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  • Game Recap – 11/18/2019 – Anaheim Ducks v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 11/18/2019 – Anaheim Ducks v. Washington Capitals

    Anaheim Ducks (10-9-2 22pts) v. Washington Capitals (15-3-4 34pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Coming off their 3-2 shootout victory against Boston, the Washington Capitals look to build on their momentum against the visiting Anaheim Ducks. In the first period the Capitals would need only 50 seconds to break the tie and take the first lead of the game as Richard Panik would score his first as a Capital off of a beautiful Travis Boyd pass to take the one goal lead. The ducks would get a late powerplay opportunity, but the Capitals would shut them down going into the first intermission.

     

    In the second period the Capitals would get their first powerplay opportunity of the game, and it would be the captain Alex Ovechkin from his office with his 15th of the season to give the Capitals the two goal lead. Theni in the final minute of the period there would be an explosion as Brendan Leipsic would throw his weight around and lay out two heavy hits to discombobulate the Ducks in their own zone and Chandler Stephenson would be the recipient of a Garnet Hathaway pass to take the 3-0 lead, but the goal would be overshadowed with the melee that would ensue as Leipsic would take on three Ducks at the same time the goal was scored and would result in Hathaway and Nick Ritchie to be tossed from the game, and a total of 50 penalty minutes between the two teams.

     

    In the third period after killing off the lone powerplay that would come out of the second period powder keg, the Capitals would strike once again as Jakub Vrana would find his own rebound and bank it past John Gibson to give the Capitals the 4-0 lead. However, on a TJ Oshie double minor for high sticking, the Ducks would strike as Sam Steel would score his first of the season to cut the Capitals lead to three. Nicolas Deslauriers would score to cut the Capitals lead to two, but Tom Wilson would deflect the puck into the empty net to give the Capitals the 5-2 victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Anaheim Ducks:

    Rickard Rakell — Ryan Getzlaf — Max Jones

    Devin Shore — Adam Henrique — Jakob Silfverberg

    Nick Ritchie — Sam Steel — Troy Terry

    Nicolas Deslauriers — Derek Grant — Carter Rowney

    Michael Del Zotto — Cam Fowler

    Josh Mahura — Erik Gudbranson

    Brendan Guhle — Korbinian Holzer

    John Gibson

    Ryan Miller

    Scratched: Ondrej Kase, Jacob Larsson

    Injured: Josh Manson (lower body), Hampus Lindholm (lower body)

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1196575060124827648?s=20

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Richard Panik — Lars Eller — Travis Boyd

    Brendan Leipsic — Chandler Stephenson — Garnet Hathaway

    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)

     

    First Period:

    WAS Goal – :50 – Richard Panik (1)  from Travis Boyd (5) and Lars Eller (7)

    WAS Penalty – 18:00 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for Delay of Game

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    ANA Penalty – 6:19 – Carter Rowney 2 minutes for Slashing

    WAS PPG – 6:39 – Alex Ovechkin (15) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (12) and John Carlson (25)

    WAS Goal – 19:26 – Chandler Stephenson (3) from Garnet Hathaway (5)

    WAS Penalty – 19:26 – Garnet Hathaway 5 minute major for Fighting

    WAS Penalty – 19:26 – Garnet Hathaway (Boyd) 10 minute Match Penalty

    WAS Penalty – 19:26 – Brendan Leipsic 4 minutes for Roughing

    ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Erik Gudbranson 2 minutes for Roughing

    ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Erik Gudbranson 10 minute Misconduct

    ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Brendan Guhle 4 minutes for Roughing

    ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Nick Ritchie 5 minute major for Fighting

    ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Nick Ritchie (Game Misconduct)

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    WAS Goal – 5:44 – Jakub Vrana (10) from unassisted

    WAS Penalty – 12:55 – TJ Oshie double minor for High Sticking

    ANA PPG – 13:31 – Sam Steel (1) from Devin Shore (3) and Michael Del Zotto (3)

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1196617677101395968?s=20

    ANA Goal – 18:11 – Nicolas Deslauriers (1) from Rickard Rakell (9) and Ryan Getzlaf (7)

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1196619582519140352?s=20

    WAS Goal – 18:49 – Tom Wilson (9) from John Carlson (26) and Nicklas Backstrom (14)

     

    End of 3rd

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    Next Up:

    Washington (16-3-4 36pts) @ NY Rangers (8-8-2 18pts)

    Anaheim (10-10-2 22pts) @ Florida (10-5-5 25pts)

     

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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)

  • 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 – 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 – 10/22/2019 – 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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  • 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 – 10/12/2019 – 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 – 10/10/2019 – 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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  • Wednesday Night Hockey: The Last Two Champs Face-off For the First Time.

    Wednesday Night Hockey: The Last Two Champs Face-off For the First Time.

    Washington Capitals (0-0-0) v. St Louis Blues (0-0-0)

     

      Pre-Season Record Predicted Goaltender Stanley Cup Champions
    Washington Capitals 5-1-0 Braden Holtby 2017-18
    St. Louis Blues 4-3-0 Jordan Binnington 2018-19

    It has been a long off-season for Caps’ fans, but we’re finally here. Does anyone else find it slightly more than coincidental that the two previous Stanley Cup Champions are facing off on the first day of the 2019-20 season? I know, I know, the schedule was made before the Blues won the cup, but raise your hand if you think that had something to do with the end result. The Capitals and Blues played each other twice during the preseason, splitting the games with one win a piece. Both teams won by just a single goal in each victory.

    On Sunday, the Washington Capitals rounded out their six-game preseason schedule with a tight 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. While many fans are hesitant about making associations between preseason performances the regular season, there are a couple of things we know for certain. Tom Wilson is about to have a heck of a year. In just 3 preseason matches, Wilson tallied two goals and an assist, including one short-handed goal against the Chicago Blackhawks. While Top Line Tom led the team in short-handed goals last season (2G), it is vital to remember he only played 63 games during the 2019-19 season. Setting a career-high of 22 goals last year, we anticipate he should set another personal record with at least 25 goals this coming season (TheScore, Wilson). Caps’ captain Alex Ovechkin is prepared to win himself another Rocket Richard Trophy this year, and has expressed his desire, and ability to have another 50+ goal season (Gulitti). By a margin of 236 goals, Ovechkin only needs 5 more seasons of 50 goals, or 6 seasons of 40 goals to bypass the all-time goals leader of the Great Wayne Gretzky (894G). With the final year of his contract looming in not-so-distant future, the Capitals front office have already begun playing out some possible scenarios that will need to be played out in order to keep the Great 8 a Capital until retirement. But perhaps the biggest what-if many Caps’ fans are trying to answer involves defenseman Michal Kempny, whom had his season cut short last year due to a hamstring injury he suffered in a March 20th match against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Many, including head coach Todd Reirden, hoped Kempny would be ready in time to make the Opening Night roster for the Capitals, but that is still to be determined, as the blue-liner was still practicing in a non-contact jersey as of September 28th (Khurshudyan). In 71 games played with the Washington Capitals during the 2018-19 season,, Michal Kempny led the team with a +/- rating of 24, tallied 6 goals of his own, and racked up 19 assists, as a defenseman (TheScore, Kempny). However, a number of mid- and off-season acquisitions by the Capitals including Nick Jensen (DET) and Radko Gudas (PHI) and will bolster the Caps’ roster and hopefully this season will play out as well in reality, as it should on paper.

                   The St. Louis Blues did not play their final scheduled preseason game due to a plane malfunction, but did beat the Caps’ on September 27 by a score of 4-3. For those not in the know, the St. Louis Blues won their first Stanley Cup Championship in team history this past June, similarly to the feat the Capitals accomplished in 2018. In true underdog fashion, the Blues went from worst, to first, in a matter of months. Was it the change in bench bosses? The puppy? The mid-practice brawls? Will the Blues fall victim to the infamous Stanley Cup Hangover? St. Louis elected to play eight preseason games (only played seven, see above), and managed to win 4 of 7, including one overtime win versus the Winnipeg Jets. Those 3 losses came resulted from a 2-3 loss to the Capitals, a 1-2 loss to the Dallas Stars, and an especially-embarrassing 4-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. Fellow Russian Vladimir Tarasenko (a.k.a. Vladdy) is expected to have a bounce-back season after a seemingly lack-luster 2018-19 season, where he managed to score 33 goals in 76 regular season games (NHL.com). While Tarasenko led the Blues in goals, and points, he has seen a downward trend in goal-scoring since the 2015-16 season, where he scored a career-high 40 goals, and tallied 34 assists. During the 2018-19 playoffs, he scored 11 goals of the teams’ 75 total goals, good enough for second most on the team, but accounted for just 14.6% of total goals scored (NHL.com).

    While the St. Louis Blues and their fans are, of course, hoping to repeat their recent success, the Washington Capitals are out for blood (redemption) after a disappointing first round exit. It seems as though Caps’ PR is keeping on with the #ALLCAPS catch-phrase for this upcoming season, but #2Cups3Years sounds pretty good too.

    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 following the Blues’ Stanley Cup Banner Raising at Enterprise Arena in St. Louis, MO.

     

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    Gulitti, T. (2019). Ovechkin talks 50-goal record, catching Gretzky, future with Capitals. https://www.nhl.com/news/alex-ovechkin-chases-wayne-gretzky-hopes-to-score-50-goals/c-308941324.

    Khurshudyan, I. (2019). Michal Kempny doubtful for Capitals’ season opener at Blues because of hamstring injury. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/09/28/michal-kempny-doubtful-capitals-season-opener-blues-because-hamstring-injury/.

    NHL.com. (2019). Vladimir Tarasenko. Retrieved from https://www.nhl.com/player/vladimir-tarasenko-8475765.

    TheScore. (2019). Michal Kempny. Retrieved from https://www.thescore.com/nhl/players/5579.

    TheScore. (2019). Tom Wilson. Retrieved from https://www.thescore.com/nhl/players/2592.

     

  • Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 7 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 7 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Series Tied 3-3

     

    Game Recap:

    Heading into the dreaded Game 7, both the Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes head into Capital One Arena looking to finish the series with win, and move on to face the idle New York Islanders. To start the game the Capitals would force the play in the Hurricanes which would see Andre Burakovsky forc2 Brett Pesce to cough up the puck and Burakovsky would skate into the slot and rip the puck past Petr Mrazek to make it 1-0 less than three minutes into the game. Then it would be a highly motivated Alex Ovechkin undressing Dougie Hamilton while entering the zone, and Ovechkin would then feed Tom Wilson who would one time it past Mrazek to make it 2-0.

     

    Going into the second period both teams looked to swing the momentum their way, and for a good portion of the period the Capitals would force the play, however, while on the lone powerplay the Capitals would cough it up and Sebastian Aho would get it past Braden Holtby to cut the lead to one. But the Capitals would get their two goal lead back as Evgeny Kuznetsov and Carl Hagelin would team up to give Kuznetsov his first goal of the playoffs, but that too would be short lived as Teuvo Teravainen would get the loose puck in the slot and rip it past Holtby to make it 3-2 Capitals going into the second intermission.

     

    Heading into the third period it would be the Hurricanes buildimg upom the momentum they gained in the second period as less than three minutes into the third frame Jordan Staal would streak down the wing and let go of a beautiful wrist shot past Holtby to tie the game at three. After a lot of back and forth in thebperiod, the game would remained tied after 60 minutes of play.

     

    In the first overtime period of the game it would be all Hurricanes as they dictated the pace of the period and held the Capitals without a shot through the first half of the overtime period. However, the Capitals would escape the first overtime period.

     

    Then in double overtime the Hurricanes would continue their dominant play against the Capitals, and after killing a delay of game penalty it would be Mr. Game 7 himself Justin Williams throwing it on net where Brock McGinn would tip it in past Holtby to win the game and the series 4-3.

     

    Lineups:

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Nino Niederreiter — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen

    Brock McGinn — Jordan Staal — Justin Williams

    Warren Foegele — Lucas Wallmark — Jordan Martinook

    Saku Maenalanen — Greg McKegg — Patrick Brown

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk

    Calvin de Haan — Trevor van Riemsdyk

    Petr Mrazek

    Curtis McElhinney

    Scratched: Haydn Fleury

    Injured: Andrei Svechnikov (concussion), Micheal Ferland (upper body)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Carl Hagelin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Jakub Vrana

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Chandler Stephenson — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Christian Djoos, Travis Boyd, Dmitrij Jaskin, Parker Milner

    Injured: Michal Kempny (torn left hamstring), T.J. Oshie (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Goal – 2:13 – Andre Burakovsky (1) from unassisted

    Capitals Goal – 6:23 – Tom Wilson (3) from Alex Ovechkin (5) and Dmitry Orlov (3)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 13:39 – Greg McKegg 2 minutes for Hooking

    Capitals Penalty – 16:58 – Nicklas Backstrom 2 minutes for Interference

     

    End of 1st – CAR – 0       WAS – 2

    Shots              11                10

    Faceoffs         12                17

    Hits               15                  10

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Hurricanes Penalty – 8:35 – Jordan Martinook 2 minutes for Tripping

    Hurricanes SHG – 9:51 – Sebastian Aho (2) from Brett Pesce (2) and Jaccob Slavin (7)

    Capitals Goal – 13:22 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) from Carl Hagelin (1)

    Hurricanes Goal – 16:37 – Teuvo Teravainen (3) from Brett Pesce (3) and Brock McGinn (3)

     

    End of 2nd – CAR – 2        WAS – 3

    Shots               19                 19

    Faceoffs          18                 27

    Hits                 30                  21

    PP                   0/1                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Hurricanes Goal – 2:56 – Jordan Staal (3) from Jaccob Slavin (8)

     

    End of 3rd – CAR – 3         WAS – 3

    Shots              24                   31

    Faceoffs        22                    31

    Hits               42                     29

    PP                 0/1                    0/2

     

    Overtime:

    N/A

     

    End of OT – CAR – 3         WAS – 3

    Shots              35                   35

    Faceoffs        30                    45

    Hits               51                     40

    PP                 0/1                    0/2

     

    Double Overtime:

    Hurricanes Penalty – 2:02 – Saku Maenalanen 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Hurricanes Goal – 11:05 – Brock McGinn (2) from Justin Williams (3) and Jaccob Slavin (9)

     

    End of 2OT – CAR – 4         WAS – 3

    Shots              42                   37

    Faceoffs        33                    47

    Hits               60                     43

    PP                 0/1                    0/3

     

    Next Up:

    Carolina Wins Series 4-3

    2nd Round v. NY Islanders

     

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