Tom Wilson joined the Minnesota Wild tonight in the second period when he was checked into their bench.
It was a good laugh, and sure to be seen on future YouTube compilations of hockey fails for years to come.
By 5 years ago
This baby will never forget this night.
I could say that the Washington Capitals defeated the Minnesota Wild, but that wouldn’t be totally cromulent. A better way to put it: Alex Ovechkin defeated the Minnesota Wild. (Braden Holtby helped.)
Ovi scored, then Ovi scored, then someone else scored, then Ovi scored again. One of those was a power-play goal. Then Ryan Suter scored, and it was close all of a sudden, but it’s the Caps so they won. Chim-dawg got an empty netter and some Minny dude got a late goal, whatevs.
Caps beat Wild 4-3! Five wins in a row!
By Peter Hassett 5 years ago
Quick addendum to our previous article. Turns out we made a mistake: Alex Ovechkin does not have two goals tonight.
He has three. It’s a hat trick, folks.
Alex Ovechkin *is* the Washington Capitals’ offense. Tonight in Minnesota, Ovechkin struck twice in the second period to take the league lead in goals and, more importantly, give the road team a two-goal lead.
In the first period of Caps-Wild, CSN Mid-Atlantic took a shot of the Caps bench and zoomed in on Nicklas Backstrom. Nicky stared out into space as if he were pondering what the point of life is — just like Alex Semin four years ago.
Hello, St Paul. The NHL’s best team is in town and they’re delighted to be here. Thanks for having them, now please be prepared to lose. Again.
The Wild are 1-7-2 in their last ten games and have lost 6 straight. As a Caps fan, you may be unfamiliar with the number in the loss column being bigger than the number in the win column. Basically, what it means is that the Wild have lost in regulation seven times in the last 10 games. The Caps have lost in regulation nine times all season.
Breathe it in, everyone. Soak it in and enjoy this. Remember how Andy Bernard said he wished that there was a way to realize that he was in the good old days before he left them? This 2015-16 season will be looked back upon as the good old days. Enjoy them. As Ben said #TheseAreTheDays
I'm already sad for the day when we'll be saying "remember the 2015-16 #Caps? Those were the days." #TheseAreTheDays!!
— Ben Scarbs (@1bscarbro) February 10, 2016
The game is at 8pm on CSN-plus.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 39-9-4 | 52.2% | 102.1 | 24.4% | 84.0% |
| Minnesota Wild | 23-20-10 | 48.2% | 100.5 | 17.8% | 78.1% |
By Patrick Holden 5 years ago
