Photo: Patrick Smith
The Capitals first game in eight days ended with a deflating 4-3 overtime loss to the Flyers. Andre Burakovsky opened the Caps’ scoring and also forced overtime after roofing home a beautiful pass from a dabbing Evgeny Kuznetsov. Jakub Voracek won the game for the Flyers 38 seconds into overtime.
Caps’ first-line center Nicklas Backstrom also scored.
By Hana Imiolczyk 5 years ago
Tom Wilson returns to his natural habitat.
Hockey back! Wee! Bye snow. Hi hockey! Stick and puck and Ovi and yay! Flyers bad, boo Flyers. But yay hockey! Caps goalie and old Caps goalie say grrr. Bad hockey but also good hockey. IKEA people score hockey goals two times plus one. Boo Flyers, but yay hockey back!
It seems I have forgotten how to write hockey. Maybe my fingers would remember their old strength better …if they recapped the goals.
Well, the Flyers owned the first period, scoring twice on the sticks of Brayden Schenn and Ryan White, but the Capitals woke up in the second period, erasing Philadelphia’s lead in a blink thanks to goals by Swedes Andre Burakovsky and Nick Backstrom. Jakub Voracek restored the Flyers leads before the third, but Kuznetsov fed Burakovsky to knot it again. Without a winner in rego, we went to overtime, where Voracek felled Holtby with a tricky release.
Flyers beat Caps. Washington’s home streak snapped at like 1329581635 consecutive wins. Oh well, got a point anyway.
By Peter Hassett 5 years ago
Evgeny Kuznetsov‘s celebrations in the NHL have been mostly muted since leaving the KHL. But Wednesday, after assisting on Andre Burakovsky’s game-tying goal, Kuzy did what all the hip kids are doing. He dabbed.
Photo: Maddie Meyer
Marcus Johansson left Wednesday’s game after suffering an upper-body injury in the first period.
It’s not apparent exactly what the injury is, but it probably occured when Philadelphia’s Wayne Simmonds smeared Johansson into the boards halfway into the first period.
Photo: @WashCaps
Washington Capitals defenseman Karl Alzner has now played in 423 consecutive games, passing Bob Carpenter for the franchise’s all-time record. Hockey is arguably the most brutal of the top four American sports. Playing just a single 82-season without missing a game is an accomplishment. Alzner’s managed to string four of those together, plus a full 48-game season after the 2012 lockout, and he’s well on his way to doing it again this season again (knock on wood).
Alzner is a reliable and smart player. He uses good skating skills and stick positioning to be successful. And, for five years and counting, he’s been willing to sacrifice his body when the moment calls for it.
The Capitals honored Alzner with a video on the jumbotron during the first period.
Admit it, when you saw the above picture, which the Capitals posted on their social media platforms to advertise the game-night hashtag for the January 5 matchup against the Bruins, you thought, gee, that would make a killer shirt.
Well, guess what. You were 100% right.
By Nathan Burchfiel 5 years ago
Photo: Patrick Smith
Some sort of sporting event will be played at the Verizon Center tonight. Sources say the sporting event will be a game called hockey. Details are scarce at this time, but hockey is reportedly a game that was popular among humans in Washington DC prior to the great blizzard of 2016. We couldn’t get confirmation, but social media says this game is played on ice and often dominated by a team from DC that wears red.
If we’ve piqued your interest with this whole “hockey” thing, turn your television dial to the NBC Sports Network at 8 PM to see what it’s all about.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 35-8-3 | 52% | 102.1 | 27.1% | 84.8% |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 20-18-8 | 49% | 100.4 | 17.4% | 77.7% |
By Patrick Holden 5 years ago
