We came into tonight’s #CapsCanadianNight with three streaks in jeopardy of being broken. The Caps PK had killed off 29 straight power plays coming into tonight, the Toronto Maple Leafs had won 5 straight games, and also have not lost a game in which forward Connor Brown scored a goal. All of those streaks were broken. No streak for you.
The first period saw both offenses explode for 5 goals combined, which is abnormal in games involving the Caps as they have allowed the least amount of first period goals this season. Kadri, Brown, and Gauthier on the board for the bad guys. Williams and Oshie for the Caps.
The Leafs made it 4-2 in the second when Auston Matthews showed why he is the savior of USA Hockey and my new favorite player that isn’t a Washington Capital. Period ended 4-2 Leafs.
Your Caps responded strongly with two quick goals in the first five minutes of the third to tie the game 4-4. Kuznetsov and Orlov on the board. But the Leafs wouldn’t go down quietly as Mitch Marner made it 5-4 on a breakaway, Leafs rookies involved on all 5 goals. Real American Hero John Carlson re-tied it 5-5.
ALEX OVECHKIN won it in over time!
Caps beat Leafs 6-5!
- Dmitry Orlov is quietly on fire from the blue-line, dishing out assists.
- Justin Williams is a lot less quiet when it comes to how impressive he’s been in his last 15 games. Three points tonight for JDub.
- If the Caps wanted to start an international incident tonight, they succeeded. This is not poutine and multiple Twitter users let them know it.
- The Caps are putting teams on the power play way too many times each game. Against popular belief, it’s not all the refs fault, but they were pretty terrible tonight.
- The Caps real top pairing, Orlov and Matt Niskanen, was pretty damn good tonight as they have been since they were united.
- The Caps organization really embraced Caps Canadian Night.
- A game of strange goal celebrations. Here and here.
- Evgeny Kuznetsov is slowly coming back to life. Great game from a confident looking 92.
Joe B suit of the night
#JoeBSuitOfTheNight #CapsLeafs Joe B’s suit for #CapsCanadianNight pic.twitter.com/uVme3aG9wU
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) January 4, 2017
Have a game Dmitry Orlov. Was he good or what? Well that was fun, maybe too fun, but fun. See you guys Thursday for the Blue Jackets and their 16 game winning streak.
