Thirteen days after being walloped 3-0 by the Winnipeg Jets north of the border, the Washington Capitals will rematch this fast-skating, quick-strike Jets team at Capital One Arena. They will also celebrate one of their own veteran players.
TJ Oshie will be honored in a pregame ceremony for recently playing his 1,000th NHL game. Every Capitals player will rock number 77 jerseys during warmups — with the team auctioning the sweaters off to help raise money for the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation.
After netting two badly-needed points in an absurd 7-6 shootout victory over the Carolina Hurricanes, the Capitals will need another big performance to stay in the wild card race. Charlie Lindgren will be back in net. Oshie and Aliaksei Protas will both play.
Today’s game is airing on Monumental Sports Network. Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin will have the call. Puck drop is a little after 12:30 pm.
Lines
Washington Capitals
Scratches: Matthew Phillips, Michael Sgarbossa, and Ethan Bear
Tunnel weirdness
1st Period
TJ Oshie was honored with a TJ1K pregame ceremony. Here’s everything that happened.
TJ1K: How the Washington Capitals honored TJ Oshie for reaching the 1,000 NHL games milestone
Charlie Lindgren will oppose Connor Hellebuyck in net. Ovechkin-McMichael-Oshie and Fehervary-Carlson get the start.
Sonny Milano down the tunnel with an apparent injury.
Brenden Dillon to the box for tripping TJ Oshie at 12:43. TJ1K drawing penalities!
Winnipeg leads in shots on goal at intermission 9 to 8.
2nd Period
Sonny Milano will not return.
Sonny Milano leaves game against Jets early with upper-body injury
Matthew Phillips just got demoted mid-game. lol
Capitals reassign Matthew Phillips to Hershey Bears mid-game against Winnipeg Jets
Puck is dropped.
Nick Jensen to the box for holding Mark Scheifele at 7:26.
Capitals with a too many men on the ice penalty at 10:10.
Mark Scheifele slashes NAK at 19:24. This power play will go into the next period.
Winnipeg starting to dominate opening up a 20 to 11 shots on goal advantage.
3rd Period
Puck is dropped.
🚨 1-0 Capitals. On the resulting power play, John Carlson scores with a clapper from way downtown. Time of goal 1:21. Max Pacioretty and TJ Oshie with the assists.
🚨 2-0 Capitals. Connor McMichael scores off a faceoff in the offensive zone. Both he and Alex Ovechkin shot the puck as it went into the net, but McMike’s stick was behind Alex Ovechkin’s. NHL goal judges are giving the tally to Alex Ovechkin. It’s his 847th career goal, giving him tallies in five consecutive games. Wild stuff. Time of goal 3:36.
🚨 3-0 Capitals. WOW! Alex Ovechkin scores on his backhand via a semi-breakaway. It’s Ovechkin’s 848th goal of his career and his 26th on the season. Time of goal 12:00. Oshie got a secondary assist on the tally giving him two points on the day.
Alex Ovechkin scores 847th and 848th career goals against Jets: ‘He’s delivering in such a big way’
Per @MonSportsNet, the youngest player to assist on an Alex Ovechkin goal was Andre Burakovsky.
Burky was 19 years and 245 days old when he did so in a January 20, 2015 game against the Edmonton Oilers.
What an awesome trivia question.
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) March 24, 2024
And the Caps hold onto win. Another shutout for Charlie Lindgren – his fifth of the year.
Read the RMNB recap:
Terrific third period on TJ1K celebration day secures two huge points: Capitals beat Jets 3-0
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