The Washington Capitals laid a big ole egg against a very bad Buffalo Sabres team on Thursday night. The boys from Buffalo brought the Caps down 5-2 on Nicklas Backstrom’s big night.
The Sabres outshot the Caps 30 to 29.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
A celebration of one of the all-time greats and a date with the Buffalo Sabres was on tap for Thursday night. Could the Caps pick up the two points in honor of Nicklas Backstrom’s 1,000th career NHL game?
Sam Reinhart deflected home the first of the evening, but Dmitry Orlov responded in the McNugget minute to have things still deadlocked after twenty minutes. Victor Olofsson and Casey Mittelstadt picked top corners to put the Sabres up two before Anthony Mantha tapped home his second Caps goal to cut the lead in half.
Anders Bjork restored that lead not long after. Tage Thompson empty netter.
Sabres beat Caps 5-2.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
Nicklas Backstrom was honored for playing in his 1,000th NHL game Thursday during a sweet pregame ceremony. Joined on the ice by his fiancé, Liza; the couple’s three kids, Haley, Vince, and Alizee; and Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan, Backstrom stood in the corner as the team celebrated his 14-year career in the NHL.
The Capitals first played a tribute video over the jumbotron featuring kind words from his teammates, and family.
Newly acquired Caps forward Anthony Mantha has scored his second goal since joining the team approximately fifteen minutes ago.
Yeah, you could say we’re warming up to him.
By Peter Hassett 3 years ago
On a night where Nicklas Backstrom is being honored for his milestone 1000th NHL game, the Capitals went all-out to celebrate the occasion.
The team formed what NBC Sports Washington’s Al Koken termed a “stick tunnel” — a pseudo honor guard — to welcome Backstrom onto the ice for warmups ahead of his big game.
By Elizabeth Kong 3 years ago
Tonight is the night. Yes, Nicklas Backstrom will be playing in his 1000th game, so he is the proverbial “belle of the ball” but something else is also occurring. We are done with the Sabres. This is the final one and it would’ve been cool if the Caps were going for the series sweep, but due to the pesky shootout loss in February…we will have to settle for a potential seven wins out of eight. Hard life.
Puck will be dropping at 7 PM and Christopher will have your recap, supplemented by some witty tweets.
By Elyse Bailey 3 years ago
