The Caps beat St. Louis in a much more entertaining fixture than their last. It was a very good game against a very good team (let’s just forget about those last few minutes).
The scoring opened with a dart from Russian forward Alex Ovechkin that gave the Caps a 1-0 lead late in the first. That was all we had after one. Russian forward Ovechkin scored again 5v5 this time with a blast past Carter Hutton. Russian forward Vladimir Tarasenko immediately responded less than a minute later for the Blues making the score 2-1 and the period closed with that scoreline. Russian center Evgeny Kuznetsov made it 3-1 off a fantastic feed from Russian defenseman Dmitry Orlov. Russian forward Ovechkin finished off his hat trick soon after to make it 4-1. Not-Russian Alex Pietrangelo scored a garbage time power play goal to make it 4-2. Russian forward Tarasneko added one with the goalie pulled.
Caps beat Blues 4-3. That was gr8.
- It’s Nicklas Backstrom‘s birthday! The Swedish center is 29 today.
- There were six minor penalties called on both teams in the first period alone. Cue the Oprah GIFs. You get a minor penalty, you get a minor penalty, everybody gets a minor penalty!
- The Caps have now scored first in 16 of their 18 games. They have also have not allowed a first period goal for 5 games.
- Even MOAR first period stats. One of the best shot suppression periods in some time.
New tee for the collection #CapsGiving @tjoshie77 pic.twitter.com/R14xN2O7oP
— #CapsGiving (@Capitals) November 23, 2016
- Just know that you get to watch a living legend every time you turn on a Capitals game.
- Alex Ovechkin three goals, Evgeny Kuznetosv a goal and an assist, Andre Burakovsky two assists. That’s what we want from our first line.
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— Ted Starkey (@TedStarkey) November 24, 2016
- Three Russians scored 6 goals tonight.
- The Blues were playing the second half of a back to back and the Caps took advantage. The boys hovered around 65% score and venue adjusted corsi the entire game.
- Alex Ovechkin is very close to yet another NHL milestone.
Joe B suit of the night
That was a fun game. See you again on Black Friday.
