The Washington Capitals were down 5-1 to the Vancouver Canucks with exactly 20:01 left to play in regulation. I’m here to tell you that those same Capitals beat the Canucks 6-5 in a shootout.
The Canucks out-shot the Caps 34 to 29 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 48 to 41.
By Chris Cerullo 12 months ago
The Washington Capitals played their second game in two nights on Friday. Tired and 3,000 miles away from home, the Capitals looked like they had their sea legs early when Evgeny Kuznetsov scored 3:18 into the first period to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead over the Vancouver Canucks.
From there, the Canucks dominated in epic fasion. Brock Boeser and Tim Schaller scored goals 1:56 apart to give the Canucks the lead. In the second period, the Canucks poured it on. Elias Pettersson, Tim Schaller (again), and Jake Virtanen scored. Vancouver scored five unanswered goals. They had a 5-1 lead.
But in the final second of the second period, Evgeny Kuznetsov beat Jacob Markstrom again. The goal started an improbable and historic comeback.
By Ian Oland 12 months ago
The Washington Capitals wanted to quickly put their late collapse against the Oilers in the rear view and had an opportunity on Friday night to do so against the Vancouver Canucks. Also go Nats!
Evgeny Kuznetsov was the benefactor of some Canucks scrambling to kick things off. Brock Boeser grabbed the goal back soon after and Tim Schaller slotted another home shorthanded. Elias Pettersson sniped one home to give Vancouver a two goal lead, Schaller got his second out of mid air, and Virtanen made it five for the Nucks.
Kuznetsov put away a buzzer beater, Lars Eller got his own shortie to bring the Caps even closer, and Michal Kempny blasted two home soon after to tie things up.
Shootout bullets!
Caps beat Canucks 6-5!
By Chris Cerullo 12 months ago
The Washington Capitals are still in Canada on their long road trip, making their way to the west coast to take on the Vancouver Canucks. Puck drop is at 10 PM on NBC Sports Washington Plus.
Here are your injuries.
By Chris Cerullo 12 months ago
The Washington Capitals dropped their fixture against the Edmonton Oilers last night in rather disappointing fashion. They will be able to rectify that disappointment immediately as they take on the Vancouver Canucks only a night later.
Puck drop is at 10 PM and I will have your late night recap again. Oh and the Nats are playing at home in the World Series.
By Chris Cerullo 12 months ago
