The Washington Capitals escaped Columbus with a 3-2 victory thanks to a milestone goal from Nicklas Backstrom and the goaltending of Braden Holtby. The good guys avoided the final cannon shot, but unfortunately the entirety of the crowd in attendance was still deafened.
The Blue Jackets out-shot the Caps 39 to 25 and out-attempted the Caps at five-on-five 56 to 44.
By Chris Cerullo 5 years ago
Capitals head coach Barry Trotz returned Tom Wilson to top line duty for the first time since December 28 against the Boston Bruins. The move paid immediate dividends.
In the Capitals’ 3-2 win, Wilson finished an assist shy of his first career Gordie Howe Hat Trick, registering a goal and a fight. Wilson was also a plus-five in shot attempts and had three shots on goal.
Vezina Trophy winner Sergei Bobrovsky is routinely Columbus’s best player, but he can’t stop everything.
In the final minute of the Caps-Jackets game, Bobrovsky was beat by Nicklas Backstrom on the door step. Backstrom’s 200th career goal gave the Caps a big division win.
The Caps victory was huge, but poor Bobrovsky… he felt so smol, you guys.
Tuesday night at Nationwide Arena, Nicklas Backstrom scored his 200th career goal as a Capital. It was clutch.
Backstrom scored with 42.9 seconds left in the third period to give the Caps a thrilling 3-2 victory over division-rival Columbus.
The Caps visited Columbus on Tuesday evening to play a Metro matchup against the Blue Jackets.
David Savard started the scoring just a couple minutes into the game to give Columbus an early lead. Before the game was even five minutes old, John Carlson scored a power play goal to tie things up at one.
A few minutes into the second, Tom Wilson finished off a rush on which every Caps skater on the ice touched the puck, putting the Caps up 2-1. The second period ended this way, thanks to an outstanding performance from Braden Holtby.
The Caps had a big penalty kill with about eight minutes left and successfully killed it off. But just seconds later, Brandon Dubinsky tied the game up at two. With 42 seconds left, Nick Backstrom banged one home to put the Caps on top.
Caps win 3-2.
By Patrick Holden 5 years ago
Tonight, the Blue Jackets and Capitals are at Nationwide Arena in Columbus to kick off their home-and-home series. Let’s hope we have Nationwide on our side (sorry)!
Anyway, the Capitals are shaking up their lines a bit and that’s actually a good thing. The Blue Jackets have lost four of their last five games. Both teams are lookin’ to lift their spirits with a win tonight and I hope it is the Capitals. I’m not biased or anything.
Puck drop will be at 7:00 PM. Watch the game on NBCSN and hangout with your recappin’ rockstar, Pat Holden.
By Elyse Bailey 5 years ago
