Live from Capital One Arena, it’s Saaaaturday Night! The Capitals hosted the Buffalo Sabres this evening and the only thing you need to know is that Alex Ovechkin keeps scoring because he is a cyborg.
A bit of a messy start with a penalty from Michal Kempny and a goal from Jack Eichel. With a couple goals from pals like Brett Connolly and Jakub Vrana, the Capitals snagged the lead heading into the second period.
In a strange déjà vu sort of feeling, the second period started exactly like the first period. An early Michal Kempny penalty, setting up for a Jack Eichel goal (but this time it was a power play goal). I don’t like this version of “Groundhog Day”. After a goal from Sabres took the lead for a bit until they ran into the one force that cannot be stopped. An Alex Ovechkin slap shot. The game would go into the third period at 3-3.
There was a third period. No goals, despite the Capitals leading in shots during regulation 35-21.
Overtime comes, overtime goes. We go to a shootout.
- Oshie did not put the biscuit in the basket.
- Eichel did not put the biscuit in the basket.
- Kuznetsov put the biscuit in the basket.
- Thompson did not put the biscuit in the basket.
- Backstrom did not put the biscuit in the basket.
- Mittelstadt put the biscuit in the basket.
- Ovechkin put the biscuit in the basket.
- Pominville did not put the biscuit in the basket.
Caps beat Sabres 4-3 (SO)
- After a little oopsie from goalie Carter Hutton, Brett Connolly and Devante Smith-Pelly took advantage of the blunder and got the Capitals on board. It was Connolly’s 7th goal of the season and his sixth point in his last six games.
- Devante Smith-Pelly picked up a milestone with his assist on the Connolly goal, tallying his 100th NHL career point.
- Jakub Vrana got his tenth goal of the season!
Jakub Vrana scores his 10th goal of the season. He’s now four goals shy of surpassing his career high of 13 set last season.
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) December 16, 2018
- After the set up for the Jakub Vrana goal, Evgeny Kuznetsov‘s point streak is now at eight straight games. That’s one game shy of tying the franchise record set by both Bengt Gustafsson (1985-86) and Dave Christian (1986-87).
- Rasmus Dahlin continues to be one of the weirder names for me to hear. Not sure why.
- Alex Ovechkin is now on a six-game goalscoring streak. He has seven goals in his last three games. What a FREAK!!!
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Alex Ovechkin is on a six-game goalscoring streak. He has seven goals in his last three games. He’s now on a 14-game point streak (17g, 6a) – the longest of his career. #GOAT pic.twitter.com/voYsPXCbi1
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) December 16, 2018
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- The Capitals were 0 for 4 on the power play. Izzy nailed it with a simple tweet.
Caps power play: not good tonight.
— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) December 16, 2018
- Tonight, the Buffalo Sabres played their 13th game of the season that went past regulation. The Capitals have only played nine (including last night).
- Joe B continues dressin’ for impressin’
#JoeBSuitOfTheNight #CapsSabres Purple tie means Joe’s ready to party pic.twitter.com/jRA0qbWX3U
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) December 16, 2018
Okay, now we’re gonna have a little break. Next game will be Wednesday evening against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Love a good rivalry to take us directly into the holiday season. Let’s get this bread. Love you guys.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Sabres
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