The Washington Capitals will play the New York Islanders tonight to complete their weekend back-to-back. Friday went well as the Caps got two points after defeating the New Jersey Devils 4-2.
Hunter Shepard will get the start tonight with Darcy Kuemper injured. Rasmus Sandin will suit up after Spencer Carbery said he was a game-time decision due to face soreness. Martin Fehervary was placed on injured reserve before the game and Dylan McIlrath was recalled in his absence.
Puck drop is at 7:30 pm. Tonight’s game is on Monumental Sports Network. Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin have the call.
Must read RMNB content
- Pregame update from Carbery
- Fehervary to IR, McIlrath up
- Charlie Lindgren impressing Carbery
- John Carlson and Evgeny Kuznetsov getting a ton of ice time
- Ryan Reaves: healthy scratched
- Capitals defense struggling, especially with high danger chances
- Morning after numbers (yes we’ve written a lot today)
Lines
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— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 12, 2023
Tunnel weirdness
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— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 12, 2023
1st Period
Puck is dropped. Capitals are starting Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson and Sandin-Jensen. Shepard will face Varlamov in net.
🚨 1-0 Capitals. Off the draw, Alex Ovechkin’s scores his first 5v5 goal of the year. 69 away from Gretzky! The goal came 9:18 into the period.
🚨 1-1 tie. Hunter Shepard shoots the puck into Nick Jensen’s skates, causing a turnover. Alexander Romanov scores on the empty-net to tie it up. The goal came 19:17 into the period.
The Islanders outshot the Capitals 15-8 in the first period and out-attempted them at 5v5, 29-20.
2nd Period
Puck is dropped.
🚨 2-1 Capitals. The fourth line has it’s third goal in the last two games. Nic Dowd is getting credit, but he pointed at Nicolas Aube-Kubel, suggesting he thought it was NAK’s goal. Bo Horvat may have knocked the puck in. The goal came 13:05 in the period.
🚨 3-1 Capitals. Aliaksei Protas scores after a great feed and forechecking by Matthew Phillips. The goal came at the 19:40 mark. That was a McNugget Minute goal.
A great period from Hunter Shepard. A bunch of big saves.
The Capitals now own a 22-21 shots on goal advantage, but the Isles are dominating at 5v5, leading in attempts 52-33. At all strengths, the Caps hold a 2.08 to 2.02 expected goals advantage. Close game.
3rd Period
Puck dropped.
Caps are just trying to hold on here. Islanders are putting everything on net.
🚨 4-1 Capitals. Alex Ovechkin scores again – his 826th career goal – via an empty net.
Huge win from Hunter Shepard. He stopped all 16 shots he faced in the third period and 36 of 37 on the night.
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