Photo: Andy Devlin
Evengy Kuznetsov notched his first career NHL hat trick Friday night in a wild 7-4 victory in Edmonton. It was a fitting end to the Capitals last game at Rexall Place, completing a sweep of their Western Canada road trip and extending their winning streak to 6-1.
By Rachel Cohen 8 years ago
Photo: Andy Devlin
The Capitals completed the sweep of their three-game road trip to Western Canada with a 7-4 win over the Oilers. Evgeny Kuznetsov finished the night with a career high of five points, including his first NHL hat trick and a shaving cream pie from his teammates to celebrate.
Goals, goals, and some more goals below:
By Hana Imiolczyk 8 years ago
Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov played the best game of his young career against the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night. Kuzy tallied three goals–his first NHL hat trick–and two assists in the Caps’ 7-4 win. The five points were a career high (in the NHL).
The young Russian’s trio of goals covered all the bases. There was a beautiful tic-tac-toe with linemates TJ Oshie and Alexander Ovechkin, a breakaway off a perfect feed from John Carlson (and a pretty bad play at center ice by Oilers defenseman J. Schultz (no, not that one), and a power-play snipe to close out the third period.
Did you see that?! Did you even see Friday night’s glorious mess of a hockey game between the Washington Capitals and Edmonton Oilers?
No, really, did you see it? A track meet. A barn burner. A game with a lot of goals. Too much happened for a comprehensive recap. In short: everyone scored and then the road team won.
Caps beat Oilers 7 to 4. Perfect road trip!
By Chris Gordon 8 years ago
We’re back at it for another night of hockey action, kids!
Today is Friday and tonight’s game is at 9 PM, so this one might bleed into your late night Friday social plans. We’ve got you covered with two options of how to combine these activities:
The Caps play the Oilers tonight. The Oilers have won the draft lottery 5,792 times in the past few seasons and have a lot of high-end forward talent stockpiled. In DC, we needed that to happen only once to become a legitimate NHL team.
Puck drop at 9. Fire up CSN, charge your cell phone, and get ready to swipe right for a Caps victory.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 5-1-0 | 55.2% | 103.6 | 27.8% | 83.3% |
| Edmonton Oilers | 3-4-0 | 46.4% | 99.3 | 17.4% | 92.0% |
By Patrick Holden 8 years ago
