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Digi Nic Dowd makes real-life wife Paige ‘proud’ after scoring in Capitals’ 6-1 win over Rangers

The Washington Capitals won their second straight simulation game at Digital Capital One Arena, shellacking the New York Rangers 6-1. The NHL20 telecast replaced the real-life Capitals-Rangers game which was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Digi Nicklas Backstrom started the scoring (again), scoring his fourth goal in two games, while Digi Garnet Hathaway, Digi Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Digi TJ Oshie (2) added tallies.

Digi Nic Dowd also scored. The fourth-line center intercepted a defenseman’s shot from the point and lobbed the puck into the back of the net. “Proud of you,” Paige Dowd, Nic’s wife, said on Twitter laughing.

The Capitals have now scored 11 goals so far and none of them have been by Alex Ovechkin.

Very realistic. Just like Nic Dowd’s face.

Nicklas Backstrom goal, 1-0 Caps

Nic Dowd goal, 2-0 Caps

Brett Howden, 2-1 Caps

Garnet Hathaway, 3-1 Caps

Evgeny Kuznetsov, 4-1 Caps

TJ Oshie, 5-1 Caps

Rangers pull Henrik Lundqvist

TJ Oshie (2), 6-1 Caps

Other highlights include…

Glitching John Carlson gets jiggy wit it

Joe B Suit of the Night

Joe B and Locker highlights

Craig Laughlin: “Can I yell at the referees in this game? Mystery call! Looks like a toe pick. Jensen in the box.”
Joe Beninati: “That’s a phantom beard on Nick Jensen. I don’t remember that on him.”

Joe Beninati: “Backstrom looks a little snippy on the bench.”

Craig Laughlin: “A sweet dipsy doo there by Alex Ovechkin going one-on-three!”

Joe Beninati at intermission: “Joe and Craig back with you – happily isolated!”

Craig Laughlin: “I’d be throwing my controller at the TV if he called that on me.”
Joe Beninati: “Now, now. Temper! Temper!”

Headline photo courtesy of NBC Sports Washington

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