Don’t look now, but Evgeny Kuznetsov is closing in on a new career high in goals.
Tuesday against the Ottawa Senators, Kuzy scored on two of his six shots, including a stunning wraparound which gave the Russian center 19 goals on the season.
But his evening might be best remembered for a gimme goal he failed to collect on.
The Capitals were outclassed Monday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets, falling behind 4-1 after the first 20 minutes. Tom Wilson was clearly not going to let that happen Tuesday at Capital One Arena and decided to unfurl his massive man-fists early against the Ottawa Senators.
In a quick fight with Mark Borowiecki, Tom landed two brutal rights that sent the Senators forward briefly to the locker room.
Tom also scored a goal early in the second period – his 11th of the season.
Erik Karlsson was in DC to play hockey on Tuesday night. Unfortunately, it was for the away team, not the home team.
With about five minutes to go in the first, Matt Niskanen hopped out of the box and received a stretch pass. He then dropped it to TJ Oshie. Oshie found Evgeny Kuznetsov cutting to the net, who deposited the puck into the net for a 1-0 lead.
Early in the second, Tom “#TopLineTom” Wilson put the Caps up 2-0 with a snipe from the circle. Just before the period ended, number 92 in red struck again to put the good guys up 3-1.
Erik “not a Capital” Karlsson pulled the Sens within one in the third.
Caps win 3-2!
By Patrick Holden 6 years ago
The Ottawa Senators are one of the worst teams in the league right now and tonight they are facing off against the Washington Capitals in DC. In fact, the Sens are sitting at #29 in the league standings. We have Jakub Jerabek debuting, Philipp Grubauer in net, Christian Djoos sitting out, and morale is high…ish.
Now, I don’t want to be dramatic or anything, but if we do not win this game I will personally show up to Capital One Arena and do absolutely nothing….but ohhhhhh boy, I’ll be mad as heck. I was already a tad irritated after the Capitals didn’t make even a single little gesture during trade deadline day, but then I was really mad after the showing the Capitals gave last night (if we no longer talk about it…it’s like it never happened).
So, in conclusion, I don’t want to be more than “really mad”. I want to be okay. I want the Capitals to make the playoffs, I want the defense to pick it up, I want everyone to stop being so hard on Braden Holtby, and I want to stick to the script and play Pittsburgh again in the second round. But, then we have to lose because I genuinely don’t think my heart could handle us getting through the second round. I’m too young for stress issues.
Game’s at 7 PM on NBC Sports Washington. Pat has your recap tonight and I’m hoping he brings better luck than Peter did yesterday *shakes head*.
By Elyse Bailey 6 years ago
