Fresh off a shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres, the Washington Capitals are back home to take on the Vancouver Canucks, Spencer Carbery’s hometown team.
As the Caps continue to scuffle at five-on-five, Carbery is changing up the lines and going back to his top six that made so much hay earlier in the season. Dylan Strome and Alex Ovechkin have been reunited with Aliaksei Protas while Connor McMichael is back on the wing of the season line with Pierre-Luc Dubois and Tom Wilson.
Logan Thompson will get the start in net and oppose Kevin Lankinen in net.
The Capitals-Canucks game is airing on Monumental Sports Network. Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin have the call. Puck drop is at 7:30 pm.
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Vancouver Canucks
Tunnel shenanigans
1st Period
Puck is dropped.
We’ve got some fireworks 4:19 in. Pierre-Luc Dubois hooked Quinn Hughes, then a scrum happens at the side boards where Kiefer Sherwood hits PLD late. As Connor McMichael wrestles him away PLD, Sherwood then drops his gloves and fights McMike. McMichael could be seen holding a towel to his nose, which was bleeding. Tom Wilson, who was also in the penalty box, was screaming at Sherwood and pacing. The Canucks somehow got a four minute power play out of the scrum.
Vincent Desharnais to the box for unsportsmanlike conduct on PLD (he basically hitched a ride on him using his stick halfway up the ice). Now the Capitals get their first power play of the game at 10:41.
🚨 1-0 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Pierre-Luc Dubois (6). Assists: M. Roy (8), C. McMichael (15). Time: 19:27.
PLD deflected a puck out of the air to himself and then chipped the puck on his backhand past Kevin Lankinen. It’s a McNuggets Minute goal.
At intermission: The Capitals lead 1-0. There were only nine shots in the period total – the Caps lead 6 to 3.
2nd Period
Puck is dropped.
At the 1:11 mark, a puck in the neutral zone deflects into Rasmus Sandin’s face and he’s off the ice and down to the locker room for repairs.
Sandin returned a few minutes later.
Not much going on in this game. Not much open ice at all.
Jakob Chychrun to the box for hooking Pius Suter at 17:51.
🚨 1-1 tie. VAN PPG: Conor Garland (11). Assists: K. Sherwood (8), Q. Hughes (37). Time: 19:23.
Quinn Hughes shot is stopped by Thompson, but he loses track of the puck, allowing Garland to pop in the rebound easily.
At intermission: We’re all tied. Vancouver is outshooting the Capitals 23 to 10 — WSH had only four shots in the second period. The Canucks are also leading in five-on-five shot attempts 33 to 31.
3rd Period
Puck is dropped.
Jakob Chychrun to the box for delay of game 34 seconds into the period. Pretty sure that’s not how Spencer drew the Caps start up in the locker room.
Aliaksei Protas draws a tripping penalty on Phillip Di Giuseppe at 6:38. Huge moment here in the game.
Canucks outshooting the Capitals 30-14 with 5:25 left. Logan Thompson is keeping the Capitals in this somehow.
Garland shaken up after a hit by Tom Wilson behind the net. Wilson and Noah Juulsen to the box for unsportsmanlike conduct at the beginning of overtime.
At the end of regulation: The Canucks outshot the Capitals 30 to 14. The two teams tied in five-on-five shot attempts 46to 46.
Overtime
Puck is dropped.
Ovechkin and Dubois stopped on the same shift. Caps pressuring big here.
Jakob Chychrun stopped on a breakaway.
🚨 2-1 Washington Capitals. WSH OTGWG: Pierre-Luc Dubois (7). Assists: A. Protas (18). Time: 04:19.
All three Canucks go toward Protas, leaving Dubois wide open for a breakaway. He makes NO mistake.
Capitals win 2-1 in overtime. Read the RMNB recap.
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