Hockey in Brooklyn! We’ve got ourselves a Metro division bout on this Thursday night.
Brock Nelson bought his own acre of land in front of the Caps net and promptly put the home team up 1-0 early. Later in the first, Lars Eller took a pass from Jakub Vrana and deposited it into the Isles net to tie it up. A little later in the period, Andre Burakovsky fed TJ Oshie who scored his first five-on-five goal since The Who released Tommy. But, shortly thereafter, the Isles tied it up at two on a goal from Andrew Ladd. The scoring in the first wasn’t done, as Dmitry Orlov put the Caps up 3-2 with just over two minutes to go.
Early in the second, Andre Burakovsky tipped home a point shot to put the good guys up 4-2. About halfway through the period, the Isles took a dumb penalty because Tom Wilson is in their head and Nick Backstrom scored on the ensuing power play.
In the third, Alex Ovechkin found John Carlson who then put the cherry on top. The Isles scored a late one but this one was already in the bag so whatever. Trent Junior Oshie added an empty-net goal.
Caps win 7-3!
So Oshie and Ladd both have goals. Interesting. Not the only thing they have in common…
— RMNB (@russianmachine) March 15, 2018
Is Dmitry Orlov the Caps best defenseman?
— RMNB (@russianmachine) March 15, 2018
Orlov’s goal was his ninth of season, single-season career high. All nine have come at 5v5, tying him for league lead among Dmen with Hedman, Subban, Werenski and Severson. #CapsIsles
— Mike Vogel (@VogsCaps) March 15, 2018
A big two points! Go get another two on Friday!
#JoeBSuitOfTheNight #CapsIsles pic.twitter.com/ozEnn1BepK
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) March 15, 2018
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