-9.
In the second period some puck luck would come the Capitals way as John Carlson would get a lucky one past Cam Talbot to give the Capitals the 1-0 lead 35 seconds into the period. Then a little over two minutes later Chandler Stephenson would get the puck from Talbot behind the net and throw it in front and hit of the defender and into the empty net for the 2-0 lead. However, on a questionable call on Alex Ovechkin for interference would give the Flames their second powerplay opportunity, and this time they would strike as Johnny Gaudreau would feed Elia Lindholm for the powerplay strike. The Flames would get another powerplay opportunity, but moments after it expired Austin Czarnik would score his first of the season to tie the game, but 10 seconds later Alex Ovechkin would score his seventh of the season to retake the lead for the Capitals.
In the third period It would be Tom Wilson scoring to expand the Capitals lead to two, and then with the Flames net empty John Carlson would score his second of the game to reach 20 points for the month of October., However, the Flames would get one more on the board as Tabias Rieder would get on the board, but it would not be enough as the Capitals would be victorious 5-3.
Lineups:
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie
Carl Hagelin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — Garnet Hathaway
Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Chandler Stephenson
Michal Kempny — John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen
Jonas Siegenthaler — Radko Gudas
Braden Holtby
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Tyler Lewington, Travis Boyd
Injured: Richard Panik (upper body)
Lines! #CapsFlames
Read preview: https://t.co/TtIOoORzJg pic.twitter.com/CLzqffPAGh
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 23, 2019
Calgary Flames:
Johnny Gaudreau — Sean Monahan — Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk — Mikael Backlund — Austin Czarnik
Andrew Mangiapane — Derek Ryan — Tobias Rieder
Milan Lucic — Mark Jankowski — Michael Frolik
Mark Giordano — Rasmus Andersson
Noah Hanifin — Travis Hamonic
TJ Brodie — Michael Stone
Cam Talbot
David Rittich
Scratched: Oliver Kylington
Injured: Sam Bennett (lower body)
First Period:
CAL Penalty – 6:34 – Mark Giordano 2 minutes for Slashing
WAS Penalty – 10:10 – Nic Dowd 2 minutes for Holding
End of 1st
Second Period:
WAS Goal – :35 – John Carlson (4) from Alex Ovechkin (5) and TJ Oshie (3)
Stay absolutely on FIRE @JohnCarlson74 #ALLCAPS #CapsFlames pic.twitter.com/xFNmfsvs57
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 23, 2019
WAS Goal – 2:41 – Chandler Stephenson (1) from unassisted
We are enjoying the second period of hockey in Calgary. #ALLCAPS #CapsFlames pic.twitter.com/FPX71mBAr9
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 23, 2019
WAS Penalty – 2:51 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Interference
CAL PPG – 3:19 – Elias Lindholm (6) from Johnny Gaudreau (6) and Mark Giordano (5)
What a shot 👀#WSHvsCGY | #Flames pic.twitter.com/b0tdfO3wiJ
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) October 23, 2019
CAL Penalty – 5:15 – Derek Ryan 2 minutes for Interference
WAS Penalty – 14:21 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for Slashing
CAL Goal – 16:25 – Austin Czarnik (1) from Milan Lucic (1) and TJ Brodie (4)
Big Z's first of the year 🔥#WSHvsCGY | #Flames pic.twitter.com/mPptGpqG49
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) October 23, 2019
WAS Goal – 16:35 – Alex Ovechkin (7) from Nicklas Backstrom (7)
This game was tied and then OVI!#ALLCAPS #CapsFlames pic.twitter.com/Kj1MKdUFXW
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 23, 2019
WAS Penalty – 16:51 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Tripping
End of 2nd
Third Period:
CAL Penalty – 7:51 – TJ Brodie 2 minutes for Interference
WAS Goal – 12:34 – Tom Wilson (4) from Lars Eller (5) and Michal Kempny (2)
Tom Wilson is ELITE#ALLCAPS #CapsFLames pic.twitter.com/t4arr1Go5A
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 23, 2019
WAS ENG – 18:15 – John Carlson (5) from unassisted
Second Goal, Twentieth Point#ALLCAPS #Carly4Norris pic.twitter.com/mmCXGPLSB1
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 23, 2019
CAL Goal – 19:44 – Tobias Rieder (1) from Andrew Mangiapane (1) and Derek Ryan (4)
End of 3rd
Next Up:
Washington (7-2-2 16pts) @ Edmonton (7-2-1 15pts)
Calgary (5-5-1 11pts) v. Florida (4-2-3 11pts)
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