It’s a tie game and you have a last minute, offensive-zone face off. Who do you put on the ice?
Barry Trotz, like he has many times in the past, put out Jay Beagle.
Barry’s decision won the Capitals the game.
By Spenser Smallwood 4 years ago
After seven days in Western Canada, where 65 percent of Discovery Channel shows are filmed, the Washington Capitals are finally heading home to America, which had a good run.
But first, one more hockey game, this time in Winnipeg, Manitoba against the Jets.
The first period was filled with phantom penalty calls and Jets shots, but the Capitals got on the board in the final minute of the frame when Karl Alzner unleashed a muffin towards oblivious Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck.
In the second, Winnipeg continued to control play but the Capitals jumped out to another 2-0 lead after Marcus Johansson scored his millionth goal of the road trip. The Jets whacked Braden Holtby and TJ Oshie a bunch of times, but Washington held the lead.
In the third, Mark Scheifele managed to put the Jets within one after a Capitals defensive breakdown. Then there was another, when John Carlson and Brooks Orpik made a large oops, and the game was tied.
However, with just 30 seconds left Jay Beagle won the game on a scramble in front. Nothing made any sense, but we’ll take it. Caps beat Jets, 3-2.
By Chris Gordon 4 years ago
Tell me if you’ve heard this before: Marcus Johansson just scored.
8:15 into the second period, Johansson put another biscuit in the basket after a great individual play by Evgeny Kuznetsov. It was Johansson’s sixth goal of the season.
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin got nostalgic Tuesday while speaking about Winnipeg’s Patrik Laine. The Russian machine was Laine’s favorite player growing up as a kid.
Tonight, the Caps will get a chance to extend their two game winning streak against the Winnipeg Jets.
The Jets will try to even up their record after they fell to the St. Louis Blues on Sunday, which put them under .500. But that’s not the main reason you’ll want to tune in. It’s actually the long-awaited battle between Alex Ovechkin and, his number one fan, Patrik Laine. They faced off against each other in the World Cup but now Laine will get a chance to beat his idol in his home arena. Or, he will lose to his idol and probably end up not washing another jersey.
We begin at 8:00 PM on CSN. Finally, the start times are getting earlier. The road trip ends tonight. We are blessed.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Winnipeg Jets | 4-5-0 | 46.86% | 99.3 | 12.5% | 78.8% |
| Washington Capitals | 5-2-1 | 56.42% | 102.0 | 17.4% | 78.3% |
By Elyse Bailey 4 years ago
