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Who’s up for some sorta-late hockey? Tonight the Washington Capitals will take the ice at United Center, hoping to bring their winning streak to five games.
Standing in their way will be the Chicago Blackhawks, who have been [checks notes] god awful lately.
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/ https://t.co/3cv4X3qGvP— good tweet pete 🌮 (@peterhassett) December 13, 2022
Alex Ovechkin sits three goals away from 800 in his career. Could we see history tonight?
The game is on ESPN. Puck drop is after 9 pm.
Links
- Lars Eller is out due to an upper-body injury
- Updates from the morning skate
- Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson “looking really good” to Peter Laviolette
- Another record for Ovi
- Leonsis: Ovechkin wants to break Gretzky’s goals record the “right way”
- Jaromir Jagr played again at age 50
- Charlie Lindgren named NHL’s first star of the week
- Caps stonks = soaring
- Gary Bettman: Digital ads on boards working ‘extraordinarily well’
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— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) December 14, 2022
1st Period
Capitals start Ovechkin-Strome-Sheary and Gustafsson-Carlson. Lindgren is facing Petr Mrazek.
🚨 1-0 Capitals. Alex Ovechkin scores in front of the net shortly after a faceoff win. No. 798. ESPN didn’t show the goal. They were showing Chris Chelios introducing the Blackhawks starting lineup in their locker room pregame. No idea Ovi scored until about 20 seconds after it happened. The goal came 24 seconds into the game. Carlson and Sheary get the assists.
Capitals have the first five shots of the game.
🚨 2-0 Capitals. Alex Ovechkin just nabbed no. 799. The Capitals captain found a loose puck in the crease and banged it home. We might have history in the next couple of minutes, you guys! The goal came at the 8:14 mark.
🚨 2-1 Capitals. Tyler Johnson scores on the Blackhawks’ first good chance. Matt Irwin fell over on the play. the goal came at the 19:00 mark.
Capitals outshoot the Blackhawks 10-9 and out-attempted the Hawks 20-14 at 5v5. The Capitals have a .90 to .59 expected goals advantage at 5v5.
2nd Period
🚨 3-1 Capitals. Trevor van Reimsdyk scores on a rebound from an Alex Ovechkin shot. The goal came 4:56 into the second.
🚨 3-2 Capitals. Jonathan Toews scores on a Blackhawks’ power play to pull Chicago within one. The goal came at 11:38.
🚨 4-2 Capitals. Nic Dowd finds paydirt after Garnet Hathaway hits him wide open with a pass in the middle of the nice.
3rd Period
🚨 5-2 Capitals. Alex Ovechkin scores his 800th career goal!
🚨 6-2 Capitals. Anthony Mantha beats Mrazek with a wicked wrister to put the Capitals up four.
🚨 6-3 Capitals. Max Domi gives the Blackhawks three.
🚨 7-3 Capitals. Dmitry Orlov with a last-minute SCOARLOV from the point.
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