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Pre-Thanksgiving hat trick: Caps beat Blues 4-3

By Chris Cerullo

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November 23, 2016 10:41 pm

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.

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Joe B suit of the night

That was a fun game. See you again on Black Friday.

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