The Capitals were victorious north, this evening, while facing off against the Toronto Maple Leafs. A win on the road feels very, very good. A quick first period resulted in no goals for either side. It was one of those periods where you felt like you were watching an exciting tennis match. Great chances on both ends going back and forth with high speed and tough action. Braden Holtby looked like a gosh darn brick wall.
Scoring began in period two when Alex Ovechkin nailed a power play goal home behind Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen. This was his 43rd of the season. Brett Connolly scored a goal to bring the Capitals up one more after a layup from Tom Wilson. This was Connolly’s 15th goal, tying his career high.
The third period scoring began almost five minutes in with a wraparound and rebound from Andreas Johnsson. But, Johnsson taketh away for the Maple Leafs because Tom Wilson would blow right by him for a perfect short-handed goal.
Caps beat Maple Leafs 3-2!
- Need a little extra cuteness before you head to bed? Check out Evgeny Kuznetsov‘s reaction to a Caps fan’s bird celly sign from warmups.
- Alex Ovechkin continues to lead the league with 43 goals this season and goals in four straight games. He has three power play goals in his last two games. Tom Gulitti helped illustrate the fact that Ovi is unstoppable:
That goal earlier was the 650th of Ovechkin’s career.
He scored his 600th on March 12 of last season against Winnipeg.
That was the Capitals’/Ovechkin’s 69th game of the season. This was Ovechkin’s 60th game this season.
So he has 50 goals in his past 73 games.
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) February 22, 2019
- Some grand news on the Brett Connolly front, he has tied his career high for goals with his #15 this evening. I think it’s safe to say I have a pretty good feeling he might be passing that soon. Don’t worry, I’m knocking furiously on wood.
- Sometimes I get very confused from some jersey choice
Dis too pic.twitter.com/zSDHNQKssi
— Justin Michaliga (@jmichaliga) February 22, 2019
- Holy Holtby. Braden Holtby gave us some of those “the save” feels during the first period. He looked wonderful tonight.
This sequence was C R A Z Y #CapsLeafs pic.twitter.com/6moYFtFYyT
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) February 22, 2019
- I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face after seeing Tom Wilson score a short-handed goal in his hometown. It was his second short-handed goal of the season. Never forget a very important story from Steve Dangle:
Forgot to share this little story involving Tom Wilson at Game 6 in Toronto. @russianmachine pic.twitter.com/4OHYuuXmH7
— Steve Dangle Glynn (@Steve_Dangle) April 27, 2017
- Loving the pops of color from the boys this evening! Accents are very in, I think!
#JoeBSuitOfTheNight #CapsLeafs Pops of red pic.twitter.com/x5uwdxNyZu
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) February 22, 2019
The Capitals are slowly making their way back down and home to Capital One Arena. Before they finall arrive back, they’ll need to make one final stop in Buffalo, NY to face the Sabres. Saturday at 1PM, we’ll see you then.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Maple Leafs
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