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    Home / Game Recap / Not feeling blue: Caps beat Jackets 3-2

    Not feeling blue: Caps beat Jackets 3-2

    By Patrick Holden

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    February 6, 2018 10:32 pm

    The Caps visited Columbus on Tuesday evening to play a Metro matchup against the Blue Jackets.

    David Savard started the scoring just a couple minutes into the game to give Columbus an early lead. Before the game was even five minutes old, John Carlson scored a power play goal to tie things up at one.

    A few minutes into the second, Tom Wilson finished off a rush on which every Caps skater on the ice touched the puck, putting the Caps up 2-1. The second period ended this way, thanks to an outstanding performance from Braden Holtby.

    The Caps had a big penalty kill with about eight minutes left and successfully killed it off. But just seconds later, Brandon Dubinsky tied the game up at two. With 42 seconds left, Nick Backstrom banged one home to put the Caps on top.

    Caps win 3-2.

    • Seth Jones absolutely flattened Andre Burakovsky about halfway through the first period. Still, it was good to see the #bestthirdlineinhockey taking shifts together.
    • Tom Wilson had a clean, relatively light check on a Blue Jackets player. He was then asked to fight and answered the bell. I’d prefer he focus on staying on the ice because the first line is quite good when he’s on it.
    • Alex Ovechkin had four shots on goal and six shot attempts in the first period. Oh, and three scoring chances. What a player.
    • Oh wow, Wilson made an impact by staying on the ice. What a goal he scored to give the Caps a 2-1 lead. A great pass from Nick Backstrom in the D zone to start the play, a great rush by Christian Djoos, and then a terrific pass from the Captain.
    • Meanwhile down the other end, Braden Holtby was doing his thing in the second period. He held the lead singlehandedly at times, finishing the frame with 17 stops, and a few of them were brilliant.
    • This is important: please send a tweet to Elyse to ask her what she thinks of Marc-Andre Fluery’s return to Pittsburgh.
    • Ok Barry

    Some interesting ice time totals at 5v5 through two periods https://t.co/JJbYTLdO9u pic.twitter.com/coluQB20w1

    — Pat Holden (@pfholden) February 7, 2018

    • Many of these ice time trends continued in the third period.
    • Djoos is such a slick skater. It’s really fun to watch him skating backwards in neutral to get back on D. So smooth and quick.
    • The Caps didn’t have a great start to the third, but again, Holtby stood tall.
    • He could only stand tall for so long. Poor Braden.
    • Rumor has it that today was not a good Rusev Day.

    #JoeBSuitOfTheNight #CapsJackets pic.twitter.com/1lYj2uBQCY

    — Ian Oland (@ianoland) February 7, 2018

    Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Blue Jackets

    Headline image: Jamie Sabau

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