The Washington Capitals went down early to the New Jersey Devils but staged a valiant, late comeback that saw them avoid losing both games over the weekend. On the back of a three-point effort from TJ Oshie, the Caps took down the Devils 4-3.
The Caps outshot the Devils 41 to 25 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 56 to 49.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
After posting seven points in the first eight games, TJ Oshie’s season took a nosedive during the next three weeks of play. Coming into Sunday’s matinee against the New Jersey Devils, Oshie had gone nine games without scoring and had only posted three points during that time.
Oshie broke that goalless streak in a big way against Jersey. The Osh Babe scored two power-play goals and tallied the primary assist on the game-winner, Alex Ovechkin’s 712th career tally.
It marked Oshie’s first three-point game since the season opener against the Buffalo Sabres.
“When we have Osh Babe on our team, every time he’s hot, he’s hot,” Ovechkin said.
The Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils came into the back half of a back-to-back in which they both lost the first game. Which team could avoid becoming the one to lose two in consecutive days? Another afternoon (puke) start would decide that.
Andreas Johnsson broke open the scoring on an early New Jersey power play. Jack Hughes deftly put a backhand behind Craig Anderson who was deep in his net to extend the lead. TJ Oshie tipped home a power-play point drive to cut the lead in half. John Carlson tied things up halfway through the third period.
Timothy Jimothy got on the board again to give the Caps their first lead of the day. Alex Ovechkin sealed it with a late tap-in. Nikita Gusev grabbed one back with the New Jersey netminder pulled.
Caps beat Devils 4-3!
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
Something not so chill happened yesterday morning. The Caps got stomped by the New York Rangers, but today is a new day. This afternoon, after a quick time change, the Capitals are hosting the New Jersey Devils. Don’t want to scare anyone, but the Capitals are currently 0-3-2 in matinee games this season. I think that today would be an excellent day to get that first win.
Puck drops at 2:00 PM and, once again, Chris will have your recap.
By Elyse Bailey 2 years ago
After 13 consecutive games with rookie Vitek Vanecek in the net, veteran goalkeeper Craig Anderson will start his first game in a Capitals jersey this afternoon against the New Jersey Devils.
Anderson gets the start on the second game of a busy back-to-back weekend.
By Eliza Kravitz 2 years ago
