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  • Game Recap – 11/7/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Florida Panthers

    Game Recap – 11/7/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Florida Panthers

    Washington Capitals (11-2-3 25pts) v. Florida Panthers (7-3-4 18pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    In Florida the Washington Capitals look to extend their winning streak to five against the Panthers, and the Capitals would strike quickly as John Carlson would strike to make it 1-0 for the Capitals, but the Panthers would respond a little over a minute later as Frank Vatrano would score his fourth of the season to tie the game at one. The Capitals would get a powerplay opportunity, but would fail to convert. Then the Panthers would strike late in the first as Brett Connolly would score his sixth of the season against his former team to take the 2-1 lead.

     

    Then in the second period the Panthers would strike again as Aleksander Barkov would score 27 seconds into the period to grow their lead to two. However, Brian Boyle would get called for slashing sending the Capitals to another powerplay, and this time the Capitals would strike as Alex Ovechkin would score his 12th of the season to cut the Panthers lead to one. Then six minutes later after killing back to back penalties, Ovechkin would strike again to tie the game at three. The Capitals would get a powerplay opportunity, but were unable to strike on the powerplay, and then would get into penalty trouble themselves as on their second penalty Evgenii Dadonov would strike to retake the lead for the Panthers heading into the second intermission.

     

    Then in the third period it would be Tom Wilson getting the Capitals back on the board as he would tip an Evgeny Kuznetsov shot to tie the game at four 44 seconds into the period. Both teams would trade powerplay opportunities, but neither would be able to capitalize thus sending the game to overtime. Then in overtime Braden Holtby would make a huge save and the Capitals would turn it around as Tom Wilson would score his second of the game to win the game 5-4 11 seconds into overtime.

     

    Lineups:

    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

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: Tyler Lewington

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

     

    Florida Panthers:

    Jonathan Huberdeau — Aleksander Barkov — Evgenii Dadonov

    Mike Hoffman — Brian Boyle — Brett Connolly

    Frank Vatrano — Denis Malgin — Mark Pysyk

    Dryden Hunt – Dominic Toninato — Colton Sceviour

    MacKenzie Weegar — Aaron Ekblad

    Mike Matheson — Anton Stralman

    Keith Yandle — Josh Brown

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Sam Montembeault

    Scratched: None

    Injured: Noel Acciari (lower body), Vincent Trocheck (lower body), Jayce Hawryluk (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    WAS Goal – :25 – John Carlson (8) from Michal Kempny (7) and Alex Ovechkin (9)

    FLA Goal – 1:55 – Frank Vatrano (4) from unassisted

    FLA Penalty – 2:22 – Aleksander Barkov 2 minutes for Interference

    FLA Goal – 14:26 – Brett Connolly (6) from Anton Stralman (6) and Brian Boyle (2)

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    FLA Goal – :27 – Aleksander Barkov (3) from Evgenii Dadonov (3)

    FLA Penalty – 5:38 – Brian Boyle 2 minutes for Slashing

    WAS PPG – 6:13 – Alex Ovechkin (12) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (7) and John Carlson (17)

    WAS Penalty – 7:03 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for High Sticking

    WAS Penalty – 8:59 – Garnet Hathaway 2 minutes for Slashing

    WAS Goal – 12:14 – Alex Ovechkin (13) from Dmitry Orlov (6) and Nicklas Backstrom (11)

    FLA Penalty – 14:13 – Keith Yandle 2 minutes for Slashing

    WAS Penalty – 16:42 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minutes for Hooking

    WAS Penalty – 18:37 – Lars Eller 2 minutes Tripping

    FLA PPG – 18:59 – Evgenii Dadonov (7) from Jonathan Huberdeau (10)

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    WAS Goal – :44 – Tom Wilson (6) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (8)

    FLA Penalty – 6:00 – Dryden Hunt 2 minutes for Tripping
    WAS Penalty – 8:59 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 3rd

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    Overtime:

    WAS Goal – :11 – Tom Wilson (7) from John Carlson (18) and TJ Oshie (5)

     

    End of OT

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    Next Up:

    Washington (12-2-3 27pts) v. Vegas (9-5-2 20pts)

    Florida (7-3-5 19pts) @ New York Islanders (11-3-0 22pts)

  • NHL Three Stars of October

    NHL Three Stars of October

    Today the National Hockey League announced their Three Stars of the Month for the month of October.

     

    First Star – John Carlson (D, Washington Capitals)

    • Carlson lead all defensemen in goals (7), assists (16), and points (23) while also ranking third in the NHL in scoring in 14 games played. Carlson would be a catalyst for the Capitals to have the best October in franchise history (9-2-3 21pts), and only one blueliner in NHL history had more points than Carlson in a single October and that would be Calgary’s Al MacInnis in 1990.

    Oct Carlson

     

    Second Star – David Pastrnak (RW, Boston Bruins)

    • Pastrnak shared the League lead in goals with 12 and was second overall in points with 24 in 12 games played to help the Bruins to the top of the Atlantic Division, which was also a franchise best for the month of October. Paastrnak would compile all of his points during a 10 game streak to close the month.

    Oct Pastrnak

     

    Third Star – Leon Draisaitl (C, Edmonton Oilers)

    • Draisaitl led the NHL in scoring (12g, 13a, 25p) in 14 games played to lead the Oilers to first place in the Pacific Division. Draisaitl would open the month with an eight game point streak , and then closed the month with points in four straight games.

    Oct Draisaitl

     

    *All Graphics courtesy of the NHL.

     

  • Game Recap – 10/29/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Toronto Maple Leafs

    Game Recap – 10/29/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Toronto Maple Leafs

    Washington Capitals (8-2-3 19pts) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (6-5-2 14pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals head to Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs to close up their five game road trip, but it would be the Leafs striking first as Andreas Johnsson would score 40 seconds into the game to take the quick 1-0 lead. Then after both teams traded powerplay opportunities it would be the Capitals striking to tie the game as John Carlson would blast a bullet past Frederik Andersen to tie the game at one. Both teams would powerplay opportunities again, including a two man advantage for Toronto, but neither team would capitalize on their opportunities as the game would remain tied at one going into the first intermission.

     

    In the second period the Capitals would strike on the powerplay to take the 2-1 lead when John Carlson would score his second of the game, but then the Capitals would do a march to the penalty box to allow the Leafs to take back the momentum. Then in the final minute of the second Auston Matthews would get one past Braden Holtby to tie the game at two as they entered the intermission.

     

    In the third period the Capitals and Leafs would trade goals once again as Auston Matthews would score his second of the game to give the Leafs the 3-2 lead, but then Alex Ovechkin would score his tenth of the season to tie the game and send it to overtime. then in overtime the Maple Leafs would put themselves into penalty trouble and the Capitals would take advantage as Ovechkin would score his second of the game to secure the Capitals the 4-3 overtime victory to close out their five game road trip.

     

    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 — Travis Boyd

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

    Jonas Siegenthaler — Radko Gudas

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: Tyler Lewington, Chandler Stephenson

    Injured: Richard Panik (upper body)

     

    Toronto Maple Leafs:

    Andreas Johnsson — Auston Matthews — William Nylander

    Ilya Mikheyev — Alexander Kerfoot — Mitchell Marner

    Trevor Moore — Jason Spezza — Kasperi Kapanen

    Dmytro Timashov — Nicholas Shore — Frederik Gauthier

    Morgan Rielly — Cody Ceci

    Jake Muzzin — Tyson Barrie

    Travis Dermott — Justin Holl

    Frederik Andersen

    Michael Hutchinson

    Scratched: Nic Petan, Martin Marincin, Kevin Gravel

    Injured: John Tavares (broken finger), Zach Hyman (ACL)

     

    First Period:

    TOR Goal – :40 – Andreas Johnsson (4) from Auston Matthews (5)

    TOR Penalty – 3:10 – Morgan Rielly 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    WAS Penalty – 5:15 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Slashing

    WAS Goal – 10:47 – John Carlson (6) from Alex Ovechkin (6) and Nicklas Backstrom (8)

    TOR Penalty – 14:55 – Justin Holl 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS Penalty – 16:47 – Jakub Vrana 2 minutes for Hooking

    WAS Penalty – 18:04 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    WAS Penalty – 3:34 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for Holding

    TOR Penalty – 6:31 – Alexander Kerfoot 2 minutes for High Sticking

    TOR Penalty – 7:53 – Cody Ceci 2 minutes for Holding

    WAS PPG – 7:59 – John Carlson (7) from Alex Ovechkin (7) and Backstrom (9)

    WAS Penalty – 10:57 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS Penalty – 15:20 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Interference

    TOR Goal – 19:27 – Auston Matthews (10) from Tyson Barrie (5) and Morgan Rielly (11)

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    WAS Penalty – 1:27 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Charging

    TOR Penalty – 1:27 – Frederik Gauthier 2 minutes for Roughing

    WAS Penalty – 1:27 – Tom Wilson (Brendan Leipsic) 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    TOR PPG – 1:46 – Auston Matthews (11) from William Nylander (6) and Mitch Marner (13)

    WAS Goal – 4:10 – Alex Ovechkin (10) from TJ Oshie (4) and Nicklas Backstrom (10)

    TOR Penalty – 7:40 – Justin Holl 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS Penalty – 16:46 – Radko Gudas 2 minutes for Delay of Game

     

    End of 3rd

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    Overtime:

    TOR Penalty – :21 – William Nylander 2 minutes for Tripping

    TOR Penalty – 2:20 – Mitch Marner 2 minutes for High Sticking

    WAS PPG – 4:00 – Alex Ovechkin (11) from Dmitry Orlov (5) and Jakub Vrana (5)

     

    Final:

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    Next Up:

    Washington (9-2-3 21pts) v. Buffalo (9-2-2 20pts)

    Toronto (6-5-3 15pts) @ Philadelphia (5-5-1 11pts)

  • Game Recap – 10/22/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Calgary Flames

    Game Recap – 10/22/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Calgary Flames

    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)

     

    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

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    Second Period:

    WAS Goal – :35 – John Carlson (4) from Alex Ovechkin (5) and TJ Oshie (3)

    WAS Goal – 2:41 – Chandler Stephenson (1) from unassisted

    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)

    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)

    WAS Goal – 16:35 – Alex Ovechkin (7) from Nicklas Backstrom (7)

    WAS Penalty – 16:51 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 2nd

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    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)

    WAS ENG – 18:15 – John Carlson (5) from unassisted

    CAL Goal – 19:44 – Tobias Rieder (1) from Andrew Mangiapane (1) and Derek Ryan (4)

     

    End of 3rd

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    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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  • NHL Three Stars of the Week for Oct. 14th – Oct. 20th

    NHL Three Stars of the Week for Oct. 14th – Oct. 20th

    Today the National Hockey League announced their Three Stars of the Week for the week of October 14th through 20th.

     

    First Star – David Pastrnak (RW, Boston Bruins)

    • Pastrnak lead the NHL in goals (7) and points (9) for the week, and recorded multiple points in all three games played to aid the Bruins in a week that saw them go 1-0-2. On October 14th against Anaheim Pastrnal scored all four goals in their 4-2 victory, then against Tampa Bay on October 17th he would record two goals and an assist. Then on October 19th Pastrnak would record a goal and an assist against Toronto.

    1 David Pastrnak

     

    Second Star – John Carlson (D, Washington Capitals)

    • Carlson lead the NHL with seven assists and ranked second in points with eight in four games to help the Capitals go 2-1-1 for the week. On October 14th Carlson would record an assist in Washington’s loss to Colorado, then on October 16th Carlson would record a goal and two assists against Toronto. On October 18th He would then three assists in the Capitals win over the New York Rangers, and in Chicago on October 20th Carlson would record one more assist.

    2 John Carlson

     

    Third Star – Carter Hutton (G, Buffalo Sabres)

    • Hutton would go perfect in his two games for the Sabres as he would stop all 72 shots faced to record back to back shutouts for the week as the Sabres would go 3-1-0 for the week. Hutton would earn his 12th career shutout on October 14th against Dallas, and then he would set a franchise record for saves in a regular season shutout with 47 saves on October 17th against Los Angeles to record his 13th career shutout.

    3 Carter Hutton

     

    *All Graphics courtesy of the NHL.

     

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  • 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 – 10/14/2019 – Colorado Avalanche v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 10/14/2019 – Colorado Avalanche v. Washington Capitals

    Colorado Avalanche (4-0-0 8pts) v. Washington Capitals (3-1-2 8pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Coming home for a three game homestand the Washington Capitals host the Colorado Avalanche, and less than four minutes into the game it would be the Avalanche getting on the board first as Erik Johnson would rip it from the point and have it beat Braden Holtby to give the Avalanche the 1-0 lead. Then the Avalanche would strike two more times, first from Nikita Zadorov, and then less than two minutes later Nazem Kadri would victimize Holtby as he would give up his third goal on the Avalanche’s third shot of the game which would force Todd Reirden to send in Ilya Samsonov. However, it would not matter as while shorthanded on a Jonas Siegenthaler cross checking penalty the Avalanche would strike on the powerplay with a Mikko Rantanen marker. After the Rantanen marker Tyler Lewington would look to get the Capitals back into this game as he would scrap with Valeri Nichushkin, but the Capitals would not capitalize on the fight as they enter the first intermission down 4-0.

     

    In the second period the Capitals would pick up the physicality, and in turn would start generating more shots on goal. A little less than seven minutes into the period Alex Ovechkin would force the turnover and get the puck to Lars Eller who would break Philipp Grubauer’s shutout bid. Then TJ Oshie would deke out Grubauer to cut the Avalanche’s lead to two as they would hold onto a 4-2 lead going into the second intermission.

     

    In the third period the Capitals would start off flying, but a couple mistakes and an Ilya Samsonov turnover would allow the Avalanche back into the game as Matt Nieto would score his first of the season to give the Avalanche the 5-2 lead. However, the Capitals would get a late powerplay opportunity and they would pull Samsonov to which right off the faceoff following a timeout Alex Ovechkin would rip one from the point to cut the Capitals deficit to two. Then the Capitals would strike again with a John Carlson marker, but it would be called back after a Coach’s Challenge for offsides, which was the correct call as TJ Oshie was in the zone before the puck was. But it would be Nathan MacKinnon icing the game for the Avalanche as he would hit the empty net to give the Avalanche the 6-3 victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Colorado Avalanche:

    Gabriel Landeskog — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen

    Joonas Donskoi — Nazem Kadri — Andre Burakovsky

    Matt Nieto — Tyson Jost — Colin Wilson

    Matt Calvert — Pierre-Edouard Bellemare — Valeri Nichushkin

    Samuel Girard — Erik Johnson

    Nikita Zadorov — Cale Makar

    Ryan Graves — Ian Cole

    Philipp Grubauer

    Pavel Francouz

    Scratched: Kevin Connauton, Vladislav Kamenev, Mark Barberio

    Injured: J.T. Compher (lower body)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — T.J. Oshie

    Carl Hagelin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Richard Panik

    Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

    Radko Gudas – Tyler Lewington

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: Chandler Stephenson

    Injured: Michal Kempny (hamstring)

     

    First Period:

    COL Goal – 3:42 – Erik Johnson (1) from Nazem Kadri (1) and Andre Burakovsky (3)

    COL Goal – 6:00 – Nikita Zadorov (1) from Mikko Rantanen (4) and Nathan MacKinnon (6)

    COL Goal – 7:54 – Nazem Kadri (2) from Joonas Donskoi (1) and Cale Makar (6)

    WAS Penalty – 11:11 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    COL PPG – 9:25 – Mikko Rantanen (4) from Gabriel Landeskog (3) and Nazem Kadri (2)

    COL Penalty – 9:44 – Valeri Nichushkin 5 minute major for Fighting

    WAS Penalty – 9:44 – Tyler Lewington 5 minute major for Fighting

    WAS Penalty – 9:44 – Tyler Lewington (Jakub Vrana) 2 minute minor for Instigating

    WAS Penalty – 9:44 – Tyler Lewington 10 minute Misconduct

    WAS Penalty – 16:28 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    COL Penalty – :50 – Nikita Zadorov 2 minutes for Hooking

    WAS Penalty – 1:45 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for High Sticking

    WAS Penalty – 5:06 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Hooking

    COL Penalty – 5:06 – Samuel Girard 2 minutes for Embellishment

    WAS Goal – 6:56 – Lars Eller (2) from Alex Ovechkin (2)

    WAS Goal – 15:28 – TJ Oshie (4) from Dmitry Orlov (2) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    COL Goal – 4:24 – Matt Nieto (1) from Tyson Jost (1)

    COL Penalty – 15:39 – Gabriel Landeskog 2 minutes for Slashing

    WAS PPG – 17:39 – Alex Ovechkin (5) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) and John Carlson (9)

    COL ENG – 19:21 – Nathan MacKinnon (2) from Mikko Rantanen (5)

     

    End of 3rd

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    Next Up:

    Washington (3-2-2 8pts) v. Toronto (3-2-1 7pts)

    Colorado (5-0-0 10pts) @ Pittsburgh (4-2-0 8pts)

     

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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 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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