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The Washington Capitals are back home after a six-game road trip where they went 3-2-1. The team is on a modest winning streak (2 games) and will look to make it three against one of the most surprising teams in the league this season.
The Seattle Kraken, who beat the Capitals 3-2 in overtime earlier in the month, are 15-7-3 in the vaunted Pacific Division, sitting six standings points behind first-place Vegas.
The Kraken are led by rookie sensation Matty Beniers who has 10 goals and 21 points in 25 games.
Tonight’s game is on NBC Sports Washington and the Capitals are wearing their Reverse Retro jerseys. Puck drop is a little after 7 pm.
PS – Today is RMNB’s 13th birthday as a blog.
Links
- Tom Wilson and Nicklas Backstrom participate in practice!
- TJ Oshie details major lessons he’s learned from Capitals’ legends Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom
- Capitals give free tickets and signed Tom Wilson photo to couple after being sent wedding invite
- FTX advertisement is gone from Capital One Arena
- Perspective on Ovi’s empty netters
- Does it matter if Alex Ovechkin ties or passes Wayne Gretzky’s goals record with empty netters?
- An excellent RMNB profile on Alexa Landestoy
- Signed Ovechkin RR 2.0 jerseys and hats hit the NHL Shop
Tunnel shenanigans
Looking particularly stunning tonight#ALLCAPS | @CaesarsSports pic.twitter.com/HZJjcAP30T
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) December 9, 2022
Lines
Lineys#CapsKraken | @JackDaniels_US pic.twitter.com/eJ0gt7TYdF
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) December 9, 2022
1st Period
Capitals start Ovechkin-Strome-Sheary and Gustafsson-Carlson. Capitals have five of the game’s first six shots in the first four minutes of the game.
🚨 1-0 Kraken. Adam Larsson gets the Kraken on the board first off a faceoff.
spotted: a wild big cat on the hunt successfully catches his prey pic.twitter.com/J4E1C9UkMG
— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) December 10, 2022
The Capitals outshot the Kraken 12-6 but Seattle out-attempted Washington at 5v5, 18-17. Neither team had a power play in the first 20 minutes.
2nd Period
Kuzy’s first shift, he skates through four Kraken players in the defensive zone. He didn’t score or make a play, but I love his skating and stick-handling ability.
🚨 1-1. Anthony Mantha ties it up with some great work in front of the net. Alex Alexeyev recorded his first NHL point on the play – a secondary assist. The goal came at the 5:20 mark.
Jamie Oleksiak has been tossed after driving his left shoulder into Alex Alexeyev’s head below the goal line. Oleksiak received a five minute major and a match penalty. Alexeyev left the game. There’s 10:12 remaining in the period. The Capitals will have a five-minute power play.
🚨 2-1 Capitals. Marcus Johansson dekes and scores on Philipp Grubauer right in front of the net. The shot was initially saved by Grubauer, but the puck popped off Grubi’s left arm and landed in the back of the net.
The Capitals are out-shooting the Kraken 27-12 and at 5v5 shot attempts, 42-28.
3rd Period
Capitals start the period on a power play. They give up a shorthanded chance to Morgan Geekie.
Seattle gets a power play and Matty Beniers rips one off the post.
Philipp Grubauer just made three insanely ridiculous stops – one of them was on Ovechkin. The right pad bailed him out multiple times.
🚨 3-1 Capitals. Lars Eller empty-net goal.
🚨 4-1 Capitals. Alex Ovechkin empty-net goal. Career goal no. 796.
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