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Take us home, TJ Oshie: Caps beat Bruins 3-2

The league’s number-one and number-two teams collided as the Washington Capitals hosted the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night, delivering a night of real good hockey.

NHL goal leader David Pastrnak scored first with an odd-man rush. TJ Oshie scored two goals in the second period, including a thrilling highlight-reel goal we’ll discuss below. Sean Kuraly tied the game early in the third period by deflecting Krug’s wild shot from way out, but John Carlson answered with a one-timer serviced by Nicklas Backstrom. The lead held.

Caps win!

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By Peter Hassett 14 hours ago

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San Jose Sharks fire coach Pete DeBoer, everyone has to point out it’s for hockey reasons because that’s where we’re at right now

Pete DeBoer joined a rapidly growing list of fired head coaches on Wednesday night. The Sharks, sixth place in the Pacific division, announced they have relieved DeBoer of his duties.

Don’t worry though: it’s just because their team is bad.

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By Peter Hassett 15 hours ago

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Birthday party bummer: Blue Jackets beat Caps 5-2

After a nice run on the road, the Washington Capitals had a bit of a letdown game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, and they did it during our anniversary party, which was rude frankly.

Cam Atkinson scored first for the Blue Jackets, beating Braden Holtby on the near post. Ryan Murray was the beneficiary of Nick Jensen getting beat to make it 2-0 in the second period. Alex Ovechkin got a nasty backhander to crack the shutout in the third, but Columbus responded with two more goals — Nash and Bjorkstrand — to earn a 4-1 lead. Nicklas Backstrom in his big return, but Atkinson got the empty netter.

Caps lose 5-2.

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By Peter Hassett 3 days ago

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Thoughts on an email I got in 2009

Here’s an email I got ten years ago.

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By Peter Hassett 3 days ago

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Backstrom’s back, alright: Snapshot 2

Despite missing their top-line center for eight games, the Washington Capitals currently lead the division, conference and league. They’ve taken nearly 80 percent of available standings points so far, putting them on an absurd 128-point pace. They’re getting a Norris-caliber season from John Carlson, a breakout season from Jakub Vrana, and they might have the best fourth line in the league.

There is certainly adversity coming. The schedule gets no kinder at the end of the calendar year, and there are some worrying gaps in the lineup, but the looming return of Nicklas Backstrom might be a miracle cure.

Let’s do the snapshot.

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By Peter Hassett 4 days ago

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Nicklas Backstrom, after missing eight games, is finally back in the lineup

Nicklas Backstrom suffered an upper-body injury on November 18, causing him to miss eight games. But that’s all over now. From the man himself, Backstrom will return for Monday’s home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

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By Peter Hassett 4 days ago

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Jakub Vrana’s game-winner ties him for the league lead in even-strength goals

Jakub Vrana kept his breakout season going on Friday night, scoring the winning goal in an uneven effort against the Anaheim Ducks.

Vrana’s latest goal puts him in good company among league-leading scorers — with one big distinction.

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By Ian Oland and Peter Hassett 5 days ago

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Pre-anniversary party podcast

We’re turning 10 years old next week, so, uh, Is Party Soon. To mark the occasion and get you psyched for it, Ian and I hit the big red button on the podcast machine.

In today’s episode: Thornton’s heel turn, MacKinnon and Alzner wanting less money, the reckoning for authority figures in hockey, aaaaand Baby Yoda.

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By Peter Hassett 6 days ago

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NHL eastern conference power rankings (December 2019)

We’re like 36 percent of the way through the NHL regular season, and that feels like a good checkpoint for our power rankings. Short version: everything we said in the preseason was a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Those were trash power rankings. These are the good ones. From bottom to top, let’s do it.

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By Peter Hassett 6 days ago

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The worst gift ideas I could find on the NHL Shop

The Official NHL Shop is currently running a bunch of sales. That’s good news if you’re looking for good gifts for your friends and loved ones, but that’s not me. I’m terrible at buying gifts, plus I’m inconsiderate, and also I’m incapable of being sincere about anything. So, instead, here are the dumbest gifts I found on the NHL store.

You can save a lot of money on these horrible gifts that everyone will hate if you use the code NHLSAVE30 on checkout.

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By Peter Hassett 7 days ago

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