The Washington Capitals got their butts handed to them by the bottom feeding New Jersey Devils. The boys from the Garden State laid a 5-1 smackdown on the Caps to win their first game in DC since December of 2016.
The Caps out-shot the Devils 34 to 22 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 50 to 38.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
The Washington Capitals looked to bounce back after their regulation defeat in Philadelphia a few nights ago. To do so, they would need to take advantage of a further sliding New Jersey Devils team that has lost three in a row, giving up five goals on average in those three games.
Nico Hischier, Nikita Gusev, and Blake Coleman kicked things off with three unanswered goals for the Devils. Jakub Vrana, newly promoted to the power play, got the Caps off the snide in the second. Hischier’s second restored their three goal lead not long after. Miles Wood empty netter.
Devils beat Caps 5-1.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
Saturday night has been an unmitigated disaster for the Washington Capitals, but Jakub Vrana just scored his 20th goal. So there’s that.
It’s the first goal Vrana has scored on the powerplay all season.
The Caps are 100-percent healthy heading into Saturday night’s date with the New Jersey Devils. Christian Djoos is fully mended and back in Hershey.
Game starts at 7 PM. Here’s your injury report.
By Peter Hassett 3 years ago
We’ve now entered the seemingly endless and bleak portion of the season known as mid-January. I tell you this in case you stepped outside, noticed it’s 72 degrees, and thought we were in the second round of the playoffs. No, sir, we are not. Another way you can tell we’re not in the playoffs yet is by tonight’s opponent: the New Jersey Devils. Yikes. Let’s get some power plays going.
Puck drop is at 7:00 PM. Your recap services come courtesy of Chris Cerullo.
By Peter Hassett 3 years ago
