Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal was at the Capitals-Sharks game Tuesday night, joining Rod Rosenstein as the most famous dudes at Capital One Arena.
Beal, wearing a jean jacket featuring handwritten messages overtop a Capitals “Old Time Hockey” hoodie, was sitting along the glass with his girlfriend, Kamiah Adams, and Alex Ovechkin’s friend Abe Hamrah of Designo Motoring.
By Donya Abramo 4 years ago
The Washington Capitals played the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night in Capital One Arena and lost 7-6 in truly sensational fashion. However! Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick, and Evgeny Kuznetsov, TJ Oshie, and Andre Burakovsky each netted goals of their own.
In other words: There were very many very good hugs.
For a recap of the hockey terribleness that happened, you can read Mr. Hassett’s excellent recap and Ian’s analysis of the collapse! For everything but the hockey we have this new “miscellaneous you missed” series. Enjoy!
By Brennin Weiswerda 4 years ago
The Washington Capitals just cannot stop the bleeding as they’ve now lost six games in a row on the trot and this latest loss came in particularly deflating fashion. The San Jose Sharks improbable 7-6 overtime victory just adds gas to a seemingly infinite bonfire of frustration.
The Sharks out-shot the Caps 43 to 39, but the Caps won the five-on-five shot attempt battle 48 to 42. Yay.
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
Over the last two years, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been investigated by the Special Counsel, headed by Robert Mueller, to find any possible links or coordination with the Russian government. I bring that fact up because the man behind the appointment of the Special Counsel, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, was at the Capitals game Wednesday night.
The DAG was photographed leaving Capital One Arena by reader Matthew Lansdell after the Caps fell to Sharks 7-6 in overtime.
The Washington Capitals have lost six straight games for the first time since January 2014 and have given up seven goals or more in three of their last four games.
Tuesday against the San Jose Sharks, the Caps found a new, more painful way to lose, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The Capitals gave up three unanswered goals in crunch time, which included a soul-sucking, last-second goal to Evander Kane that sent the game to overtime.
The devastating 7-6 loss marked a franchise first as well. It’s the first time Washington has lost a game when Alex Ovechkin has scored a hat trick (22-1).
By Ian Oland 4 years ago
Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick in Washington’s spirit-sundering loss to San Jose, which extended their slump to six games. The Caps have just one game left before the all-star break, on Wednesday in Toronto, and Ovi says he’s playing in it.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
The Washington Capitals tried and failed to vanquish their losing streak. They suffered a soul-eradicating overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks to make it six losses in a row. Ovechkin did stuff though. That’s something, I suppose.
Joe Pavelski started the night on a sour note, scoring for the Sharks just 12 seconds in. That stung, but not for long: Alex Ovechkin notched a power-play goal from the far side to even the score. After a lengthy drought, gangly teenager-with-promise Andre Burakovsky got a goal with a gorgeous snipe to give the Caps the lead, which they promptly squandered as Tomas Hertl got an equally pretty snipe on the power play. Before the first period was up, TJ Oshie took a nice pass from Alex Ovechkin to restore the Caps’ lead.
The Sharks brought the score even with a scramble in front of the net after a penalty expired, but Evgeny answered with a wristshot from a sharp angle to put Washington ahead. Alex Ovechkin took a drop pass from Nicklas Backstrom to make it a two-goal lead soon after. Logan Couture cut that lead in half with a [checks notes] three-on-zero rush goal after a Kuznetsov turnover.
In the third period, Alex Ovechkin scored his third hat trick of the season, seemingly locking up the win. Except Hertl tightened it up with another power-play goal, nearly identical to his first one. Then, with one second left in regulation, the Sharks tied it, forcing overtime, where Tomas Hertl completed his own hat trick to win.
CAPS LOSE. Six in a row. It burns.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin did his best to help the Capitals end their longest losing streak in four years.
The Russian machine scored a hat trick against the San Jose Sharks, the 23rd of his career, and registered four points.
Ovi’s third goal came in the third period and gave the Capitals a 6-4 lead. The Caps would lose in overtime 7-6, their sixth-straight loss.
By Ian Oland 4 years ago
Amidst trade talk, Andre Burakovsky is trying to turn his season around.
In the first period of the Caps bout against the San Jose Sharks, Burakovsky received a drop pass from Chandler Stephenson and rifled the puck through Radim Simek, beating Martin Jones glove side.
The goal gave the Capitals a brief 2-1 lead.
By Julia Karron 4 years ago
The tiny gloomy stormcloud we call the Washington Capitals gave the Sharks an early goal just twelve seconds into the game, but a power-play goal from Alex Ovechkin tied the game and gave the Caps a new lease on life.
By Ian Oland 4 years ago
