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TJ Oshie scored two PPGs against the Lightning. He now has three goals in three games to start the season.

Last season, TJ Oshie scored a career-high 33 goals after shooting a league-high 23.09%. Oshie is unlikely to continue that trend this season, yet after the first three games of the year, the Caps forward is scoring at an even higher clip (37.5%).

Monday, Oshie collected his first two-goal game of the season, tallying two power-play markers in the Capitals 4-3 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. He now has three goals in three games.

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By Ian Oland 4 years ago

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Let the Chorness stabilize you: Lightning beat Caps 4-3 (overtime)

The Capitals got caved in by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night. Goalie Philipp Grubauer tried to save the Caps from themselves, and he did earn them a regulation-tie point, but this was an obvious loser from the start, despite the score.

Nick Backstrom scored his first goal of the season after some nifty passing from his linemates in the first period. TJ Oshie got his second goal of the season by tipping John Carlson’s shot on the power play.

Alex Killorn struck back for the Bolts in the second, beating Grubauer after some atrocious work in neutral by the Ovi-Kuznetsov line, but TJ Oshie got his second of the night, roofing the puck after a controversial penalty. Chris Kunitz (who, yeah? he’s here now? well alright) notched one to make it a one-goal game heading into the third.

With nine minutes left, Nikita Kucherov carved Taylor Chorney and got some backhand lift to tie it up. The Bolts piled on for the rest of regulation. The Caps iced too many men during 3-on-3 overtime, and Kucherov got the game-winner.

Lightning beat Capitals 4-3 in overtime.

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By Peter Hassett 4 years ago

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Nicklas Backstrom passes Bob Carpenter for eighth on Capitals all-time scoring list

Nicklas Backstrom has spent most of his career setting up many of Alex Ovechkin’s 565 goals, but that doesn’t mean he’s not a sniper himself.

Monday, after scoring late in the first period against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Backstrom passed Bob Carpenter for sole possession of eighth place on the Capitals all-time scoring list. It was Backstrom’s first goal of the 2017-18 season and his 189th career tally of his career.

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By Ian Oland 4 years ago

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Caps vs Lightning pregame: Can Alex Ovechkin get a hat trick of hat tricks?

The Capitals are on the road and headed to the land of Cuban sandwiches, Big Cat rescue, and nothing else. That’s right, the boys are in Tampa Bay to face off against the Lightning. A quick change in net is the only real change you’ll be seeing from the Capitals, while the Lightning are most likely trying to embed video of Alex Ovechkin’s play into their brains.

Personally, I’m going to be doing some voodoo rituals in order to make sure we see a hat trick of Ovechkin hat tricks, so I suggest you do the same.

The game’s at 7:30 PM on NBC Washington. Good Tweet Pete will have a bedtime story for you, also known as the recap.

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By Elyse Bailey 4 years ago

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