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Sammy’s successful return: Caps beat Devils 3-2

The Washington Capitals have hit a bit of a stride in terms of good play and looked to continue down that path as they took on the New Jersey Devils for the second time in two days. Could they complete the weekend sweep?

Mikhail Maltsev opened scoring with a wrister that ramped up off Dmitry Orlov’s stick past Ilya Samsonov on the short-side. Jakub Vrana has goals in two straight after he fired home his own rebound to tie the game at one. Nicklas Backstrom looking for his 700th career assist instead found the back of the net with his own shot. Yegor Sharangovich wristed one through the body of Samsonov to tie the game once more.

Alex Ovechkin sniped one past a disbelieving MacKenzie Blackwood to restore the Caps lead and ended up the game winner.

Caps beat Devils 3-2!

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By Chris Cerullo 5 days ago

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Never-breaking Alex Ovechkin scores 713th career goal after blocking shot off skate earlier in game

Alex Ovechkin scored the 713th goal of his career against the New Jersey Devils on Sunday.

Ovechkin had one goal in his prior eight games – a notable cold streak for one of the game’s greatest scorers.

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By Ian Oland 5 days ago

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Birthday Boy Jakub Vrana has goals in consecutive games

Jakub Vrana has goals in consecutive games after scoring on MacKenzie Blackwood for a second straight day.

Vrana, who turned 25 on Sunday, is now tied for second in goals on the Capitals with seven.

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Devan Dubnyk doesn’t know why Jordan Binnington was ‘skating around, pretending to punch guys’

The NHL had itself a viral moment on Saturday when St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington shoved and punched multiple San Jose Sharks players after being pulled by head coach Craig Berube.

Binnington surrendered four goals in the first 30:26 of the game and then went absolutely buckwild while leaving the ice.

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By Ian Oland 5 days ago

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Caps at Devils pregame: View from the top

The Capitals are still in New Jersey to play in the second game of a back-to-back weekend series against the Devils. The Capitals are currently 5-1-1 in their past seven games and are leading the MassMutual NHL® East Division with 26 points. Keep it up, boys.

Evgeny Kuznetsov will not be playing again today (upper body injury) and Ilya Samsonov will start in goal.

Puck drop is at 3 PM and Christopher from the comments will have your recap.

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Ilya Samsonov will start this afternoon against the Devils

Peter Laviolette announced early this afternoon that Ilya Samsonov will start in net against the New Jersey Devils today.

It will be Samsonov’s first start with the Capitals since a 4-3 shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on January 17th.

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By Elyse Bailey 5 days ago

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Florida Panthers place Brett Connolly on waivers

The Florida Panthers made a surprise transaction on Sunday.

The Panthers put former Capital and 2018 Stanley Cup champion, Brett Connolly, on waivers. Connolly has two years remaining on a four-year, $14 million contract ($3.5 AAV) he originally signed on July 1, 2019.

The upstart Panthers currently sit in second place of the Central Division (13-4-3, 29 standings points).

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Peter’s got a new record coming out Wednesday: Asperitas

Hi everybody. You may know me for being insufferable about hockey, but I’m also a music human, which sounds less pretentious and job-y than “musician” does to me right now. I’ve got a new record coming out on Wednesday, and maybe you’ll like it.

(Probably not, but maybe.)

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By Peter Hassett 5 days ago

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Dunking on the Devs: numbers for the morning after

The Washington Capitals got out to a hot start in New Jersey and road that start all the way to another W over the Devils. A Saturday afternoon battle ended 5-2 in favor of the Caps before the two teams duke it out again later today.

The shots ended up tied at 24 apiece and the shot attempts at five-on-five did as well at 43 apiece.

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Peter Laviolette ties Jim Schoenfeld for winningest start in franchise history as a new head coach

The Washington Capitals hung on to beat the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. With the victory, Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette accomplished a bit of history.

Laviolette tied Jim Schoenfeld for the winningest start in franchise history as a new head coach.

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