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Caps turn the Isles into big Long Island losers: Caps beat Islanders 5-1

The Washington Capitals made the trip up to Long Island for their second matchup of the season with the New York Islanders. The Isles are amid a fierce battle for a Wild Card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and the Caps were looking to throw a big ole wrench into that discussion.

Pierre Engvall kicked off the scoring with a bad bounce off Alex Alexeyev. Dylan Strome put something extra on a shot to tie the game and TJ Oshie gave the Caps a lead late in the first.

Anthony Mantha ended his 19-game streak without a goal to double the lead. Nic Dowd and Nicklas Backstrom added two more.

Caps beat Islanders 5-1!

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By Chris Cerullo 7 months ago

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Fine! Devils beat Caps 3-2 in shootout

The Washington Capitals played the fearsome New Jersey Devils, and – honestly – they did fine! Invigorating feeling. Fine hockey from your Washington Capitals. Washington: home of fine hockey.

Late in the first period, Trevor van Riemsdyk scored a pinball-style goal. Erik Haula scored a power-play goal in the second by banking off Alexander Alexeyev, who got de-pantsed a bit on Dawson Mercer’s goal 90 seconds later. Dylan Strome crashed the net to turn Tom Wilson’s lucky bounce into the tying goal after forty minutes. A scoreless third pushed us into overtime, which was fun but fruitless.

Shootout bullets!

Oshie did NOT put the biscuit in the basket
Hughes did NOT put the biscuit in the basket
Kuznetsov did NOT put the biscuit in the basket
Bratt did NOT put the biscuit in the basket
Backstrom did NOT put the biscuit in the basket
Hischier did NOT put the biscuit in the basket
Ovechkin did NOT put the biscuit in the basket
Meier put the biscuit in the basket

Caps lose 3-2 in the shootout.

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By Peter Hassett 7 months ago

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Kings beat Caps 4-2 in last late-night game of the season (yay)

The Washington Capitals, in defiance of all decency, played a very late-night game against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night/Tuesday morning. Some of us have work in the morning.

The Kings clobbered the Caps in the first period, but the score remained null. Rasmus Sandin scored his first as a Cap with an improbable double-whiff to score. Deadline pick-up Vladislav Gavrikov returned fire with a clean-up shot, and then Viktor Arvidsson tipped in a go-ahead goal in the second period’s final minute.

In the third, Alex Ovechkin got a one-timer from the Ovi Spot to tie it up, but Mikey Anderson restored LA’s lead with a rush goal. Adrian Kempe got an empty-netter just before the buzzer.

Caps lose 4-2.

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By Peter Hassett 7 months ago

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Caps lay a super smackdown on San Jose: Caps beat Sharks 8-3

The Capitals did some more trekking through California on Saturday as they met with the San Jose Sharks. It was a battle of two teams finding it hard to win hockey games right now.

Tomas Hertl caught the Caps on a line change and opened the scoring. Alexander Barabanov was left alone directly in front of Darcy Kuemper and extended San Jose’s lead.

Craig Smith sniped his first as a Cap, Nicolas Aube-Kubel somehow filtered the equalizer in, Matt Irwin blasted the Caps into the lead, and Smith added another with an interesting cross-check marker. TJ Oshie added a third-period marker, Nico Sturm brought one back for the Sharks, and Alex Ovechkin labeled one of his own.

Ovi and Dylan Strome with the cherries on top.

Caps beat Sharks 8-3!

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By Chris Cerullo 7 months ago

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Securing a super late victory in California: Caps beat Ducks 3-2 (OT)

The Washington Capitals met with the Anaheim Ducks for the second and final time this season on Wednesday night. The Caps, after several pre-trade deadline moves, looked like a very different team than the one that fell to the Ducks 4-2 over a week ago.

Martin Fehervary snuck backdoor and found the back of the net for the opening goal. Troy Terry walked through a bunch of Caps and tied things up at one. Nothing in the whole second period and then Tom Wilson scored less than ten seconds into the third to give the Caps their lead back.

Trevor Zegras tied things back up. Wilson overtime game-winner.

Caps beat Ducks 3-2!

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By Chris Cerullo 7 months ago

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Sabres beat Caps 7-4 in curiously coached game

The oldest team in the league, the Washington Capitals, played the youngest team in the league, the Buffalo Sabres, while the young team was rested and the old team was not. Despite all human wisdom urging otherwise, the Caps chose to play this one wiiiiiiide-open.

The game started off hot, with a bunch of chances before Casey Mittelstadt fed Dylan Cozens for a rush goal. Dylan Strome retaliated with a great assist from Nick Jensen, but then Evgeny Kuznetsov fed Tage Thompson a tantalizing turnover in the high slot to give Buffalo the lead again. TJ Oshie caught a pass from Strome to tie it 2-2 after twenty minutes.

The second period belonged to Buffalo. They scored four goals: Skinner, Girgensons, Hinostroza, and Cozens for his second of the day. Alex Ovechkin caught a rebound off the end-board for his 33rd of the season, then Sonny Milano scored a jailbreak goal to make 6-4 after two periods.

Dylan Cozens got the hat trick in the third period.

Caps lose.

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By Peter Hassett 7 months ago

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Caps beat Rangers 6-3: Finally, goals!

The Washington Capitals – inconceivably – defeated the New York Rangers in a matinee game on Saturday afternoon. The goals the team had been so dearly missing for so dearly long came all at once.

TJ Oshie began the day with a power-play goal, tipping a point shot from Erik Gustafsson. Barclay Goodrow took advantage of some careless Washington defense to tie it up by the end of the first period.

The Capitals exploded in a good way in the second period. TJ Oshie scored on the rush, then Tom Wilson scored on the rush, then Milano got Oshie’s rebound, then Kuznetsov scored on the rush.

Chris Kreider tipped in a goal during five-on-three to start New York’s comeback, but Evgeny Kuznetsov responded by tucking in a goal to make it 6-2. The Rangers got one in garbage time, but that was it.

Caps win 6-3!

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By Peter Hassett 7 months ago

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The worst team in the entire league hands the Caps a sixth regulation loss in a row: Ducks beat Caps 4-2

The Washington Capitals and Anaheim Ducks squared off at Capital One Arena on Thursday but you can’t fault any Caps fan that had their attention elsewhere. The Caps made their first big move of the season to indicate they are likely sellers at this year’s deadline and writing off this season.

While that can be seen as a hopeful move for some, no matter what it is not fun to see our favorite players playing in a different jersey.

TJ Oshie deftly tipped home an Erik Gustafsson point drive for a rare Caps power-play goal to open the scoring. Isac Lundestrom finished off a breakaway to tie the game up. Nick Jensen made a power move to the net to put the Caps back up. The Ducks piled up in the crease and somehow put the puck in to tie the game once more.

Jakob Silfverberg snapped Anaheim into their first lead early in the third. Derek Grant empty netter.

Ducks beat Caps 4-2.

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By Chris Cerullo 7 months ago

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Caps lose again

The Caps lost again. This time it was to the Detroit Red Wings, a team that suddenly includes Jakub Vrana again.

Detroit defender Robert Hagg fired a shot from the slot that Trevor van Riemsdyk aided on its path to the net. A shorthanded goal by Pius Suter made it 2-0 for the Wings, but Tom Wilson’s tip-in got the Caps on the board at least.

The Caps pressed early in the third but Suter’s second goal of the night sealed the deal.

Caps lose 3-1. Their fifth loss in a row. A waste of your time.

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By Peter Hassett 7 months ago

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Caps lose Stadium Series 4-1 to Canes, utterly pathetic

The Washington Capitals looked snazzy for their big outdoor game against the Carolina Hurricanes. But they played terribly. They got methodically dismantled by a superior team in front of 56,961 fans, a national TV audience, and some clown named Jake Owen.

Two minutes into the game, the Canes scored on their first shot: a deflection from Jesperi Kotkaniemi. The Canes scored three in the second period, starting with Paul Stastny all alone up front, middling with Martin Necas’ one-timer on the power, and lasting with Teuvo Teravainen on the rush.

The Caps played apocalyptically bad in the third period, but Tom Wilson got a goal from no-angle to crack the shutout.

Caps lose 4-1. Awful.

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By Peter Hassett 8 months ago

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