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  • Game Recap- 3/8/2019 New Jersey Devils v.s. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap- 3/8/2019 New Jersey Devils v.s. Washington Capitals

    New Jersey Devils (25-34-9 59 pts) v.s. Washington Capitals ( 40-21-7 87 pts)

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals are back home after a short 3 game road trip against Metro Division rivals. Tonight the Caps square off against another division rival in the New Jersey Devils. The Devils are coming into this game having a very depleted lineup with eight of their regulars out due to injuries or illnesses. The Caps scored early with a 5 on 5 goal from Andre Burakovsky. Each team had power play chances and neither team could convert on the man advantage. The second period was a very tight and defensive one. There were a few grade A chances on both sides with neither team being able to convert. In the 3rd period, the Caps were able to add another goal on the Power Play courtesy of Nicklas Backstrom. Lars Eller put the icing on the cake with a short handed empty net goal at the 19:02 mark. The Capitals are currently on a 6 game winning streak.

    Lineups:

    New Jersey Devils:

    Kenny Agastino-Travis Zajac-Kyle Palmeiri

    Stefan Noesen-Blake Coleman-Drew Stafford

    Nick Lappin-Michael McLeod-Joey Anderson

    John Quenville-Blake Pietila-Kurtis Gabriel

    Andy Greene-Damon Severson

    Will Butcher-Connor Carrick

    Egor Yakovlev-Steven Santini

    MacKenzie Blackwood

    Cory Schneider

    Scratches:

    Nico Hischier (upper body, day-to-day); Jesper Bratt (lower body, week-to-week); Nathan Bastian (upper body); Miles Wood (broken ankle, skating); Pavel Zacha (upper body, practicing, no contact); Kevin Rooney (illness) Mirco Mueller (shoulder); Sami Vatanen (illness/upper body)

    Injuries: Taylor Hall (knee surgery)

    Suspension: None

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana-Nicklas Backstrom-TJ Oshie

    Carl Hagelin-Lars Eller-Brett Connoly

    Andre Burakovsky-Nic Dowd-Travis Boyd

    Michal Kempny-John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov-Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik-Nic Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Phoenix Copley

    Scratches: Dmitry Jaskin, Christian Djoos,Chandler Stephenson

    Injuries: None

    Suspensions: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Washington Goal- 2:40 Andre Burakovsky (11) assisted by Michal Kempny (16) & Travis Boyd (15)
    Washington Penalty- 8:49 Michael Kempny, 2 minutes for tripping
    New Jersey Penalty- 11:36 Kurtis Gabriel, 2 minutes for charging
    New Jersey penalty- 11:48 Blake Coleman, 2 minutes for tripping
    New Jersey Penalty- 13:58 Nick Lappin, 2 minutes for too many men on the ice
    Washington Penalty- 19:18 Jakub Vrana, 2 minutes for interference

    End of 1st –

    End of 1st – NJ – 0       WSH – 1

    Shots              10                11

    Faceoffs         6/17          11/17

    Hits               9                  7

    PP                 0/2                 0/3

     

    2nd Period:

    Washington Penalty- 5:06 Matt Niskanen, 2 minutes for Holding the stick
    Washington Penalty- 10:44 Nic Dowd, 2 minutes for Interference

    End of 2nd – NJ – 0       WSH – 1

    Shots              20                24

    Faceoffs         14/29          15/29

    Hits               17                  12

    PP                 0/5                 0/2

    3rd period:

    Washington Penalty- 30 seconds Jakub Vrana, 2 minutes for Hooking

    New Jersey Penalty- 13:44 Kyle Palmieri, 2 minutes for Slashing

    New Jersey Penalty- 3:23 Kenny Agostino, 2 minutes for tripping

    Washington Goal- 4:35 on the Power Play- Nicklas Backstrom (17) assisted by John Carlson (49) & Evgeny Kuznetsov (43)

    Washington Penalty- 18:18 TJ Oshie, 2 minutes for tripping

    Washington Goal-19:01 Short Handed & Empty Net- Lars Eller (unassisted)

    End of 3rd – NJ – 0       WSH – 3

    Shots              25                36

    Faceoffs        24/48          24/48

    Hits               23                  16

    PP                 0/6                 1/5

    Next Up:

    New Jersey Devils (25-34-9 59 pts) vs New York Rangers (27-28-12 66 pts)

    Washington Capitals (40-21-7 87 pts) vs Winnipeg Jets (40-23-4 84 pts)

  • Game Recap – 2/26/2019 – Ottawa Senators v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 2/26/2019 – Ottawa Senators v. Washington Capitals

    Ottawa Senators (22-35-5 49pts) v. Washington Capitals (35-21-7 77pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals host the Ottawa Senators as they close out the month of February and it would be the Senators who would get the first goal of the game when newly acquired forwards Brian Gibbons and Oscar Lindberg connect for Lindberg’s first goal with the Senators and Gibbons first point with the team to give them the 1-0 lead over the Capitals. Then on a Travis Boyd slashing penalty, the Senators would get a goal from another newly acquired forward Anthony Duclair on the powerplay  to give them a 2-0 lead. However, the Capitals would get back into it when they would take advantage of a poor line change by the Senators as the top line of Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin, and Tom Wilson would play tic tac toe for Wilson’s 18th of the season, then 53 seconds late Lars Eller would rip one past Senators goaltender Anders Nilsson to tie the game at two.

     

    The Capitals started off the period flying and as a result they would get a powerplay opportunity when Chris Tierney would be called for tripping and the Capitals would make the most of their powerplay opportunity as it would be a John Carlson bomb from the point to give the Capitals a 3-2 lead, but then it would be back to back dirty goals by TJ Oshie and Brett Connolly to give the Capitals a powerful 5-2 lead. Then Oshie would get his second of the game in a confusing sequence as it would be Nilsson knocking the net off the moarings as Oshie shot the puck in the net, but a goal is a goal, and it is now 6-2 for the Capitals with the Senators pulling Nilsson for Craig Anderson.

     

    Going in the third period the Capitals would waste no time as Evgeny Kuznetsov would score 17 seconds into the game to make it 7-2 for the Capitals. The Capitals would control the play in the third to kill the clock and secure the victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Ottawa Senators:

    Brady Tkachuk — Colin White — Anthony Duclair

    Rudolfs Balcers — Chris Tierney — Mikkel Boedker

    Zack Smith — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Bobby Ryan

    Brian Gibbons — Oscar Lindberg — Magnus Paajarvi

    Thomas Chabot — Dylan DeMelo

    Mark Borowiecki — Christian Jaros

    Ben Harpur — Cody Ceci

    Anders Nilsson

    Craig Anderson

    Scratched: Christian Wolanin

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Carl Hagelin — Nic Dowd — Travis Boyd

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Dmitrij Jaskin, Chandler Stephenson, Christian Djoos

     

    First Period:

    Senators Goal – 3:16 – Oscar Lindberg (5) from Brian Gibbons (4) and Magnus Paajarvi (3)

    Capitals Penalty – 5:22 – Travis Boyd 2 minutes for Slashing

    Senators PPG – 7:10 – Anthony Duclair (12) from Cody Ceci (16) and Christian Jaros (7)

    Capitals Goal – 16:57 – Tom Wilson (18) from Alex Ovechkin (29) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (41)

    Capitals Goal – 17:50 – Lars Eller (8) from Dmitry Orlov (16) and Brett Connolly (19)

     

    End of 1st – OTT – 2       WAS – 2

    Shots              13                09

    Faceoffs         09                12

    Hits               05                  03

    PP                 1/1                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Senators Penalty – 2:00 – Chris Tierney 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals PPG – 2:38 – John Carlson (10) from Nicklas Backstrom (44) and TJ Oshie (21)

    Capitals Goal – 6:29 – TJ Oshie (19) from Brooks Orpik (5) and Nicklas Backstrom (45)

    Capitals Goal – 9:05 – Brett Connolly (16) from Andre Burakovsky (12)

    Capitals Goal – 10:33 – TJ Oshie (20) from Dmitry Orlov (17) and Jakub Vrana (21)

     

    End of 2nd – OTT – 2        WAS – 6

    Shots               18                 26

    Faceoffs          22                 23

    Hits                 11                  06

    PP                   1/1                  1/1

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals Goal – :17 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (17) from Alex Ovechkin (30) and Tom Wilson (15)

     

    End of 3rd – OTT – 2         WAS – 7

    Shots              23                   37

    Faceoffs        35                    30

    Hits               15                     08

    PP                 1/1                    1/1

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (36-21-7 79pts) @ NY Islanders (36-19-7 79pts)

    Ottawa (22-36-5 49pts) v. Edmonton (26-29-7 59pts)

  • Game Recap – 11/19/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Montreal Canadiens

     

    Washington Capitals (9-7-3 21pts) v. Montreal Canadiens (11-6-3 25pts)

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Lars Eller — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — Andre Burakovsky

    Chandler Stephenson — Travis Boyd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Dmitrij Jaskin — Nic Dowd — Brett Connolly

    Dmitry Orlov — John Carlson

    Michal Kempny — Matt Niskanen

    Christian Djoos — Madison Bowey

    Pheonix Copley

    Braden Holtby

    Scratched: Jonas Siegenthaler

    Injured: Evgeny Kuznetsov (upper body), Brooks Orpik (lower body), T.J. Oshie (upper body)

     

    Montreal Canadiens:

    Tomas Tatar — Phillip Danault — Brendan Gallagher

    Jonathan Drouin — Max Domi — Andrew Shaw

    Kenny Agostino — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Artturi Lehkonen

    Nicolas Deslauriers — Matthew Peca — Charles Hudon

    Jordie Benn — Jeff Petry

    David Schlemko — Noah Juulsen

    Mike Reilly — Victor Mete

    Carey Price

    Antti Niemi

    Scratched: Karl Alzner, Xavier Ouellet

    Injured: Shea Weber (knee), Joel Armia (lower body), Paul Byron (lower body), Nikita Scherbak (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    Canadiens Goal – 9:20 – Mike Reilly (2) from Matthew Peca (5)

    Capitals Goal – 13:16 – Brett Connolly (3) from John Carlson (15)

    Capitals Goal – 14:40 – Alex Ovechkin (14) from Tom Wilson (3) and Dmitry Orlov (5)

    Canadiens Penalty – 17:34 – Kenny Agostino 2 minutes for Roughing

    Capitals Penalty – 17:34 – Matt Niskanen 4 minutes for Roughing (2 minutes served by Andre Burakovsky)

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 2       MON – 1

    Shots              08                16

    Faceoffs         17                13

    Hits               08                  08

    PP                 0/0                 0/1

     

    Analysis:

    Capitals (Michael) – The Capitals started a little shaky, but as it seemed the Capitals were settling in the Canadiens would get the first goal of the game and then take over on the shot counter. However, after the Canadiens took the 1-0 lead the Capitals would score two goals on three shots to take the 2-1 lead going into the 2nd period.

     

    Canadiens (Armand) – The Canadiens once again got off to a fast start once again and hold the Capitals to 8 shots. Despite being down 2-1 the Canadiens played a very strong first period

     

    Need to Do:

    Capitals (Michael) – The Capitals need to do a much better job of neutralizing the Canadiens speed. Also the Capitals were even with the Canadiens in shots until the Canadiens scored and then they doubled up the Capitals 18-8. The Capitals will need to cut down the number of shooting chances for the Canadiens, and generate more for themselves.

     

    Canadiens (Armand) – The Canadiens need to stop giving up high quality chances in front. Powerplay looks solid even though they couldn’t score. The Canadiens need to continue to get pucks on net moving forward.

     

    Second Period:

    Canadiens Goal – :20 – Brendan Gallagher (10) from Phillip Danault (11) and Jeff Petry (15)

    Capitals Penalty – :52 – Madison Bowey 2 minutes for Interference

    Canadiens PPG – 1:08 – Jeff Petry (2) from Jesperi Kotkaniemi (8) and Max Domi (15)

    Canadiens Goal – 1:35 – Kenny Agostino (1) from Arturi Lehkonen (9) and Jesperi Kotkaniemi (9)

    Capitals Penalty – 6:35 – Lars Eller 4 minutes for High Sticking

    Capitals Goal – 13:20 – Nicklas Backstrom (6) from Christian Djoos (3) and Madison Bowey (3)

    Canadiens Penalty – 18:48 – Max Domi 5 minute major for Fighting

    Capitals Penalty – 18:48 – Dmitry Orlov 5 minute major for Fighting

    Canadiens Penalty – 19:10 – Phillip Danault 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 2nd – WAS – 3        MON – 4

    Shots               19                 34

    Faceoffs          29                 23

    Hits                 18                  15

    PP                   0/0*               1/4        *1st PP in Progress

     

    Analysis:

    Capitals (Michael) – This was not a great period for the Capitals. They gave up 3 goals in the first 1:35 and were dominated for the most part by the Canadiens. The second half of the period was better, but still not good enough.

     

    Canadiens (Armand) – Great bounce back period from the Canadiens and getting three goals in a 1:35 to jump to a 4-2 lead. Physical period but the Canadiens played solid all around and are on pace to have a solid third period.

     

    Need to Do:

    Capitals (Michael) – The Capitals need to play smart and stay out of the penalty box. The game is not going their way and they can’t let the Canadiens get under their skin. The Capitals need to flip the script and take it to the Canadiens and force them to take some penalties to get the Capitals powerplay on the ice for some opportunities.

     

    Canadiens (Armand) – The Canadiens need to keep up the pace. Don’t take stupid penalties and play their game. The Canadiens have also lost Noah Juulsen for the rest of the game.

     

    Third Period:

    Canadiens Penalty – :52 – Jordie Benn 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals PPG – 1:02 – Alex Ovechkin (15) from John Carlson (16) and Tom Wilson (4)

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 4         MON – 4

    Shots              33                   41

    Faceoffs        37                    33

    Hits               27                     20

    PP                 1/2                    1/4

     

    OT:

    Capitals Goal – 3:34 – Lars Eller (4) from Jakub Vrana (5) and Michal Kempny (3)

     

    End of OT – WAS – 5         MON – 4

    Shots              33                   41

    Faceoffs        38                    36

    Hits               27                     20

    PP                 1/2                    1/4

     

    Analysis:

    Capitals (Michael) – In a very up and down game for the Capitals, they were able to end this 4 game road trip with a 3-1 record and that is despite losing both TJ Oshie and Engeny Kuznetsov to injury and also not having Braden Holtby for the majority of this trip as well. The Capitals hands down had their best period in the third period, and were able to claw back after giving up 3 goals in the 2nd period, The Capitals return home on Wednesday to take on the struggling Chicago Blackhawks.

     

    Canadiens (Armand) – The Canadiens played a solid game. Carey Price was strong all night. Braden Holtby has had the Canadiens number in the past which killed them tonight. The puck just bounced the wrong way at the end of the game.

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (10-7-3 23pts) v. Chicago (8-8-5 21pts)

    Montreal (11-6-4 26pts) @ New Jersey (8-9-2 18pts)

     

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  • CSA Shows brings Cup Champions on October 12th for Autograph Signings

    WAS Champions

     

    Yesterday on the CSA Shows Facebook page they announced that on Friday October 12th, 2018 in Chantilly, VA that they will be having four members of the 2018 Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals.

     

    The Capitals that will be signing autographs at CSA will be Tom Wilson, Devante Smith-Pelly, the Cup Clinching Goal Scorer Lars Eller, and captain and Conn Smythe Winner Alex Ovechkin.

     

    For more information on the Capitals appearance at CSA Shows on October 12th, please read their Facebook post below or visit their website today.

     

    https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCSASSHOWS%2Fposts%2F2036713989718162&width=500

     

    Also don’t forget to visit our friend Donald of Just Hockey Cards at the CSA Show in Chantilly, VA for amazing deals on Capitals cards and more.

     

    You can watch TXHT Live every Wednesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

     

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