During 5-on-5 play, the Washington Capitals played an uneven game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, but it didn’t matter. Friday night’s game was decided by the power play, and the power play did not decide in the Caps’ favor.
The Caps played well in the first period but earned nothing for their effort. Instead, Oliver Bjorkstrand notched a power-play goal for Columbus. The Caps played like garbage in the second period but were perversely rewarded with a power-play goal from Matt Niskanen’s cannon. Then in the third, with yet another special-teams goal, Anthony Duclair gave the Jackets the winning margin.
Caps lose 2-1.
NHL referee Brad Meier leaves the Caps-Jackets game after this awkward fall in the corner pic.twitter.com/mz9LJt68UY
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) November 10, 2018
No John Carlson? No problem! Matt Niskanen scores on the PP and we are all tied up!
Stream #CapsJackets live: https://t.co/Wn6LWyeTGx pic.twitter.com/r4GxoruESe
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) November 10, 2018
#JoeBSuitOfTheNight #CapsJackets Hockey Fights Cancer Night! pic.twitter.com/NBdYTRYrfv
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) November 10, 2018
When Chris puts together his numbers for the morning after, you’ll see some weird contours to this game. The Caps really did have control of this game before the Jacket’s first PPG. Then they got blown out, then it got more even. Just a thoroughly bizarre game in which the league’s worst power-play team beat the league’s best power-play team through the strength of their power play.
Welp.
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