Goodbye, bye-week curse: Caps beat Oilers 2-1

February 24, 2017 10:30 pm

Finally back in the Verizon Center the Caps took on the Edmonton Oilers and seem to have found their footing again after that dumb bye week.

The first period started off a bit boring until the most glorious goal of all time came from Tom Wilson. You read that correctly…Tom Wilson, with assists from Orlov and Chorney.

Didn’t take long for the Oilers to answer back in the second period with a messy goal from Leon Draisaitl.

The third period happened, and Justin Williams delivered with a gorgeous puck to the upper corner of the net.

Caps beat Oilers 2-1.

Hockey is 110 percent for everyone. The Caps wrapped their sticks in Pride tape in support for the evening.
Friday gave us the NHL debut of Riley Barber. Barber didn’t have much of a chance to show off his offensive flair; he spent most of the night in his own end, fending off the Oilers’ ceaseless attack.
With all the injuries, the D pairs got switched up. Taylor Chorney joined Dmitry Orlov, and they were superb. Nate Schmidt pulled the Aaron Ness card, and it was not so nice.
This game was mucho fun to watch the new guys come in. Young Connor McDavid and the deprived defense on both teams gave us lots of action. Final shot total was 31-26, Oilers.
Ian wore shorts to the Verizon Center.
That Tom Wilson goal? Excellent. You should probably see it in all its glory.
Justin Williams tied for the game-high in shots on goal with Matt Hendricks, who is not on the Caps anymore.
Another important Justin Williams stat: