Evgeny Kuznetsov had three assists against the Florida Panthers Thursday. It was his 14th career game with three apples.
Kuzy also had this moment with Alex Ovechkin that left me scratching my head.
The Capitals tried their darndest to find their second loss in their last ten games, but a couple star players willed them over the line to an overtime victory. The Caps short jaunt down south saw them pick up a 5-4 win against the Panthers and they will now return home for a couple against western foes.
The Panthers out-shot the Caps 36 to 31 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 46 to 38.
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
Nicklas Backstrom registered a secondary assist on Alex Ovechkin’s 13th goal of the season, Thursday night against the Panthers. It was a milestone point.
With the assist, Backstrom jumped ahead of Hockey Hall of Famer Peter Forsberg for seventh place on the all-time points list for Swedish-born players.
The Washington Capitals pulled out a thrilling 5-4 victory over the Florida Panthers, Thursday night.
Still feeling the love a little over a week after the Washington Nationals won the World Series, the Capitals blasted a very special song after the game in honor of their favorite baseball team.
Tom Wilson was the difference-maker in Thursday’s game against the Florida Panthers. Wilson tied the game in the third period to force overtime, and then won it in that short but sensational OT period.
The Caps have been on a five-game winning streak. The Panthers have put together a mini-streak of their own with two straight dubs. The sun had to set on one team in Sunrise tonight. Let’s get into it.
Thomas Jefferson Oshie John Carlson scored 25 seconds into the game off a bouncing puck that looked like it hit everyone on its way past Sergei Bobrovsky. Frank Vatrano answered right back because why not, we love a breakneck first few minutes. Then the Caps cooled down. After some prolonged zone-time, Brett Connolly gave Florida the lead off a deflected Anton Stralman shot because of course he did. Sasha Barkov slapped the bejeezus out of a one-timer to start the second, but the Caps got a gift on the power-play thanks to Alex Ovechkin. Ovi got his second off a funky deflection in front, and then the Caps got two more penalties and Evgenii Dadonov gave Florida the lead back. Tom Wilson provided a fly-by deflection to tie it again, we got overtime, and Willy put the team on his back to get the game-winner.
CAPS WIN 5-4 IN OT!
By Julia Karron 4 years ago
Alex Ovechkin has notched his 12th and 13th goals of the season to tie Thursday’s game against the Florida Panthers.
Ovechkin’s second goal was unlikely deflection through the pack of defenders, but his first one was because the Panthers just plain old forgot about him all the way out on Ovi Island.
Former Capital Brett Connolly said before the game that “once Willie hits me one time I think that’ll be it. Then it’ll be on so it’s going to be fun.”
Instead, Connolly got mugged by Alex Ovechkin in front of the Caps bench towards the end of the period.
Brett Connolly said coming into his first game against his former team that the first 20 minutes would be “weird.”
He got over it quickly.
Connolly scored his sixth goal of the season 14:26 into the first period to give the Panthers a 2-1 lead. It came off a sick deflection.
By Ian Oland 4 years ago
The Washington Capitals are back on the road and are facing off against the Florida Panthers. Nic Dowd and Richard Panik are alllllmost ready to come back, but not quite.
Here is your injury report.
By Elyse Bailey 4 years ago
