The Capitals started their first extended road trip of the season in style, downing the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 with an all around complete effort. Best sixty minutes from them so far on the young season.
The Caps out-shot the Nucks 33 to 24 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 38 to 29.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
Nicklas Backstrom just reached another huge milestone in his distinguished career.
The Swedish center tallied three assists Monday against the Vancouver Canucks to cross the 600-assist mark in his career. Apple number 600, of course, came on an Alex Ovechkin goal.
By Ian Oland 3 years ago
The Washington Capitals’ journey through late-night games in western Canada began on Monday night and the Vancouver Canucks, where the road team put up maybe their best sixty-minute effort of the still-young season.
Scoring began as scoring so often does, with John Carlson recording a goal after a great feed from Jakub Vrana. Vancouver tied it in the second as defenseman Troy Stecher got a deflection off Nic Dowd’s glove to beat Holtby. Kuznetsov got a power-play goal, and Ovechkin crashed the net to make it 3-1 after two period.
Sven Baertschi got a very lucky rebound to bring the Canucks within one goal early in the third, but Alex Ovechkin replied with his second of the night, a screamer on the power play. TJ Oshie got the empty-netter and ended it.
Caps beat Canucks 5-2!
By Peter Hassett 3 years ago
Braden Holtby just wants to toss warmup pucks to tiny fans, but these adults keep foiling his plans.
Monday night at Rogers Arena, the beardy goalie found another child he wanted to give a puck to during warmups.
But a teenager with a freakishly long wingspan ended that dream quickly.
Remember when we wrote about Andre Burakovsky turning into Andre Swoleakovsky during the offseason?
Well, Young Dre and his beefy muscles don’t have a single point yet this season, but they did just combine to level Canucks defenseman Troy Stecher with a humangous big hit.
By Ian Oland 3 years ago
The Washington Capitals presented Jay Beagle with his Stanley Cup ring Monday ahead of their game against the Vancouver Canucks that night.
And one player in particular, other than Jay himself, got the feels: Nicklas Backstrom.
Your Washington Capitals have ventured into the Canadian west for their first extended road trip of the season. Tonight they meet good old pal Jay Beagle’s new unit, the Vancouver Canucks. Unfortunately, we won’t see Jay on ice tonight as he is injured.
The legendary Peter Hassett has your late, late night recap. If you’re planning on staying up with us for some after dark puck, tune into NBCS Washington tonight at 9 PM when their coverage starts and with their online streaming service you can do so in bed with your laptop.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
Over the next 11 days, the Washington Capitals will play four of the NHL’s Canadian teams. Ahead of their 10 pm Monday matchup against the Vancouver Canucks, the Capitals gave their beloved, former fourth-line center, Jay Beagle, his championship ring.
“It’s like I’m wearing my truck,” Beagle joked while meeting with the media, according to the Washington Post’s Samantha Pell.
By Ian Oland 3 years ago
