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Kuznetsov’s Magic and Reminiscing Forsberg at Caps vs Preds (Photos)

Photos: Amanda Bowen

The Washington Capitals closed out their two-game homestand with a 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Friday, coming out with four points total since returning home from California. Evgeny Kuznetsov showed off more of his wizardry by setting up Daniel Winnik for his first goal as a Capitals, TJ Oshie‘s sneaky pop up, and Andre Burakovsky‘s top-shelf icing on the cake. The team finally started looking like the team we’d known before the blizzard in January.

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By Amanda Bowen 5 years ago

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Evgeny Kuznetsov is Either the Luckiest Hockey Player of All-Time or Really, Really Good

The Caps leading point-producer, Evgeny Kuznetsov, had another one of those nights. The 23-year-old Chelyabinsk native was magical with the puck, tallying his fourth three-assist game and his eighth three-point game of the season.

Kuznetsov used an unreal slap pass to Daniel Winnik to help the former Leaf tally his first goal with the Capitals. Later in the second period, Kuzy did The Kuzy Pass From The Kuzy Spot, leading to a TJ Oshie goal. Finally, early in the third period, Kuznetsov showed his poise, gathering in a loose puck near the boards and finding Andre Burakovsky wide open in front of the net.

All three assists were primary assists. And all three passes showed off Kuznetsov’s world-class talent. Just don’t tell that to him.

“It’s lucky play again,” Kuznetsov sheepishly said of his twisting, against-the-grain pass to Oshie.

“That’s just luck?” a reporter asked.

“Yeah, of course,” Kuznetsov replied.

Kuznetsov’s teammates were a bit less timid.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Braden Holtby’s Epic Breakout Pass Earns Him His First Assist of the Season

When Daniel Winnik got traded to the Washington Capitals late last month, we figured the grinding forward would get an offensive boost playing with DC’s high end talent. We just didn’t realize how easy they would make it for him.

With the Capitals trailing 1-0, Winnik jumped on the ice in the waning seconds of a Capitals power play. Braden Holtby and Evgeny Kuznetsov, however, weren’t quite done with their work on the man-advantage. Despite the seconds ticking down, Holtby fed Kuznetsov puck the puck in the Capitals’ zone off off a brilliant, high-flying breakout pass that easily found the Russian forward.

“That’s something we try to do in the past, usually at the end of the power play when you’re not worried about changing or anything like that,” Holtby said of the play. “You’re trying to get it into their zone at the end of the power play. You know Kuzy’s gonna make those reads. He read it well.”

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By Chris Gordon 5 years ago

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Kuzy’s Night: Caps beat Predators 4-1!

(I know I should use a picture of Kuznetsov, but look at this smile. D’awww.)

After a ~~slow~~ quiet start, the Capitals played a terrific back half of hockey to down the Nashville Predators at home on Friday night.

The scoring was opened up by Filip Forsberg, and I won’t say another word about that because I can’t even deal with Ian right now.

In the second period: Evgeny Kuznetsov. Boom– there’s one for Winnik off a super slap pass. Ta-da– there’s one for Oshie off the Twister™ maneuver. Alakazam– there’s one for Burakovsky thanks to some hard work deep in the Preds zone. (Winnik also scored again in there somewhere, but I didn’t wanna break up the rhythm.)

Caps beat Perds 4-1!

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By Peter Hassett 5 years ago

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Evgeny Kuznetsov’s Twister Pass Gives TJ Oshie a Season High in Goals

Someone hose Evgeny Kuznetsov down; he’s on fire.

After serving Daniel Winnik his first Caps goal, Kuznetsov did it again a few minutes later, pulling his patented twister move to set up TJ Oshie for his 22nd goal of the season.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Evgeny Kuznetsov’s ‘World Class’ Slap Pass Leads to Daniel Winnik’s First Goal as Capital

The Capitals gave up the first goal of the game. Again. To This Guy. But they soon got it back thanks to Daniel Winnik’s first goal as a Cap and a textbook slap-pass by Evgeny Kuznetsov.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Here’s Jay Beagle Howling In His Natural Habitat

The Capitals shared this Vine this evening and I’d be remiss if I didn’t post it. It’s Jay Beagle howling during practice. It’s basically a visual dog pun. The Capitals say Jay’s wooooing, but ignore them.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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In case you forgot, the Caps clinched a playoff spot Tuesday night. If you’re happy and/or unsurprised and you know it, clap your hands.

Tonight, the Caps face stiffer competition in a hungry Preds team. The Preds are chilling comfortably in the West’s first Wild Card spot. Alas, a recent string of wins has them eyeing up the Blackhawks’ third-place slot in the Central Division.

7 PM. CSN-DC. It’s gonna be lit.

Team	Record	Possession	PDO	Power Play	Penalty Kill
Washington Capitals	50-14-5	51.3%	101.6	23.7% (1st)	84.3% (4th)
Nashville Predators	36-22-13	53.0%	99.8	19.4% (11th)	80.2% (21st)

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By Margaret Stuart 5 years ago

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Joe Beninati is Letting His Twitter Followers Choose the Suit of the Night

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Photo: Joe B.

The day we’ve all been waiting for has arrived.

Joe Beninati — a.k.a. the Dapper Duke, a.k.a. the Sultan of Style, a.k.a. Grand Master Fleek — is putting the Joe B. Suit of the Night™ into the clumsy, sweaty hands of Twitter.

He just threw his trademark look into the bear pit. Let us all pray he doesn’t immediately regret this decision.

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By Nathan Burchfiel 5 years ago

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