The Washington Capitals begin their three game west coast road trip with a stop in Orange County, taking on the Anaheim Ducks. Alex Ovechkin sits at 886 career goals, 9 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record.
The Capitals will go with the same lineup as their 4-2 victory against the Seattle Kraken on Sunday. Logan Thompson will get the start in goal and oppose Lukas Dostal in net. Ovi has never scored on Dostal in his career.
Puck drop for the Caps-Ducks game is set for 10:00 pm on Monumental Sports Network. Joe Beninati and Alan May have the call. It’s an #RMNBAfterDark night so please get weird in the comments (not too weird) and share your sleepy pet photos.
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Washington Capitals
Anaheim Ducks
Tunnel shenanigans
1st Period
Puck is dropped.
🚨 1-0 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Dylan Strome (20). Assists: T. Wilson (24), A. Ovechkin (18). Time: 02:07.
Wilson’s feed finds Strome who scores on his backhand via a semi-breakaway. Ovechkin registers point no. 1601 on the play.
Ryan Strome is sprung on a breakaway but his huge slap shot is stopped by Logan Thompson.
🚨 1-1 tie. ANA Goal: Jacob Trouba (1). Assists: T. Terry (31), F. Vatrano (20). Time: 04:51.
Wide open in the slot, Trouba missed the net entirely on his first attempt before the puck bounced off the boards right back onto his stick for a layup.
🚨 2-1 Anaheim Ducks. ANA Goal: Drew Helleson (4). Assists: T. Zegras (12), L. Carlsson (15). Time: 05:20.
Helleson sends an accurate shot to the far side of the net past a heavily screened Logan Thompson.
Pierre-Luc Dubois sprung on a breakaway by Jakob Chychrun but misses the net with his shot. This game has the feel of a 10-9 game.
🚨 2-2 tie. WSH Goal: Aliaksei Protas (26). Assists: A. Ovechkin (19), P. Dubois (39). Time: 18:14.
Ovechkin’s shot crumples Gudas, giving Protas a wide open shot near the goal. That’s Ovi’s second assist of the period giving him 1,602 career points.
TVR to the box for slashing Leo Carlsson at 19:29.
At intermission: A wild back and forth game offensively. The Capitals outshot the Ducks 19 to 8 and out-attempted them 25 to 15 at five-on-five during the first period.
2nd Period
Puck is dropped.
Caps kill the TVR penalty.
🚨 3-2 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Pierre-Luc Dubois (17). Assists: M. Roy (19), J. Chychrun (24). Time: 05:19.
Roy’s indirect shot finds PLD for the redirect. Dubois has 3 goals in his last 5 games.
Capitals going to the power play after Mason McTavish gets whistled for slashing Logan Thompson at 9:49.
Bad turnover leads to a wide-open chance for Alex Killorn shorthanded, but Thompson makes the kick out save. Back at even strength, Killorn gets another point blank chance and Thompson stabs the puck out of the air. Two huge stops.
Taylor Raddysh to the box for slashing at 19:06.
At intermission: The Capitals are doubling up the Ducks in shots through two periods of play: 30 to 15. The Caps are also leading big in five-on-five shot attempts: 53 to 28.
3rd Period
Puck is dropped.
Caps kill the penalty. They’ve killed 12 of the last 13 power plays they’ve faced.
🚨 3-3 tie. ANA Goal: Pavel Mintyukov (5). Unassisted. Time: 04:26.
Thompson struggles to glove the puck out of the air cleanly after a couple good cycles by the Ducks in the zone.
🚨 4-3 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Aliaksei Protas (17). Assists: P. Dubois (40), C. McMichael (28). Time: 04:54.
PLD finds Protas wide open in front of the net for his second goal of the game.
🚨 4-4 tie. ANA Goal: Frank Vatrano (20). Assists: R. Strome (27), P. Mintyukov (10). Time: 6:28.
Vatrano beats Logan Thompson top corns. This game is moving fast in the third.
🚨 5-4 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Nic Dowd (12). Assists: T. Wilson (25), B. Duhaime (9). Time: 13:21.
Dowd scores on a huge rebound created by a Tom Wilson shot. BACK AND FORTH THIS GAME GOES.
🚨 6-4 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Anthony Beuvillier (14). Unassisted. Time: 18:24.
Beauvillier pokes the puck past a Ducks defenseman and scores on a breakaway.
Ducks have an empty net.
🚨 7-4 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Aliaksei Protas (28). Assists: A. Ovechkin (20), J. Carlson (39). Time: 19:43.
Alex Ovechkin gives up an empty-net chance so Aliaksei Protas can notch his first career hat trick. Ovi now has a hat trick of assists.
Capitals win 7-4.
Late-night offense aplenty out west: Capitals beat Ducks 7-4
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