The Washington Capitals went into Newark, New Jersey for a back-to-back with the Devils and came away with all four points. A successful Sunday saw the return of Ilya Samsonov and a 3-2 Caps win.
The Caps outshot the Devils 23 to 21 but were out-attempted at five-on-five 41 to 34.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
John Carlson came up big against the New Jersey Devils. Well actually, his badonkadonk did.
Down 3-2 late in the third period, the Devils pulled MacKenzie Blackwood for an extra skater. New Jersey didn’t put much pressure on Ilya Samsonov until its final rush. As the final few seconds ticked off the clock, Pavel Zacha put a shot on net. Samsonov made the initial save, but the rebound bounced right onto Kyle Palmieri’s blade wide open in the slot. The net was yawning.
Palmieri fired! Andddddddd…Carlson’s butt made the save!
He clinched the victory, you guys.
Nicklas Backstrom entered the weekend with 699 assists and will leave New Jersey with 699 assists.
“I think it’s the media that’s actually jinxing me, jinxing stuff this weekend,” Backstrom said during a postgame interview with MSG Network. “They talked about Ovi getting his 700th here (last year) and they thought it’d be cool if I got my 700th assist here too. It’s going to come when it’s going to come.”
While Backstrom didn’t tally an assist, he did score his tenth goal of the season, which leads all Capitals players.
The Washington Capitals have hit a bit of a stride in terms of good play and looked to continue down that path as they took on the New Jersey Devils for the second time in two days. Could they complete the weekend sweep?
Mikhail Maltsev opened scoring with a wrister that ramped up off Dmitry Orlov’s stick past Ilya Samsonov on the short-side. Jakub Vrana has goals in two straight after he fired home his own rebound to tie the game at one. Nicklas Backstrom looking for his 700th career assist instead found the back of the net with his own shot. Yegor Sharangovich wristed one through the body of Samsonov to tie the game once more.
Alex Ovechkin sniped one past a disbelieving MacKenzie Blackwood to restore the Caps lead and ended up the game winner.
Caps beat Devils 3-2!
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
Alex Ovechkin scored the 713th goal of his career against the New Jersey Devils on Sunday.
Ovechkin had one goal in his prior eight games – a notable cold streak for one of the game’s greatest scorers.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
Jakub Vrana has goals in consecutive games after scoring on MacKenzie Blackwood for a second straight day.
Vrana, who turned 25 on Sunday, is now tied for second in goals on the Capitals with seven.
The Capitals are still in New Jersey to play in the second game of a back-to-back weekend series against the Devils. The Capitals are currently 5-1-1 in their past seven games and are leading the MassMutual NHL® East Division with 26 points. Keep it up, boys.
Evgeny Kuznetsov will not be playing again today (upper body injury) and Ilya Samsonov will start in goal.
Puck drop is at 3 PM and Christopher from the comments will have your recap.
By Elyse Bailey 2 years ago
Peter Laviolette announced early this afternoon that Ilya Samsonov will start in net against the New Jersey Devils today.
It will be Samsonov’s first start with the Capitals since a 4-3 shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on January 17th.
By Elyse Bailey 2 years ago
