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GIF Recap: Caps Lose in Shootout to Blue Jackets

Photo: Jamie Sabau

The Capitals lost their first pair of back-to-back games this season falling 5-4 to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night after losing to the Carolina Hurricanes on New Years Eve. TJ Oshie, Jason Chimera, Marcus Johansson, and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored in regulation, but despite another highlight-reel shootout goal from Oshie the Caps couldn’t convert their remaining attempts, losing only their tenth game this season.

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By Hana Imiolczyk 7 years ago

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‘It’s Going to Have to Be Better’: Capitals Lose Back-to-Back for First Time This Season

Photo: Jamie Sabau

The Capitals made it nearly halfway through the 2015-16 NHL season without suffering back-to-back loses, winning nine straight games in December. But with Brooks Orpik, John Carlson, and Jay Beagle missing from the lineup, the Caps dropped two games in a row against two of the league’s worst teams. The games were close, with Brandon Saad scoring with just over a minute left to send Saturday’s game against Columbus to a shootout after the Capitals almost came back against Carolina on Thursday. Still, the loses are disappointing for a team that desperately wants to raise the Stanley Cup this year.

“It’s going to have to be better, it’s that simple,” goalie Braden Holtby, who took just his sixth loss of the season against Columbus, said.

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By Chris Gordon 7 years ago

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TJ Oshie Scores Another Ridiculous Shootout Goal (Video)

TJ Oshie doesn’t just score in the shootout. He embarrasses whatever goalie is net for the opposing team. And tonight, in the words of CSN Washington’s Joe Beninati, Oshie “put [Anton] Forsberg in the parking lot” after a hard deke to the left.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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The Other Streak: Jackets Beat Caps 5-4 (SO)

Photo: Jamie Sabau

After defeating the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night, the Columbus Blue Jackets looked to down one of the league’s top two teams for the second night in a row. They got right on that as Jack Johnson fired a power play marker from the Ovi spot just 1:32 into the game, the second quickest goal the Capitals have allowed this year.

The Caps evened up the score under six minutes later, when TJ Oshie converted on a slick pass from behind the net eight seconds into Washington’s opening power play. Forty-four seconds later, the Jackets took the lead again, with the Caps allowing a quick response goal like it’s 2014 all over again. Brandon Saad was all alone in front. But after Rene Bourque, who’s a jackass, took a phantom holding call, Washington’s power play got back to work. Evengy Kuznetsov did his thing, passing the puck off Jason Chimera’s stick and into the goal. Silly business.

In the second, the Capitals got another power play, but it was the Blue Jackets who converted. Brett Leonhardt, though, saved things from on high. The Capitals successfully challenged that ‘Lumbus was offside on the marker, the first time they’ve won a challenge this season. Later in the period, some great forechecking gave Tom Wilson the puck in the corner, who plopped it in Marcus Johansson’s lap for the go-ahead.

In the third, the power play struck again — this time for Columbus as Johnson added his second PP goal of the game. Just 40 second later, however, Kuznetsov converted on a two-on-one with Wilson to put the Caps back on top. It looked like the Caps were ready to start a new winning streak until Saad added his second of the game with just 1:08 to go. Uh oh.

After a flurry of OT PPs, the game went to a shootout.

Cam Atkinson was stoned by Holtby.

Oshie went slow-mo NHL 16 on Columbus’s ass.

Brandon Dubinsky fired a laser past Braden.

Ryan Johansson stopped and started and went top shelf on Braden Holtby.

Nicklas Backstrom was Washington’s last chance, but reserve netminder Anton Stralman closed the door for his first NHL win. Jackets beat Caps 5-4 (SO).

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By Chris Gordon 7 years ago

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Here’s Alex Ovechkin Patting TJ Oshie on the Head (GIF)

TJ Oshie just scored his 14th goal of the season, a power-play marker, via a picture-perfect passing play by Marcus Johansson and Nicklas Backstrom. His reward? A head pat from Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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If Evgeny Kuznetsov Made This Pass To You, You Would Score Too (Video)

Old man Jason Chimera notched his 11th goal in the first period of the Blue Jackets game, but that’s not important. Not to take anything away from Chimera, but straight-up, you could have scored on this pass. Your pomeranian could have scored on this pass.

Yeah, Evgeny Kuznetsov did it again. Look at this pass. Just look at it.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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The Capitals went 19 days and 9 games without losing until the Carolina Hurricanes cracked the code on New Years Eve. On the back half of back-to-back games, with mounting injuries, blah play during 5v5, and a terrible performance by the second line, the Caps were bound to lose that game from the first puck drop.

Now, in a brand new year and with a bit of rest, the Caps are poised to start a new streak, starting with Lumbus, who are tortilly turrible.

Puck drops at 7 PM.