The Capitals are in balmy Winnipeg to kick off a week-long road trip, and they look only marginally better than last we saw them. The Caps had a steady effort and enough creative offense to earn a lead over Matty P and Hendy, but an offensive collapse in the final ten minutes cost the Caps a regulation win.
Mark Scheifele kicked us off in the first with a rebound goal on a heavy shift in the Caps’ zone. Late that same period, the top line combined their powers to tie the game, with Nick Backstrom finishing off the sequence from the paint.
In the second period Andre Burakovsky’s rush goal gave Washington the lead, which John Carlson extended after a lovely passing sequence started by TJ Oshie. 🐢🐢🐢 Bryan Little made it a one-goal game with a fast drive with ten minutes let. The Jets owned the remainder of regulation until Mark Scheifele tied it with 15 seconds left.
In OT, Scheifele set up Tyler Myers to put us out of our misery.
Jets beat Caps 4-3 in overtime. Blech.
Tough shift for Tobias Enström. First, he gets run over by Tom Wilson. Then, seconds later, Alex Ovechkin. pic.twitter.com/WZKfYwpM8P
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) February 14, 2018
#JoeBSuitOfTheNight #CapsJets pic.twitter.com/qgByDW34Mb
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) February 14, 2018
This was not a good game, but it went profoundly bad at the end. Still, there was a lot to build on here. The Caps funneled offense to the net with traffic (Carlson, Backstrom, bouncing baby boy Andre Burakovsky) nearby to activate it. With dates in Chicago and Minnesota coming up, I’m eager to see what’s next. Hopefully it can last, oh I dunno, lemme just make up a number, how about A FULL SIXTY MINUTES.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Jets
Headline photo: Jonathan Kozub
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