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  • Game Recap – 11/20/2019 – Washington Capitals v. New York Rangers

    Game Recap – 11/20/2019 – Washington Capitals v. New York Rangers

    Washington Capitals (16-3-4 36pts) v. New York Rangers (8-8-2 18pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    At the legendary Madison Square Garden the Washington Capitals look to continue their winning ways as they take on the New York Rangers for the second time this season. In the first period, the majority of the period would feature a lot of back and forth between the two clubs. Beck Malenstyn, who is making his NHL debut, would have a really great opportunity to break the scoreless tie, but Henrik Lundqvist would shut the door to keep the game tied at zero. in the final five minutes of the period Lundqvist would be bailed out by his friend the posts as the Capitals would hit the pipe three times. Then with 34 seconds left, Tom Wilson would get called for boarding to give the Rangers the extra man advantage to start the second period.

     

    In the second period the Rangers would be able to take advantage of the powerplay as Kaapo Kakko would do a great job of feeding Artemi Panarin to break the scoreless tie and take the 1-0 lead. The Capitals would gain a powerplay opportunity of their own, and while they would get some quality chances, the Capitals would not be able to capitalize on their extra man advantage. In the final seconds of the period Alex Ovechkin would be called for tripping Panarin, and the Rangers will start the third with the man advantage.

     

    In the third period the Rangers would not be able to convert on the Ovechkin penalty, but Dmitry Orlov would be called for high sticking and Artemi Panarin would strike for his second of the game on the powerplay to give the Rangers the two goal lead. Then 23 seconds later Pavel Buchnevich would score his third of the season to grow the Rangers lead to three. However, on a Brendan Smith tripping penalty Evgeny Kuznetsov would get the Capitals on the board to cut the Rangers lead back to two, but in the latter half of the third period Brett Howden would get on the board to reclaim the three goal lead for the Rangers and secure the 4-1 victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — T.J. Oshie

    Richard Panik — Michael Sgarbossa — Travis Boyd

    Beck Malenstyn — Chandler Stephenson — Brendan Leipsic

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Radko Gudas

    Jonas Siegenthaler — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: Tyler Lewington

    Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (upper body), Nic Dowd (upper body), Carl Hagelin (upper body)

    Suspended: Garnet Hathaway

     

    New York Rangers:

    Artemi Panarin — Ryan Strome — Jesper Fast

    Chris Kreider — Filip Chytil — Pavel Buchnevich

    Brendan Lemieux — Brett Howden — Kaapo Kakko

    Tim Gettinger — Greg McKegg — Brendan Smith

    Libor Hajek — Jacob Trouba

    Brady Skjei — Tony DeAngelo

    Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox

    Henrik Lundqvist

    Alexandar Georgiev

    Scratched: Micheal Haley

    Injured: Mika Zibanejad (upper body), Marc Staal (ankle)

     

    First Period:

    WAS Penalty – 19:26 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Boarding

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    NYR PPG – 1:14 – Artemi Panarin (10) from Kaapo Kakko (3) and Adam Fox (6)

    NYR Penalty – 7:02 – Greg McKegg 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS Penalty – 19:52 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    WAS Penalty – 2:32 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minutes for High Sticking

    NYR PPG – 3:57 – Artemi Panarin (11) from Kaapo Kakko (4) and Ryan Strome (13)

    NYR Goal – 4:20 – Pavel Buchnevich (3) from Filip Chytil (2) and Brendan Lemieux (6)

    NYR Penalty – 6:08 – Brendan Smith 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS PPG – 07:24 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (10) from John Carlson (28)

    NYR Goal – 13:34 – Brett Howden (3) from Pavel Buchnevich (14) and Chris Kreider (6)

    NYR Penalty – 16:32 – Brendan Lemieux 5 minute major for Fighting

    WAS Penalty – 16:32 – Tom Wilson 5 minute major for Fighting

    NYR Penalty – 16:32 – Brendan Lemieux (Chris Kreider) 2 minutes for Roughing

     

    End of 3rd

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    Next Up:

    Washington (16-4-4 36pts) v. Vancouver (10-8-4 24pts)

    NY Rangers (9-8-2 20pts) @ Ottawa (10-11-1 21pts)

     

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  • Game Recap – 11/15/2019 – Montreal Canadiens v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 11/15/2019 – Montreal Canadiens v. Washington Capitals

    Montreal Canadiens (10-5-3 23pts) v. Washington Capitals (14-2-4 32pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals prepare for a weekend back to back against Original Six foes, and they start it on a Friday night at home against the Montreal Canadiens. After a scoreless back and forth first period, the Canadiens would take over in the second period. Phillip Danault, Shea Weber, Jordan Weal, and Nick Suzuki would score four straight goals for the Canadiens to take a demanding 4-0 lead into the second intermission. The Capitals would respond with an Alex Ovechkin powerplay goal and an Evgeny Kuznetsov breakaway goal to get them back into the game, but the Canadiens would get an empty net goal from Tomas Tatar to secure the 5-2 victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Montreal Canadiens:

    Jonathan Drouin — Phillip Danault — Brendan Gallagher

    Paul Byron — Max Domi — Joel Armia

    Tomas Tatar — Nick Suzuki — Artturi Lehkonen

    Nick Cousins — Nate Thompson — Jordan Weal

    Victor Mete — Shea Weber

    Ben Chiarot — Jeff Petry

    Brett Kulak — Cale Fleury

    Carey Price

    Keith Kinkaid

    Scratched: Mike Reilly, Christian Folin

    Injured: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (groin)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Chandler Stephenson — Lars Eller — Richard Panik

    Brendan Leipsic — Garnet Hathaway —

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Radko Gudas

    Jonas Siegenthaler — Nick Jensen

    Tyler Lewington —

    Ilya Samsonov*

    Braden Holtby

    Scratched: None

    Injured: Nic Dowd (upper body), Carl Hagelin (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    N/A

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    MON Goal – 6:22 – Phillip Danault (6) from Tomas Tatar (10) and Brendan Gallagher (7)

    MON Goal – 9:16 – Shea Weber (6) from Ben Chiarot (3) and Phillip Danault (7)

    MON Goal – 11:41 – Jordan Weal (3) from unassisted

    WAS Penalty – 12:36 – Garnet Hathaway 2 minutes for Tripping

    MON Goal – 14:42 – Nick Suzuki (4) from Phillip Danault (8) and Tomas Tatar (12)

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    MON Penalty – 4:13 – Jeff Petry 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS PPG – 5:34 – Alex Ovechkin (14) from John Carlson (23) and Nicklas Backstrom (12)

    WAS Goal – 15:38 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (9) from Tom Wilson (9)

    MON ENG – 17:29 – Tomas Tatar (7) from Ben Chiarot (4) and Shea Weber (10)

     

    End of 3rd

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    Next Up:

    Washington (14-3-4 32pts) @ Boston (11-3-4 26pts)

    Montreal (10-6-3 25pts) v. New Jersey (5-8-4 14pts)

  • Game Recap – 11/13/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Philadelphia Flyers

    Game Recap – 11/13/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Philadelphia Flyers

    Washington Capitals (13-2-4 30pts) v. Philadelphia Flyers (10-5-2 22pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Coming to Philadelphia to visit an old friend, the Washington Capitals would take on Matt Niskanen and the Flyers for a Metropolitan Division matchup. In the first seven minutes of the game the Capitals would swarm the Flyers in all three zones and it would pay off as the Capitals would not only out shoot the Flyers 7-1, but would also strike first off of a hard hustle from the Capitals grind line of Garnet Hathaway, Nic Dowd, and Brendan Leipsic as they would get the puck to John Carlson for a point shot and Leipsic would crash the net to cash in on the rebound to take the 1-0 lead. The Capitals and Flyers would both trade powerplay opportunities, but neither team would be able to capitalize on them. Especially the Capitals who looked very sloppy with their first powerplay. the Capitals would draw another penalty in the final minute of the period to give them an abbreviated powerplay to start the second period.

     

    In the second period the Capitals would waste away the powerplay opportunity to start the period and would then be outplayed for the first half of the period, including a powerplay opportunity for the Flyers that they would not capitalize on themselves. The Capitals would get another powerplay opportunity in the second half of the period, and would waste their opportunity once again. The Capitals powerplay so far through three chances has looked horrible. Passes aren’t connecting and are trying to force it too much. However, the Capitals penalty kill has been spectacular killing off all three chances the Flyers have had. The Flyers would out shoot the Capitals 12 to 6 in the second period, but Braden Holtby would stand tall for the Capitals to keep the 1-0 lead.

     

    In the third period the Capitals would play with a very lackluster play as the Flyers would once again be buzzing on the Capitals, and on a Nic Dowd tripping call it would be Claude Giroux tying up the game while on the man advantage. In the final five minutes of regulation the Capitals would start to pick up the play and Tom Wilson in particular would get golden opportunity after golden opportunity only to be denied by Carter Hart on three to four high quality scoring chances. Then in overtime the Flyers would take advantage of the long change as they would be able to do three line changes while Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, and Dmitry Orlov were trapped on the ice for over two minutes, but to their credit were able to keep the Flyers to the outside and kept the shot quality as low as possible. Then in the shootout the Capitals would get goals from Evgeny Kuznetsov and TJ Oshie to clinch the 2-1 victory over the Flyers.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Chandler Stephenson — Lars Eller — Richard Panik

    Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Radko Gudas

    Jonas Siegenthaler — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: None

    Injured: Carl Hagelin (upper body)

     

    Philadelphia Flyers:

    James van Riemsdyk — Claude Giroux — Joel Farabee

    Oskar Lindblom — Sean Couturier — Travis Konecny

    Carsen Twarynski — Kevin Hayes — Jakub Voracek

    Andy Andreoff — Michael Raffl — Tyler Pitlick

    Ivan Provorov — Matt Niskanen

    Shayne Gostisbehere — Justin Braun

    Travis Sanheim — Philippe Myers

    Carter Hart

    Brian Elliott

    Scratched: Chris Stewart, Robert Hagg

    Injured: Nolan Patrick (migraine disorder), Scott Laughton (broken finger)

     

    First Period:

    WAS Goal – 6:13 – Brendan Leipsic (2) from John Carlson (22) and Nic Dowd (2)

    PHI Penalty – 9:23 – Matt Niskanen 2 minutes for Holding

    WAS Penalty – 15:26 – Jakub Vrana 2 minutes for Slashing

    PHI Penalty – 19:02 – Travis Sanheim 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    WAS Penalty – 5:46 – Richard Panik 2 minutes for High Sticking

    PHI Penalty – 10:47 – James van Riemsdyk 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS Penalty – 13:01 – Jakub Vrana 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    WAS Penalty – 6:15 – Nic Dowd (Jakub Vrana) 2 minutes for Tripping

    PHI PPG – 6:38 – Claude Giroux (5) from Jakub Voracek (9) and Ivan Provorov (8)

     

    End of 3rd

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    Overtime:

    N/A

     

    Shootout:

    1 – PHI – Jakub Voracek – Missed

    1 – WAS – TJ Oshie – Goal

    2 – PHI – Claude Giroux – Goal

    2 – WAS – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Goal

    3 – PHI – Sean Couturier – Save

     

    Final

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    Next Up:

    Washington (14-2-4 32pts) v. Montreal (9-5-3 21pts)

    Philadelphia (10-5-3 23pts) @ Ottawa (7-10-1 15pts)

  • Game Recap – 11/11/2019 – Arizona Coyotes v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 11/11/2019 – Arizona Coyotes v. Washington Capitals

    Arizona Coyotes (9-6-2 20pts) v. Washington Capitals (13-2-9 29pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals break out the retro reds as they play host to the Arizona Coyotes. In the first period both teams would start the period with some very close chances but both Antti Raanta and Ilya Samsonov would be up to the task. Then much later in the period the Capitals would take the first penalty, but the Coyotes would not strike until after the powerplay had concluded as Vinnie Hinostroza would throw the puck on net and Clayton Keller would knock in the rebound to take the 1-0 lead. The Capitals would get a powerplay opportunity, but they would not be able to capitalize on the opportunity.

     

    In the second period the Coyotes would strike twice in 45 seconds as Christian Fischer would score his first of the season, after an officials review, 12 seconds into the game, and then 33 seconds later Michael Grabner would take advantage of a TJ Oshie turnover to go on the breakway and put it five hole on Samsonov for the 3-0 lead. However, the Capitals would finally respond as Evgeny Kuznetsov would break past the Coyotes to score and cut the deficit to two. With 29 seconds left the Capitals would draw a powerplay, and would start the third period with the extra man.

     

    In the third period the Capitals would not capitalize on the powerplay opportunity to start the period, but after a bad icing call for the Coyotes, Kuznetsov would score his second of the game to cut the Coyotes lead to one. The Capitals would get another powerplay opportunity, but the Capitals would once again waste another powerplay. Then late in the third with Ilya Samsonov pulled the Capitals would tie this one up as TJ Oshie would knock in the loose puck to tie the game at three.

     

    In overtime the Capitals thought they would have it won on a TJ Oshie marker, but the Coyotes would challenge for offsides on the play, and the Coyotes would win the challenge forcing the game to continue. Then in the shootout the Coyotes would get goals from Nick Schmaltz and Conor Garland to win the game 4-3.

     

    Lineups:

    Arizona Coyotes:

    Christian Dvorak — Nick Schmaltz — Phil Kessel

    Clayton Keller — Derek Stepan — Vinnie Hinostroza

    Lawson Crouse — Carl Soderberg — Conor Garland

    Michael Grabner — Brad Richardson — Christian Fischer

    Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Jason Demers

    Jakob Chychrun — Alex Goligoski

    Aaron Ness — Jordan Oesterle

    Antti Raanta

    Darcy Kuemper

    Scratched: Barrett Hayton, Ilya Lyubushkin

    Injured: Niklas Hjalmarsson (lower body)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Chandler Stephenson — Lars Eller — Richard Panik

    Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Radko Gudas

    Jonas Siegenthaler — Nick Jensen

    Ilya Samsonov

    Braden Holtby

    Scratched: None

    Injured: Carl Hagelin (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    WAS Penalty – 10:54 – Jakub Vrana 2 minutes for Slashing

    ARI Goal – 14:15 – Clayton Keller (3) from Vinnie Hinostroza (4) and Alex Goligoski (10)

    ARI Penalty – 15:00 – Nick Schmaltz 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    ARI Goal – :12 – Christian Fischer (1) from Brad Richardson (2)

    ARI Goal – :45 – Michael Grabner (6) from unassisted

    WAS Goal – 8:47 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (7) from Jakub Vrana (8) and Tom Wilson (8)

    ARI Penalty – 19:31 – Jason Demers 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    WAS Goal – 2:23 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (8) from Michal Kempny (8)

    ARI Penalty – 5:33 – Derek Stepan 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS Penalty – 9:49 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for High Sticking

    WAS Goal – 18:44 – TJ Oshie (9) from Alex Ovechkin (10) and John Carlson (21)

     

    End of 3rd

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    Overtime:

    N/A

     

    Shootout:

    1 – WAS – TJ Oshie – Save

    1 – ARI – Nick Schmaltz – Goal

    2 – WAS – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Missed

    2 – ARI – Conor Garland – Goal

     

    Final

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    Next Up:

    Washington (13-2-4 30pts) @ Philadelphia (10-5-2 22pts)

    Arizona (10-6-2 22pts) @ St. Louis (12-3-3 27pts)

  • Game Recap – 11/3/2019 – Calgary Flames v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 11/3/2019 – Calgary Flames v. Washington Capitals

    Calgary Flames (8-6-2 18pts) v. Washington Capitals (10-2-3 23pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    In Washington the Capitals take on the Calgary Flames for the second and final time of the 2019-20 season, and after celebrating the Washington Nationals and their World Series Championship victory it would be the Flames crashing the party after a poor Dmitry Orlov pass was picked off by Matthew Tkachuk and he would quickly pass it to Andrew Mangiapane who would get it past Ilya Samsonov for the early 1-0 lead. However, the Capitals would respond in kind as Evgeny Kuznetsov would utilize his speed to generate an odd man rush and feed Jakub Vrana for the tap in to tie the game at one. The with less than five minutes left in the first period Dmitry Orlov would rip off an outlet pass to keep it in the zone and Jakub Vrana would let one rip to score his second of the game to give the Capitals their first lead of the game, but right before the buzzer went off to end the period the Flames would strike when Elias Lindhold would deflect a point shot past Samsonov with two seconds left in the period to send the game into the intermission tied 2-2.

     

    In the second period it would be a very back and forth period with not a lot of action, however, with five minutes left in the period Kznetsov would breakout Vrana who would collect his rebound and get it past Cam Talbot to collect his first career hat trick and retake the lead for the Capitals as they took a 3-2 lead into the second intermission.

     

    In the third period the Capitals would get an early powerplay when Mikael Backlund would be called for tripping and near the end of the powerplay with their secind unit Tom Wilson was able to move the puck across the slot to Lars Eller who would roof it past Talbot to grow the Capitals lead to two. Then both teams would trade powerplay opportunities, but with the Flames on their second opportunity the Capitals would shut them down as they would take the 4-2 victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Calgary Flames:

    Johnny Gaudreau — Sean Monahan — Elias Lindholm

    Matthew Tkachuk — Mikael Backlund — Michael Frolik

    Andrew Mangiapane — Derek Ryan — Sam Bennett

    Tobias Rieder — Mark Jankowski — Alan Quine

    Mark Giordano — TJ Brodie

    Noah Hanifin — Travis Hamonic

    Oliver Kylington — Rasmus Andersson

    Cam Talbot

    David Rittich

    Scratched: Michael Stone

    Injured: Austin Czarnik (lower body)

    Suspended: Milan Lucic

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Carl Hagelin — Lars Eller — Garnet Hathaway

    Brendan Leipsic – Chandler Stephenson — Travis Boyd

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Radko Gudas

    Jonas Siegenthaler — Nick Jensen

    Ilya Samsonov

    Braden Holtby

    Scratched: Tyler Lewington, Liam O’Brien

    Injured: Richard Panik (upper body), Nic Dowd (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    CAL Goal – 5:40 – Andrew Mangiapane (3) from Matthew Tkachuk (8)

    WAS Goal – 11:01 – Jakub Vrana (7) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) and Tom Wilson (6)

    WAS Goal – 15:08 – Jakub Vrana (8) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (6) and Dmitry Orlov (6)

    CAL Goal – 19:58 – Elias Lindholm (10) from Oliver Kylington (1) and Andrew Mangiapane (3)

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    WAS Penalty – 9:43 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Roughing

    CAL Penalty – 9:43 – Andrew Mangiapane 2 minutes for Roughing

    WAS Goal – 15:05 – Jakub Vrana (9) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (7) and Michal Kempny (6)

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    CAL Penalty – :55 – Mikael Backlund 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS PPG – 2:20 – Lars Eller (5) from Tom Wilson (7)

    WAS Penalty – 7:39 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for Tripping

    CAL Penalty – 15:32 – Alan Quine 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS Penalty – 19:03 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minutes for Delay of Game

     

    End of 3rd

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    Next Up:

    Washington (11-2-3 25pts) @ Florida (7-3-4 18pts)

    Calgary (8-7-2 18pts) v. Arizona (8-4-1 17pts)

  • Game Recap – 10/16/2019 – Toronto Maple Leafs v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 10/16/2019 – Toronto Maple Leafs v. Washington Capitals

    Toronto Maple Leafs (4-2-1 9pts) v. Washington Capitals (3-2-2 8pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Coming off a bad outing against Colorado the other day for their holiday matinee, the Washington Capitals look to turn things around as they host the Toronto Maple Leafs. To start the game the Capitals would get an early powerplay when Morgan Reilly would trip Brendan Leipsic, but after several failed entry attempts it would be the Maple Leafs striking while shorthanded as Trevor Moore would feed Kasperi Kapanen to give the Leafs the early 1-0 lead. The Capitals would get a couple good chances, but the Leafs would strike again as Ilya Mikheyev would break past the defense and beat Ilya Samsonov to make it 2-0 for the Maple Leafs. After both teams traded chances, in the final 61 seconds John Carlson would draw in the Leafs and hit a beautiful seam pass to Jakub Vrana who would one time the puck past Michael Hutchison to make it 2-1 heading into the first intermission.

     

    In the second period the Capitals would build off of their late first period goal as they would score three goals in 78 seconds as Evgeny Kuznetsov would get Hutchinson out of position to slide the puck of the goal line, then Nicklas Backstrom would rip a one timer past Hutchinson to give the Capitals the 3-2 lead, and then while on a two man advantage John Carlson would blast a bullet from the point to give the Capitals the 4-2 lead. After the Capitals three goal explosion the game would go back and forth with some chances at both ends, but the Capitals would hold the Leafs off the board during the second period to keep their 4-2 lead heading into the second intermission.

     

    Entering the third period the Capitals would be short a forward and a defenseman as both Richard Panik and Jonas Siegenthaler would be pulled from the game due to upper body injuries.as the period went on both teams would trade powerplay opportunities, but neither would capitalize on their respective opportunities. Then, with the goalie pulled, the Maple Leafs would get back on the board as John Tavares would rip one past Ilya Samsonov, but the LEafs could not get one more as the Capitals win 4-3.

     

    Lineups:

    Toronto Maple Leafs:

    Kasperi Kapanen — John Tavares — Mitchell Marner

    Andreas Johnsson — Auston Matthews — William Nylander

    Ilya Mikheyev — Alexander Kerfoot — Trevor Moore

    Dmytro Timashov — Nicholas Shore — Frederik Gauthier

    Morgan Rielly — Cody Ceci

    Jake Muzzin — Tyson Barrie

    Martin Marincin — Justin Holl

    Michael Hutchinson

    Frederik Andersen

    Scratched: Nic Petan, Jason Spezza, Kevin Gravel

    Injured: Zach Hyman (knee), Travis Dermott (shoulder)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Carl Hagelin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — Garnet Hathaway

    Brendan Leipsic — Chandler Stephenson — Richard Panik

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Radko Gudas

    Nick Jensen — Tyler Lewington

    Ilya Samsonov

    Braden Holtby

    Scratched: Nic Dowd

    Injured: Michal Kempny (hamstring)

     

    First Period:

    TOR Penalty – 2:52 – Morgan Reilly 2 minutes for Tripping

    TOR SHG – 4:37 – Kasperi Kapanen (1) from Trevor Moore (2)

    TOR Goal – 10:58 – Ilya Mikheyev (3) from Kasperi Kapanen (3) and Justin Holl (2)

    WAS Goal – 18:59 – Jakub Vrana (3) from John Carlson (10) and Garnet Hathaway (3)

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    TOR Penalty – 1:13 – Morgan Reilly 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS Goal – 5:07 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) from John Carlson (11) and Carl Hagelin (1)

    WAS Goal – 5:18 – Nicklas Backstrom (2) from TJ Oshie (2) and Nick Jensen (2)

    TOR Penalty – 5:36 – Nick Shore 2 minutes for Interference

    TOR Penalty – 5:45 – Cody Ceci 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    WAS PPG – 6:25 – John Carlson (3) from Alexander Ovechkin (3) and Nicklas Backstrom (5)

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    TOR Penalty – 10:10 – Auston Matthews 2 minutes for Slashing

    WAS Penalty – 13:04 – Carl Hagelin 2 minutes for Hooking

    TOR Goal – 17:27 – John Tavares (3) from Jake Muzzin (3)

     

    End of 3rd

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    Next Up:

    Washington (4-2-2 10pts) v. NY Rangers (2-1-0 4pts)

    Toronto (4-3-1 9pts) v. Boston (5-1-0 10pts)

     

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  • Game Recap – 10/12/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Dallas Stars

    Game Recap – 10/12/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Dallas Stars

    Washington Capitals (2-1-2 6pts) v. Dallas Stars (1-3-1 3pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Coming to Dallas the Washington Capitals look to avenge their overtime loss to the Stars back at home earlier this week, and a good start the Capitals would get as Joel Hanley would get a double minor for high sticking Jonas Siegenthaler and the Capitals would utilize the powerplay to their advantage as Tom Wilson would score his second of the season to make it 1-0 Capitals. However, Dallas would challenge the goal claiming that there was a hand pass on the play, but after reviewing the play the officials deemed that there was no hand pass and the Stars would be assessed a delay of game penalty as a result. The Capitals would take a pair of penalties near the end of the first period, but the Stars would not be able to capitalize.

     

    In the second period the Capitals parade to the penalty box continued with two more penalties to start the period, but the penalty kill was up to the task to shut down the Stars. However, the Capitals would respond in kind as the Stars try to break out of their zone but it would be John Carlson picking off the outlet pass to keep it in the Stars zone and would do a tic tac toe play with Garnet Hathaway to lead to Carlson’s second goal of the season as the Capitals take the 2-0 lead. The Capitals would take two more penalties, but the penalty kill would be up to task once again to shut the Stars down and keep the 2-0 lead heading into the second intermission.

     

    In the third period the Capitals would get an early powerplay and Nicklas Backstrom would spring Evgeny Kuznetsov who would fly into the Dallas zone and shoot the puck between Anton Khudobin’s legs to make it 3-0 on the powerplay opportunity. But the Stars would show some life as Radek Faska would be able to execute the wraparound and get the puck past Ilya Samsonov to cut the Capitals lead to two. Then with less than a minute left in the game Alex Ovechkin would hit the empty netter to give the Capitals the 4-1 victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — T.J. Oshie

    Carl Hagelin — Lars Eller — Richard Panik

    Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

    Radko Gudas — Tyler Lewington

    Ilya Samsonov

    Braden Holtby

    Scratched: Chandler Stephenson

    Injured: Michal Kempny (hamstring)

     

    Dallas Stars:

    Jamie Benn — Tyler Seguin — Alexander Radulov

    Mattias Janmark — Roope Hintz — Joe Pavelski

    Jason Dickinson — Radek Faksa — Joel L’Esperance

    Andrew Cogliano — Rhett Gardner — Nick Caamano

    Esa Lindell — John Klingberg

    Miro Heiskanen — Andrej Sekera

    Jamie Oleksiak — Joel Hanley

    Anton Khudobin

    Ben Bishop

    Scratched: Justin Dowling, Taylor Fedun

    Injured: Corey Perry (foot), Blake Comeau (lower body), Roman Polak (upper body), Martin Hanzal (back), Stephen Johns (post-traumatic headaches)

     

    First Period:

    DAL Penalty – :52 – Joel Hanley double minor for High Sticking

    WAS PPG – 3:17 – Tom Wilson (2) from Jakub Vrana (2) and Brendan Leipsic (2)

    DAL Penalty – 3:17 – Bench (Nick Caamano) 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    WAS Penalty – 8:03 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS Penalty – 15:32 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    WAS Penalty – 1:17 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS Penalty – 3:46 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS Goal – 7:13 – John Carlson (2) from Garnet Hathaway (2)

    WAS Penalty – 10:04 – Radko Gudas 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    WAS Penalty – 17:23 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for High Sticking

     

    End of 2nd

     

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    Third Period:

    DAL Penalty – 3:06 – Joel Hanley 2 minutes for Holding

    WAS PPG – 3:35 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) from Nicklas Backstrom (4) and John Carlson (8)

    DAL Goal – 7:00 – Radek Faska (1) from Mattias Janmark (3) and Miro Heiskanen (2)

    DAL Penalty – 12:06 – Joel L’Esperance 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS ENG – 19:03 – Alex Ovechkin (4) from Tom Wilson (2)

     

    End of 3rd

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    Next Up:

    Washington (3-1-2 8pts) v. Colorado (3-0-0 6pts)

    Dallas Stars (1-4-1 3pts) @ Buffalo (4-0-1 9pts)

     

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  • Game Recap – 10/8/2019 – Dallas Stars v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 10/8/2019 – Dallas Stars v. Washington Capitals

    Dallas Stars (0-3-0 0pts) v. Washington Capitals (2-0-1 5pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Coming into tonight’s game the Washington Capitals look to get back to their winning ways as they host an injury depleted Dallas Stars team that is still looking for their first win of the season. The Capitals would also be getting back superstar forward Evgeny Kuznetsov, who would score the first goal of the game to give the Capitals the 1-0 lead a little under five minutes into the game. Both teams would trade powerplay opportunites, but neither team would capitalize thus keeping the Capitals 1-0 lead intact going into the first intermission

     

    In the second period it would be the Stars responding early as Roope Hintz would score his fourth of the season two minutes into the period to tie the game at one a piece. However, after another failed powerplay opportunity the Capitals would regain the lead when John Carlson would get a knuckler through the seven hole on Bishop to give the Capitals the 2-1 lead. The Capitals would get a late powerplay, but were unable to capitalize before time expired in the period.

     

    In the third period the Stars would dominate the Capitals during the first half of the period and would score as a result when Alexander Radulov would deflect an Esa Lindell shot past Braden Holtby to tie the game at two. Then about six minutes later Nick Caamano would push the puck past Holtby to give the Stars their first lead of the game at 3-2. With 30 seconds left in the period with Holtby pulled Nicklas Backstrom would tap in a loose puck in the crease to tie the game at three and send the game into overtime. However, 43 seconds into overtime the Stars would clinch their first victory of the 2019-20 season as Tyler Seguin would score to make it a 4-3 victory for the Stars.

     

    Lineups:

    Dallas Stars:

    Jamie Benn – Tyler Seguin – Alexander Radulov

    Mattias Janmark – Roope Hintz- Joe Pavelski

    Andrew Cogliano – Radek Faksa – Joel L’Esperance

    Nicholas – Caamano – Rhett Gardner – Justin Dowling

    Esa Lindell – Miro Heiskanen

    Andrej Sekara – John Klingberg

    Jamie Oleksiak – Taylor Fedun

    Ben Bishop

    Anton Khudobin

    Scratched: Joel Hanley, Denis Gurianov

    Injured: Corey Perry (foot), Jason Dickinson (upper body), Blake Comeau (lower body), Roman Polak (upper body), Stephen Johns (headaches), Martin Hanzal (back)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana – Lars Eller – TJ Oshie

    Carl Hagelin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Richard Panik

    Brendan Leipsic – Chandler Stephenson – Garnet Hathaway

    Jonas Siegenthaler – John Carlson

    Dmitri Orlov – Nick Jensen

    Radko Gudas – Tyler Lewington

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: Nic Dowd

    Injured: Michal Kempny (hamstring)

     

    First Period:

    WAS Goal – 4:49 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) from Jonas Siegenthaler (1)

    WAS Penalty – 7:16 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for Tripping

    DAL Penalty – 14:48 – Esa Lindell 2 minutes for Roughing

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    DAL Goal – 1:59 – Roope Hintz (4) from Jamie Oleksiak (2)

    DAL Penalty – 10:14 – Justin Dowling 2 minutes for Roughing

    WAS Goal – 15:55 – John Carlson (1) from Alex Ovechkin (1) and Nicklas Backstrom (2)

    DAL Penalty – 18:27 – John Klingberg 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    WAS Penalty – 1:30 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Hooking

    DAL Goal – 7:53 – Alexander Radulov (1) from Esa Lindell (1) and Mattias Janmark (3)

    DAL Goal – 12:02 – Nick Caamano (1) from Andrew Cogliano (1) and Tyler Seguin (1)

    WAS Penalty – 13:21 – Garnet Hathaway 2 minutes for Holding

    DAL Penalty – 14:03 – John Klingberg 2 minutes for Holding

    DAL Penalty – 14:27 – Tyler Seguin 2 minutes for Holding

    WAS Penalty – 16:07 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS Goal – 19:29 – Nicklas Backstrom (1) from Tom Wilson (1) and John Carlson (4)

     

    End of 3rd

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    Overtime:

    DAL Goal – :43 – Tyler Seguin (2) from Alexander Radulov (1)

     

    Final

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    Next Up:

    Washington (2-0-2 6pts) @ Nashville (1-1-0 2pts)

    Dallas (1-3-0 2pts) v. Calgary (1-1-0 2pts)

     

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  • Capitals Look to Regain Momentum vs a Falling Stars Team

    Capitals Look to Regain Momentum vs a Falling Stars Team

    Washington Capitals (2-0-1) v. Dallas Stars (0-3-0)

     Predicted GoaltenderRecord (W-L-OTL)GAA/SV%
    Washington CapitalsBraden Holtby1-0-12.36/.900
    Dallas StarsBen Bishop0-2-02.59/.900

    Tonight, the Washington Capitals are looking to get back on the winning side of things as they face off against the Dallas Stars in the first of two meetings this week. The Capitals won two of their first three games, and secured 5 of 6 possible points, giving them a strong start to the season. The Dallas Stars, on the other hand, are looking to just win.

    Four days ago, the Capitals dropped the first of four meetings with the Carolina Hurricanes in a 3-2 overtime loss. On the date of their Home Opener, the Capitals were hoping to beat the team that eliminated them in the first round last season. A powerless Capitals’ power play and poor refereeing gave the Hurricanes a prime opportunity to overtake the division, and now remain undefeated with three wins to start their season. One of the newest additions to the Capitals roster, Garnet Hathaway, scored his first and second goals of the season, although the second goal was overturned due to alleged ‘goaltender interference’. T.J. Oshie scored his second of the season, but despite being gifted with six power play opportunities, the Capitals were unable to convert on a single one. One bright spot of the evening, was an improved faceoff percentage, which was something the Capitals seriously struggled with last season. Washington won 55.4% of their face-offs, and through three games have won 52.3% of all face-offs taken, which is (so far) significantly better than their 40-some percent from last season (TheScore, Washington). Tonight, the Capitals need to take advantage of any power plays gifted to them, and need to play strong in front of their goaltender. Despite a strong showing by the newest Caps back-up goaltender Ilya Samsonov, Braden Holtby is expected to get the start for the Washington Capitals tonight.

    The Dallas Stars haven’t won a single game yet this season, giving them a 0-3-0 start for the first time since the franchise moved to Texas. It is also the first time in history the team has failed to secure at least one point since the 1988-1989 season in which the-then North Stars started their season with four straight losses (Shapiro). Although losing streaks aren’t new to the Stars’ organization, and while we aren’t even a full week into the season, the Dallas Stars need to begin firing on all cylinders, and that means defense needs to start defending, and offense needs to start scoring. Stars Center Roope Hintz has three goals in three games, and scored two of the teams’ three total goals in their last game versus the Detroit Red Wings. In that disheartening road loss, the Stars started off hot, having scored two goals in the first period. However, Detroits’ Anthony Mantha didn’t just score two goals to tie the game in the second, but went on to score a hat-trick, plus one, to lift the Red Wings over the Stars, 4-3 (Lage).

    In other Caps’ news, Travis Boyd cleared waivers, and will report to the Hershey Bears. Jonas Siegenthaler, who was ‘sent to Hershey’ as a paper transaction will in fact start for the Capitals tonight. Defenseman Michal Kempny, who was first expected to dress tonight against the Stars, will not make tonight’s roster (RotoWire). Forward Evgeny Kuznetsov has completed his three-game suspension and will play in his first game of the season tonight.

    Coverage of the game begins at 6:00pm with Caps Faceoff Live, followed by Caps Pregame Live at 6:30pm, all on NBCSN/NBCSWA, with puck drop shortly after 7:00pm.

     

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    Lage, L. (2019). Anthony Mantha scores four goals in Red Wings win over Stars. Retrieved from https://www.wxyz.com/sports/anthony-mantha-scores-four-goals-in-red-wings-win-over-stars.

    RotoWire Staff. (2019). Capitals’ Michal Kempny: Unavailable Tuesday. Retrieved from https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/capitals-michal-kempny-unavailable-tuesday/

    Shapiro, S. (2019). Stars 20/20: Time for a change after three straight third-period collapses. Retrieved from https://theathletic.com/1271026/2019/10/07/stars-20-20-time-for-a-change-after-three-straight-third-period-collapses/.

    TheScore. (2019). Washington Capitals. Retrieved from https://www.thescore.com/nhl/teams/15.

  • Capitals News – Roster Moves and Other Notes

    Capitals News – Roster Moves and Other Notes

    Today the Washington Capitals announced some waiver news, as well as some injury news in regards to the roster.

     

    Roster Moves

    First the Capitals announced that Christian Djoos, Liam O’Brien, and Michael Sgarbossa have cleared waivers and have been loaned to the Hershey Bears of the AHL.

    This move comes as no surprise as the Capitals needed to get down to 23 on their roster, and these going to Hershey was always the plan.

     

    Next the Capitals announced that defenseman Michal Kempny has been placed on Injured Non Roster.

    The move brings the Capitals to 23 for their roster, including the Evegny Kuznetsov three game suspension to start the season, and per the Capitals release Kempny can be activated when healthy and that there is no minimum game threshold for how long Kempny can be on the Injured Non Roster.

     

    What does this really mean? With Kuznetsov’s suspension and Kempny’s injury the Capitals have the cap space until after their game against Carolina on Saturday, and will then need to make some more moves before they can play their next game on Tuesday, October 8th against Dallas top make sure they are under the cap.

     

    Capitals News

    In other news for the Capitals, they have announced that John Carlson has been named alternate captain.

    Carlson ranks third among active Capitals players in games played, and is taking over for Brooks Orpik who retired this past summer.

     

    NHL News

    In NHL news the League has announced that San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane has been suspended for the first three games of the season in accordance to Rule 40.4 (Physical Abuse of Officials).

    Under the terms of the CBA, and based on Kane’s average annual salary, Kane will forfeit $112,903.23. The money will be going to the Player’s Emergency Assistance Fund.

     

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