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  • Game Recap – 11/16/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Boston Bruins

    Game Recap – 11/16/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Boston Bruins

    Washington Capitals (14-3-4 32pts) v. Boston Bruins (12-3-4 28pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Shipping up to Boston after a disappointing showing at home the night before against the Montreal Canadiens, the Washington Capitals look to rebound against the Bruins. In the first period the Capitals would get a powerplay opportunity near the half way point of the period, but their struggles from the night before continued as they were unable to handle the puck well, and squandered their powerplay. Then shortly after the powerplay ended for the Capitals, the Bruins would strike as Danton Heinen would feed a beautiful pass across the slot to Charlie Coyle to bank in his fourth goal of the season to give the Bruins the one goal lead. However, the Capitals would respond as Travis Boyd, who was recalled from Hershey earlier in the day, would cut through the slot area and redirect a John Carlson point blast to get his first of the season and tie the game at one.

     

    In the second period the Bruins would fail to capitalize on the remaining time left on their powerplay from the first period, but once it was over the Bruins would still respond anyways as David Pastrnak would score off a bad angle to retake the one goal lead over the Capitals. The Capitals would get a powerplay opportunity a little later, but would not do anything substantial with it. The Bruins would earn another powerplay as well, and just like the Capitals were unable to make anything of the opportunity.

     

    In the third period there wouldn’t be a lot outside of Tom Wilson and Zdeno Chara both getting minors for roughing until the final minute of regulation as the Capitals would pull Braden Holtby and a slick pass from behind the net to TJ Oshie who would bury it to tie the game at two and send the game to overtime. After a scoreless extra five minutes the game would head to the shootout. After being tied at one goal each after the first three rounds, Jakub Vrana would undress Jaroslav Halak to score the winning goal in the shootout and give the Capitals the 3-2 victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Richard Panik — Lars Eller — Garnet Hathaway

    Brendan Leipsic — Chandler Stephenson — Travis Boyd

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Radko Gudas

    Jonas Siegenthaler — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Vitek Vanecek

    Scratched: None

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

     

    Boston Bruins:

    Brad Marchand — David Krejci — David Pastrnak

    Anders Bjork — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen

    Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Chris Wagner

    Trent Frederic — Par Lindholm — Paul Carey

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Matt Grzelcyk — Brandon Carlo

    Urho Vaakanainen — Connor Clifton

    Jaroslav Halak

    Tuukka Rask

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injured: Torey Krug (upper body), Jake DeBrusk (lower body), Brett Ritchie (upper body), David Backes (upper body), Zach Senyshyn (lower body), Karson Kuhlman (fractured tibia), Kevan Miller (knee), John Moore (shoulder), Patrice Bergeron (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    BOS Penalty – 8:03 – David Pastrnak 2 minutes for Hooking

    BOS Goal – 11:32 – Charlie Coyle (4) from Danton Heinen (5) and Charlie McAvoy (5)

    WAS Goal – 14:27 – Travis Boyd (1) from John Carlson (24) and Brendan Leipsic (5)

    WAS Penalty – 19:21 – Radko Gudas 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    BOS Goal – 3:30 – David Pastrnak (17) from Charlie McAvoy (6) and David Krejci (9)

    BOS Penalty – 4:42 – Danton Heinen 2 minutes for Hooking

    WAS Penalty – 10:05 – Brendan Leipsic 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS Penalty – 19:44 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for Cross Checking

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    BOS Penalty – 13:59 – Zdeno Chara 2 minutes for Roughing

    WAS Penalty – 13:59 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Roughing

    WAS Goal – 19:01 – TJ Oshie (10) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (11) and Nicklas Backstrom (13)

     

    End of 3rd

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    Overtime:

    N/A

     

    Shootout:

    1 – WAS – TJ Oshie – Save

    1 – BOS – Charlie Coyle – Goal

    2 – WAS – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Miss

    2 – BOS – David Pastrnak – Save

    3 – WAS – Nicklas Backstrom – Goal

    3 – BOS – Brad Marchand – Save

    4 – WAS – Alex Ovechkin – Save

    4 – BOS – David Krejci – Save

    5 – WAS – Jakub Vrana – Goal

    5 – BOS – Chris Wagner – Save

     

    Final

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    Next Up:

    Washington (15-3-4 34pts) v. Anaheim (9-9-2 20pts)

    Boston (12-3-5 29pts) @ New Jersey (6-8-4 16pts)

  • 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 – 11/1/2019 – Buffalo Sabres v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 11/1/2019 – Buffalo Sabres v. Washington Capitals

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

     

    Game Recap:

    After a successful month of October that was capped off with an even more successful five game road trip to end the month, the Washington Capitals start the month of November at home against the Buffalo Sabres. In the first period the Sabres would get an early powerplay, but after the Capitals killed it off it would spark them as Jakub Vrana would score on a breakaway to to the early lead, but then less than 45 seconds later the Capitals would go on a 4 on 1 and off the tic tac toe play Chandler Stephenson would score his second of the season. Then before the game would be ten minutes old Michal Kempny would find a wide open Vrana who would one time a blast past Linus Ullmark for his second of the game. But the Capitals weren’t done there as Brendan Leipsic would score his first as a Capital on another passing play to give the Capitals the 4-0 lead less than eleven minutes into the game. In the final minutes of the period the Sabres would surge, but they would not be able to solve Braden Holtby before the first period ended.

     

    In the second period after a very quick moving first half it would be the Sabres getting on the board as Henri Jokiharju would score his first career goal to cut the Capitals lead to three. Then with a little over three minutes left in the period the Sabres would fail to clear their zone as Michal Kempney would be able to keep the puck in and wrist it from the point for a Tom Wilson tip to make it 5-1 heading into the second intermission.

     

    In the third period it would be relatively quiet for the majority of the period. The Sabres would get a late powerplay opportunity, but would not capitalize on it. Then after the Capitals killed the penalty it would be TJ Oshie scoring to put the Capitals up by five. The Capitals would get a late powerplay, but would be unable to get Vrana the hat trick goal before the final buzzer as the Capitals would go on to win 6-1.

     

    Lineups:

    Buffalo Sabres:

    Victor Olofsson — Jack Eichel — Sam Reinhart

    Jeff Skinner — Marcus Johansson — Vladimir Sobotka

    Evan Rodrigues — Casey Mittelstadt — Conor Sheary

    Zemgus Girgensons — Johan Larsson — Kyle Okposo

    Jake McCabe — Rasmus Ristolainen

    Rasmus Dahlin — Henri Jokiharju

    John Gilmour — Colin Miller

    Linus Ullmark

    Carter Hutton

    Scratched: None

    Injured: Marco Scandella (lower body), Jimmy Vesey (upper body), Brandon Montour (hand), Zach Bogosian (hip)

     

    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, Liam O’Brien

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

     

    First Period:

    WAS Penalty – 2:42 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minutes for Elbowing

    WAS Goal – 6:17 – Jakub Vrana (5) from Tom Wilson (4)

    WAS Goal – 6:59 – Chandler Stephenson (2) from Travis Boyd (2) and Brendan Leipsic (4)

    WAS Goal – 9:29 – Jakub Vrana (6) from Michal Kempny (3) and Tom Wilson (5)

    WAS Goal – 10:44 – Brendan Leipsic (1) from Travis Boyd (3) and Radko Gudas (5)

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    BUF Goal – 10:40 – Henri Jokiharju (1) from Rasmus Dahlin (10)

    WAS Goal – 16:53 – Tom Wilson (5) from Michal Kempny (4)

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    WAS Penalty – 11:10 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS Goal – 13:43 – TJ Oshie (8) from Michal Kempny (5) and Alex Ovechkin (8)

    BUF Penalty – 18:24 – Johan Larsson 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 3rd

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    Next Up:

    Washington (10-2-3 23pts) v. Calgary (7-6-2 16pts)

    Buffalo (9-3-2 20pts) v. NY Islanders (9-3-0 16pts)

  • Game Recap – 10/20/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Chicago Blackhawks

    Game Recap – 10/20/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Chicago Blackhawks

    Washington Capitals (5-2-2 12pts) v. Chicago Blackhawks (2-2-1 5pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals embark on a five game road trip to finish the month of October, and they begin in Chicago as they take on the Blackhawks. To start the game the first nine minutes was a bit of back and forth between the two teams until the Blackhawks would head to the penalty box due to an Andrew Shaw penalty, and the Capitals would need only eight seconds to convert on the powerplay as the TJ Oshie would roof a one time pass from Evgeny Kuznetsov to take the 1-0 lead. Lars Eller would get called for tripping shortly after to give the Blackhawks a powerplay opportunity, but the Capitals would shut it down to kill the penalty. To end the period the Blackhawks would get a flurry in the Capitals zone, but it would be Braden Holtby standing tall in net to keep the Capitals 1-0 lead heading into the firt intermission.

     

    In the second period the Blackhawks would start the period with a fresh two minute powerplay after some end of period shenanigans took place between Radko Gudas and Connor Murphy which would see both get two minutes each for roughing, and Gudas getting an additional two minutes for cross checking. However, the Capitals would shut down the Blackhawks and kill the penalty. But the Blackhawks would continue to persist as they would force a turnover in the Capitals zone and Drake Caggiula would net his second of the season to tie the game at one. Then the Capitals would get hit with a double minor to Chandler Stephenson for high sticking, but they would strike while shorthanded when Carl Hagelin would make the pickoff and create a two on one with Nic Dowd who would score to retake the Capitals one goal lead. To end the second period the Blackhawks would outshoot the Capitals 15 to 9 for the period, but the Capitals would make sure that Braden Holtby could see the puck and cut down on the quality chances for the Blackhawks.

     

    In the third period the Capitals would go shorthanded early, but would be able to kill the penalty and then John Carlson would feed Alex Ovechkin a hard pass that Ovechkin would one time past Corey Crawford to give the Capitals a 3-1 lead. However, the Blackhawks would get a really solid shift from their grinder line, and they would cause a lot of chaos in the Capitals zone and Dominik Kubalik would get a lose puck in the crease to score his second of the season. Then after poor passing decision by Lars Eller, the Blackhawks would go on a two on one break which would see Patrick Kane score his third of the season on a beautiful wrist shot, but the Capitals would respond right away as Eller would atone for his costly mistake by creating the play that generated Tom Wilson’s third goal of the season to retake the lead. Then to ice the game Eller would score on the empty net to secure the 5-3 victory for the Capitals.

     

    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

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

    Michal Kempny — Radko Gudas

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: Tyler Lewington, Travis Boyd

    Injured: Richard Panik (upper body)

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    Chicago Blackhawks:

    Alex DeBrincat — Jonathan Toews — Andrew Shaw

    Dylan Strome — Kirby Dach — Patrick Kane

    Brandon Saad — David Kampf — Dominik Kubalik

    Alexander Nylander — Ryan Carpenter — Drake Caggiula

    Duncan Keith — Connor Murphy

    Olli Maatta — Brent Seabrook

    Calvin de Haan — Erik Gustafsson

    Corey Crawford

    Robin Lehner

    Scratched: Brendan Perlini, Slater Koekkoek, Zack Smith

    Injured: None.

     

    First Period:

    CHI Penalty – 9:17 – Andrew Shaw 2 minutes for Holding

    WAS PPG – 9:25 – TJ Oshie (7) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)

    WAS Penalty – 12:59 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for Tripping’

    WAS Penalty – 20:00 – Radko Gudas (Jakub Vrana) 2 minutes for Roughing

    CHI Penalty – 20:00 – Connor Murphy 2 minutes for Roughing

    WAS Penalty – 20:00 – Radko Gudas 2 minutes for Cross Checking

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    CHI Goal – 8:25 – Drake Caggiula (2) from Alexander Nylander (1) and Ryan Carpenter (3)

    WAS Penalty – 9:25 – Chandler Stephenson double minor for High Sticking

    WAS SHG – 9:53 – Nic Dowd (2) from Carl Hagelin (3)

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    WAS Penalty – :33 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS Goal – 3:52 – Alex Ovechkin (6) from John Carlson (15) and Michal Kempny (1)

    CHI Goal – 6:05 – Dominik Kubalik (2) from Brandon Saad (2) and David Kampf (2)

    CHI Goal – 9:58 – Patrick Kane (3) from Alexander Nylander (2)

    WAS Goal – 11:47 – Tom Wilson (3) from Carl Hagelin (4) and Lars Eller (4)

    WAS ENG – 19:10 – Lars Eller (3) from Dmitry Orlov (4)

     

    End of 3rd

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    Next Up:

    Washington (6-2-2 14pts) @ Calgary (4-4-1 9pts)

    Chicago (2-3-1 5pts) v. Vegas (6-3-0 12pts)

     

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  • Game Recap – 10/18/2019 – New York Rangers v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 10/18/2019 – New York Rangers v. Washington Capitals

    New York Rangers (2-2-0 4pts) v. Washington Capitals (4-2-2 10pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals host the New York Rangers as they look to end their three game homestand with a possible 4 out 6 standing points, and early in the first period while on the powerplay the Capitals would strike as TJ Oshie would continue to jam at the puck, in front of the net, and due to the scrum would see a Rangers defensemen inadvertently kick the puck into the net to give the Capitals the 1-0 lead. Then 10 minutes later Pavel Buchnevich would strike on a Rangers powerplay to tie the game at one, but the Capitals would strike less than three minutes later as the as the returning Michal Kempny would one time a rebound past Henrik Lundqvist to give the Capitals the 2-1 lead going into the first intermission.

     

    Then early in the second period Nic Dowd would score his first of the season after finding the rebound and shooting it into the wide open net for the 3-1 lead. But late in the period Artemi Panarin would score his third of the season to cut the Capitals lead back to one as the Capitals head into the second intermission with the 3-2 lead.

     

    In the third period the physicality would pick up as both Brendan Smith and Garnet Hathaway would have a fight, but Smith would also get an addition two minutes for cross checking to give the Capitals the powerplay that would see TJ Oshie score his second of the game after he would tip a John Carlson point blast to give the Capitals the 4-2 lead. Then in the final thirty seconds of the game Hathaway would score the empty net goal to secure the Capitals the 5-2 victory over the Rangers.

     

    Lineups:

    New York Rangers:

    Artemi Panarin — Mika Zibanejad — Pavel Buchnevich

    Chris Kreider — Brett Howden — Kaapo Kakko

    Brendan Smith — Ryan Strome — Jesper Fast

    Greg McKegg — Lias Andersson — Micheal Haley

    Brady Skjei — Tony DeAngelo

    Libor Hajek — Jacob Trouba

    Marc Staal — Adam Fox

    Henrik Lundqvist

    Alexandar Georgiev

    Scratched: Brendan Lemieux

    Injured: None

     

    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

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

    Michal Kempny — Radko Gudas

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: Tyler Lewington, Travis Boyd, Martin Fehervary

    Injured: Richard Panik (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    NYR Penalty – 1:09 – Artemi Panarin 2 minutes for Slashing

    WAS PPG – 2:24 – TJ Oshie (5) from unassisted

    NYR Penalty – 4:11 – Brendan Lemieux 5 minute major for Fighting

    WAS Penalty – 4:11 – Radko Gudas 5 minute magor for Fighting

    WAS Penalty – 5:08 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS Penalty – 11:50 – Nicklas Backstrom 2 minutes for Tripping

    NYR PPG – 12:25 – Pavel Buchnevich (1) from Mika Zibanejad (5) and Jacob Trouba (4)

    WAS Goal – 15:16 – Michal Kempny (1) from Alex Ovechkin (4) and John Carlson (12)

    NYR Penalty – 16:23 – Chris Kreider 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 1st – NYR – 1       WAS – 2

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    Second Period:

    WAS Goal – 3:45 – Nic Dowd (1) from Dmitry Orlov (3) and John Carlson (13)

    WAS Penalty Shot – 10:16 – Jakub Vrana – Saved by Lundqvist

    WAS Penalty – 13:16 – Radko Gudas 2 minutes for Holding

    NYR Goal – 16:56 – Artemi Panarin (3) from Chris Kreider (3)

     

    End of 2nd – NYR – 2       WAS – 3

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    Third Period:

    NYR Penalty – 9:20 – Brendan Smith (Artemi  Panarin) 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    NYR Penalty – 9:20 – Brendan Smith 5 minute major for Fighting

    WAS Penalty – 9:20 – Garnet Hathaway 5 minute major for Fighting

    WAS PPG – 10:18 – TJ Oshie (6) from John Carlson (14) and Nicklas Backstrom (6)

    WAS Penalty – 11:42 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Slashing

    NYR Penalty – 15:29 – Libor Hajek 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS ENG – 19:32 – Garnet Hathaway (2) from Carl Hagelin (2)

     

    End of 3rd – NYR – 2       WAS – 5

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    Next Up:

    Washington (5-2-2 12pts) @ Chicago (2-2-1 3pts)

    NY Rangers (2-3-0 4pts) v. Vancouver (4-2-0 8pts)

     

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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 – 10/10/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Nashville Predators

    Game Recap – 10/10/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Nashville Predators

    Washington Capitals (2-0-2 6pts) v. Nashville Predators (2-1-0 4pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Heading into Nashville to start a quick two game road trip, the Washington Capitals look to get back into the win column after two consecutive overtime defeats at home. However it would be the Predators on the quick pounce as they would get four shots in the first three minutes of the game. After a little over 8 minutes played the Predators would be outshooting the Capitals 7-3, and Braden Holtby had to come up huge to deny Matt Duchene, but after the TV break Lars Eller would knock in the loose puck in the crease after a mad scramble around the Predators net. However, the Predators would respond when Jakub Vrana would do a very poor break out pass attempt and Filip Forsberg would get a breakaway opportunity and rip the puck past Holtby to tie the game. After both goals were scored the Capitals would get a powerplay opportunity, but could not capitalize and then gave the Predators two powerplay opportunities which they would kill going into the first intermission tied at one a piece.

     

    In the second period the Capitals would get an early powerplay opportunity on a Colton Sissons high sticking penalty, and it would take the Capitals about 30 seconds of powerplay time for Alex Ovechkin to crank a one timer past Pekka Rinne to give the Capitals the 2-1 lead. However, the lead would not last long as the Predators would take advantage of a stretch pass that scattered the Capitals defense to give Ryan Johansen his first goal of the season to tie the game at two. After giving up the tying goal Garnet Hathaway would be called for interference, but Tom Wilson would wrist a beautiful shot past Rinne for the shorthanded goal to give the Capitals the 3-2 lead. A little later into the period the Capitals first line of Wilson, Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom would do a very good job of cycling the puck to result in a Roman Josi penalty, and on the powerplay Ovechkin would bomb his second powerplay goal of the game to make it 4-2 Capitals.

     

    Then in the third period the Capitals would lay back and take a bad penalty that would allow the PRedators to get back in the game starting with Ryan Johensan scoring his second of the game while on the powerplay, then a minute ten seconds later Matt Duchene would score his first goal as a Nashville Predator to tie the game at four a piece. However, Dmitry Orlov would lead a rally as he would have a huge shift that would have him finding TJ Oshie who would bury the puck to make it 5-4 Capitals. But it wouldn’t last long as the Predators would get goals from Nick Bonino and Mattias Ekholm in a 28 second span to give the Predators a 6-5 lead over the Capitals. The Capitals would pull Braden Holtby for the extra attacker, and draw one last powerplay, but the Capitals could not comeback after blowing their third consecutive third period lead as they fall to the Predators 6-5.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — T.J. Oshie

    Carl Hagelin — Lars Eller — Richard Panik

    Brendan Leipsic — Chandler Stephenson — Garnet Hathaway

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

    Radko Gudas — Tyler Lewington

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: Nic Dowd

    Injured: Michal Kempny (hamstring)

     

    Nashville Predators:

    Calle Jarnkrok — Ryan Johansen — Viktor Arvidsson

    Filip Forsberg — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund

    Colton Sissons — Nick Bonino — Austin Watson

    Daniel Carr — Kyle Turris — Craig Smith

    Roman Josi — Ryan Ellis

    Mattias Ekholm — Dante Fabbro

    Matt Irwin — Yannick Weber

    Pekka Rinne

    Juuse Saros

    Scratched: Rocco Grimaldi, Dan Hamhuis

    Injured: None

     

    First Period:

    WAS Goal – 9:17 – Lars Eller (1) from Garnet Hathaway (1) and John Carlson (5)

    NAS Goal – 10:39 – Filip Forsberg (4) from Matt Duchene (7) and Mikael Granlund (1)

    NAS Penalty – 11:09 – Craig Smith 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS Penalty – 14:15 – Radko Gudas 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS Penalty – 17:53 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    NAS Penalty – 4:14 – Colton Sissons 2 minutes for High Sticking

    WAS PPG – 4:46 – Alex Ovechkin (2) from John Carlson (6) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)

    NAS Goal – 7:37 – Ryan Johansen (1) from Viktor Arvidsson (1) and Calle Jarnkrok (2)

    WAS Penalty – 11:03 – Garnet Hathaway 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS SHG – 12:28 – Tom Wilson (1) from Chandler Stephenson (1)

    NAS Penalty – 17:11 – Roman Josi 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS PPG – 17:36 – Alex Ovechkin (3) from John Carlson (7) and Nicklas Backstrom (3)

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    WAS Penalty – 4:15 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Hooking

    NAS PPG – 5:03 – Ryan Johansen (2) from Viktor Arvidsson (2) and Roman Josi (2)

    NAS Goal – 6:13 – Matt Duchene (1) from Filip Forsberg (2) and Mikael Granlund (2)

    WAS Goal – 10:09 – TJ Oshie (3) from Dmitri Orlov (1)

    NAS Goal – 14:52 – Nick Bonino (1) from Colton Sissons (2) and Austin Watson (1)

    NAS Goal – 15:20 – Mattias Ekholm (2) from Calle Jarnkrok (3)

    NAS Penalty – 19:43 – Ryan Ellis 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 3rd

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    Next Up:

    Washington (2-1-2 4pts) @ Dallas (1-3-0 2pts)

    Nashville (3-1-0 6pts) @ Los Angeles (1-2-0 2pts)

     

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  • Game Recap – 10/5/2019 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 10/5/2019 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Carolina Hurricanes (1-0-0 2pts) v. Washington Capitals (2-0-0 4pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals look to keep their winning ways going as they play their first game of the season at home against the Carolina Hurricanes. For the majority of the first period the Hurricanes would generate chances against the Capitals, but Braden Holtby would stand tall in net for the Capitals. Then late in the period Garnet Hathaway would pick off a poor pass attempt by Joel Edmundson and then drive to the net to score his first as Capital and to give them the 1-0 lead heading into the first intermission.

     

    In the second period the Capitals would still have some time to work on their first powerplay opportunity, but would not be able to convert. Then they would gain another opportunity when Jordan Staal would be called for tripping, but again could not convert on the powerplay. However, midway through the second it would be TJ Oshie who would bat the puck down and then get it past James Reimer to give the Capitals a 2-0 lead after an Official review. The Capitals would try to make it 3-0 off another potential Hathaway goal, but after a Coach’s Challenge it was ruled that Brendan Leipsic did in fact interfere with Reimer, and the goal would not count as a result.

     

    Then in the third period Radko Gudas would take an interference penalty and the Hurricanes would finally get their powerplay on point as Erik Haula would tap in a Teuvu Teravainen pass past Braden Holtby to cut the Capitals lead to one. The after killing off a Tom Wilson penalty, the Capitals would have a breakdown in their own zone and Jaccob Slavin would capitalize by getting the puck past Holtby to tie the game at two. Then in overtime the Capitals would dominate with 7 shots on goal and a powerplay opportunity, but were unable to capitalize. However, for the Hurricanes they would only need one shot to win it as Jake Gardiner would wrist a shot past Holtby to win the game 3-2 in overtime.

     

    Lineups:

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Nino Niederreiter — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen

    Andrei Svechnikov — Jordan Staal — Brock McGinn

    Ryan Dzingel — Erik Haula — Martin Necas

    Warren Foegele — Lucas Wallmark — Jordan Martinook

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Joel Edmundson — Brett Pesce

    Jake Gardiner — Haydn Fleury

    James Reimer

    Petr Mrazek

    Scratched: None

    Injured: Trevor van Riemsdyk (shoulder)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — T.J. Oshie

    Carl Hagelin — Chandler Stephenson — Richard Panik

    Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

    Martin Fehervary — Radko Gudas

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: Tyler Lewington, Travis Boyd

    Injured: Michal Kempny (hamstring)

    Suspended: Evgeny Kuznetsov

     

    First Period:

    WAS Penalty – 6:45 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Interference

    CAR Penalty – 8:11 – Erik Haula 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS Goal – 17:23 – Garnet Hathaway (1) from Brendan Leipsic (1)

    CAR Penalty – 19:22 – Nino Niederreiter 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    CAR Penalty – 4:29 – Jordan Staal 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS Penalty – 8:19 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS Goal – 11:40 – TJ Oshie (2) from Jakub Vrana (1) and Radko Gudas (2)

    CAR Penalty – 13:25 – Martin Necas 2 minutes for Tripping

    CAR Penalty – 18:51 – Andrei Svechnikov 2 minutes for High Sticking

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    WAS Penalty – 1:59 – Radko Gudas 2 minutes for Interference

    CAR PPG – 2:36 – Erik Haula (2) from Teuvu Teravainen (2) and Andrei Svechnikov (2)

    WAS Penalty – 7:17 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Tripping

    CAR Goal – 9:50 – Jaccob Slavin (1) from Jordan Martinook (1) and Warren Foegele (1)

    CAR Penalty – 12:29 – Joel Edmundson 2 minutes for Holding

    WAS Penalty – 12:29 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for High Sticking

     

    End of 3rd

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    Overtime:

    CAR Penalty – :19 – Jordan Staal 2 minutes for Hooking

    CAR Goal – 4:04 – Jake Gardiner (1) from Andrei Svechnikov (2)

     

    End of OT:

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    Next Up:

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

    Carolina (2-0-0 4pts) v. Tampa Bay (1-1-0 2pts)

     

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  • Game Recap – 10/4/2019 – Washington Capitals v. New York Islanders

    Game Recap – 10/4/2019 – Washington Capitals v. New York Islanders

    Washington Capitals (1-0-0 2pts) v. New York Islanders (0-0-0 0pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals head to Long Island as the New York Islanders open up their season at Nassau Coliseum. For the first half of this game the Capitals would show some glimpses of offense, but it would be the Islanders who would control the play in the Capitals zone a little more than the Capitals would have liked. However, the Capitals would be the first to respond as Jakub Vrana would come down the wing and rip the puck past Semyon Varlamov to give the Capitals the 1-0 lead. But the lead wouldn’t last long as 2 minutes and 2 seconds later Devon Toews would tie the game at one after his shot would take an unfortunate bounce off of Radko Gudas’ skate and go past Ilya Samsonov. After both teams would trade goals in the midway part of the period, the pace of the game would slow down and the game would remain tied 1-1 going into the first intermission.

     

    In the second period both teams would trade powerplay opportunities, but neither would be able to convert on their opportunities. The Capitals in particular looked very sloppy, especially with their second unit. After being outworked by the Islanders for the majority of the period the Capitals would draw another powerplay and this time they would capitalize on this opportunity as TJ Oshie would find the loose puck and backhand it in while falling for the puck to give the Capitals the 2-1 lead going into the second intermission.

     

    In the third period we would have a very back and forth period as both teams looked to get their chances to try to get on the board. Still down by one the Islanders would pull Varlamov to gain the extra attacker, but the Capitals would shut it down and Ilya Samsonov would record his first career NHL victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana – Lars Eller – TJ Oshie

    Carl Hagelin – Chandler Stephenson – Richard Panik

    Brendan Leipsic – Nic Dowd – Garnet Hathaway

    Jonas Siegenthaler – John Carlson

    Dmitri Orlov – Nick Jensen

    Martin Fehervary – Radko Gudas

    Ilya Samsonov

    Braden Holtby

     

    New York Islanders:

    Anders Lee – Mathew Barzal – Jordan Eberle

    Michael Dal Colle – Brock Nelson – Josh Bailey

    Anthony Beauvillier – Derick Brassard – Leo Komarov

    Matt Martin – Casey Cizikas – Cal Clutterbuck

    Adam Pelech – Ryan Pulock

    Devon Toews – Scott Mayfield

    Nick Leddy – Johnny Boychuk

    Semyon Varlamov

    Thomas Greiss

     

    First Period:

    WAS Goal – 10:25 – Jakub Vrana (2) from Lars Eller (3) and Radko Gudas

    NYI Goal – 12:27 – Devon Toews (1) from Anthony Beauvillier (1)

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    WAS Penalty – 2:23 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for Hooking

    NYI Penalty – 6:00 – Brock Nelson 2 minutes for Tripping

    NYI Penalty – 16:48 – Brock Nelson 2 minutes for Hooking

    WAS PPG – 17:43 – TJ Oshie (1) from John Carlson (3) and Nicklas Backstrom (1)

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    N/A

     

    End of 3rd

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    Next Up:

    Washington (2-0-0 4pts) v. Carolina (1-0-0 2pts)

    NY Islanders (0-1-0 0pts) v. Winnipeg (0-0-0 0pts)

     

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