Canucks beat Caps 4-2, Ovi scored tho

The Washington Capitals fell to the Vancouver Canucks in a subdued Sunday afternoon game.

Alex Ovechkin opened up scoring with an Ovi Shot from the Ovi Spot, but then Elias Pettersen scored twice (once on the power play, once at evens) to put Vancouver in control. A late-second-period power play goal from Bo Horvat made it 3-1 entering the third period.

The Caps converted their second (!!!) power play of the day early in the third with Tom Wilson in the middle-man spot. A late-game too-many-men penalty kinda snuffed Washington’s comeback bid. The Canucks secured an empty-netter and that was that.

Caps lose.

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No. 756: Alex Ovechkin now trails Wayne Gretzky by 138 goals after scoring league-leading 26th goal against Canucks

Alex Ovechkin scored a familiar goal on Sunday that has sadly gone out of style recently.

Ovechkin ripped a one-timer from his office beating Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko. The goal gave the Capitals an early 1-0 lead against the Canucks.

Two days, two goals. 99, 9, and 68 should be shaking in their, er, skates!

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By Ian Oland 8 hours ago

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Live blog: Capitals return home to finish back-to-back against Canucks

The Washington Capitals are taking on the Vancouver Canucks as Washington DC is under a Winter Storm warning due to Winter Storm Izzy. The Capitals are coming off a 2-0 victory against the New York Islanders on Saturday.

The Capitals got bad news before puck drop as John Carlson, the team’s best defenseman, was forced to enter COVID-19 protocol.

Bruce Boudreau is making his first stop in DC since being hired as the the Canucks new head coach in early December. The Canucks won their first seven games under Bruce, but have lost their last three recently.

Today also marks Kids Day at Capital One Arena. Watch the game along with us on NBC Sports Washington.

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By Ian Oland 9 hours ago

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John Carlson enters COVID protocol before puck drop against Canucks

The Washington Capitals got some bad news before puck drop Sunday. Defenseman John Carlson entered COVID protocol as the Caps took the ice for warmups.

Nick Jensen will take Carlson’s spot on the first pairing with Martin Fehervary. Meanwhile, Dmitry Orlov will skate with Trevor van Riemsdyk and Matt Irwin will be paired with Justin Schultz.

Schultz will quarterback the Capitals’ power play.

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Ilya Samsonov to start against Canucks, Dmitry Orlov and Carl Hagelin out of COVID protocol

The Washington Capitals goaltenders have been the talk of the town recently as head coach Peter Laviolette told reporters last week that the team was, “just looking for a little bit more consistency.”

Vitek Vanecek bounced back from a poor outing against the Boston Bruins with a shutout against the New York Islanders. It is now Ilya Samsonov‘s turn to tend the goal as he will get the second half of a back-to-back versus the Vancouver Canucks.

The Washington Post’s Samantha Pell also reports that Dmitry Orlov and Carl Hagelin are both out of COVID protocol and now activated but since they haven’t practiced for a good amount of time, their status is up in the air for tonight’s game.

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On this day in 2006, Alex Ovechkin scored ‘The Goal’

On January 16th, 2006, Alex Ovechkin scored what is still his most memorable goal to date.

While falling and twirling around on his back, Ovi took a “simply sensational” shot to beat Phoenix Coyotes goaltender Brian Boucher. The goal also happened in front of Wayne Gretzky, who was the Coyotes coach at the time and is the man Ovi is currently chasing for the all-time goals record.

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The Isles should be fined for how slow and boring they play, it is the worst: numbers for the morning after

The Washington Capitals have snapped their losing streak and did so against a division rival in the New York Islanders. It was a slog of a battle that the Caps came out 2-0 victors in.

Ovi got a goal and that’s enough for me.

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Capitals poke fun at themselves, Pete Davidson in photoshopped New York Post cover

The Washington Capitals snapped a four-game losing streak against the New York Islanders on Saturday. Buoyed by goals from Tom Wilson and Alex Ovechkin, the Caps shut out the Isles 2-0 in their first trip to UBS Arena in team history.

To celebrate, the Capitals social team created a joke New York Post Page Six cover. The design featured a picture of Pete Davidson and the paparazzi-style headline read CAPS CALL IT QUITS WITH LOSING STREAK. Underneath, a subheader added Toxic Couple ends it in Long Island, Losing Streak now rumored to be dating Pete Davidson.

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By Ian Oland 22 hours ago

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Alan May tried to extinguish the candles on his birthday cake using his bare hand

Former Capitals pugilist and current NBC Sports Washington hockey analyst, Alan May, celebrated his 57th birthday on Friday. After the Capitals’ 2-0 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday, May was surprised sweetly by his NBCSWSH family with a birthday cake.

And that’s when May did one of the most hardcore things I’ve ever seen on live cable TV.

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No. 755: Alex Ovechkin scores empty-netter against Islanders, now trails Wayne Gretzky by 139 goals

The Washington Capitals and New York Islanders played a snoozer at UBS Arena on Saturday, but Alex Ovechkin made it all worth it in the end.

Ovechkin scored his league-leading sixth empty-net goal of the season to seal the 2-0 victory for the Caps. The win ended a four-game losing streak for the Capitals and stood up as one of the team’s most complete games of the season.

The goal also moved Ovechkin another tally closer to 99, 9, and 68.

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