Tuesday night, the results of a Very Important Election were announced. No, not the United States presidential election–the Caps Bobblehead Election!
After a flurry of hashtag voting, it was revealed that Braden Holtby is your winner. Holtby beat out Justin Williams and Tom Wilson, despite apparently not voting for himself.
By Margaret Stuart 6 years ago
The Caps lost to the San Jose Sharks 3-0 in a slow, painful battle. This stops their winning streak at five games.
The game started off with a slow paced first period ending in 0-0, despite some impressive hustle and penalty kill skills. The Caps finish the period with 4 shots to San Jose’s 9.
The scoring finally began to happen 12:23 into the second period where Joel Ward helped create a stream for Marc-Edouard Vlasic to score. The scoring for San Jose continued about five minutes later, with 17:26 left in the second period. Brent Burns ripped one passed Holtby and the second period ended with the Sharks on top 2-0.
The third period started off with a power play for the Capitals. Brenden Dillion with a holding against Evgeny Kuznetsov, but ending in a no score. With 6:12 left in the third period, the Caps had one more chance for a power play after newbie Kevin Labanc tripped Tom Wilson. The Caps were unsuccessful and Joe Thornton added an empty netter late to seal it.
By Elyse Bailey 6 years ago
Midway through the first period, Evgeny Kuznetsov gathered in a pass from Marcus Johansson near the end boards and had little room to operate. With former Canadian Olympian defenseman Marc-Édouard Vlasic bearing down on him, Kuzy decided to try and stickhandle out of the corner.
It was magic. The GIFs should be hung in a museum and admired for centuries to come.
Chomp chomp, the Caps are facing the Sharks tonight and y’all have BETTER voted. Not for the presidential election, I’m talking about the bobblehead election.
Happy Tuesday, the Sharks are not doing too well in comparison to how they stood at the end of last season. You know, the cup final and all. They’re sitting at .500 and I’m sure the start of this six-game road trip for them won’t help. The San Jose Sharks have also called up Kevin Labanc who is expected to make his debut tonight, who is apparently not looking too shabby (number wise).
Anyway, I still miss Joel Ward.
We begin at 7:00 PM on CSN. CHOMP CHOMP.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| San Jose Sharks | 6-6-0 | 54.05% | 96.5 | 19.5% | 87.1% |
| Washington Capitals | 8-2-1 | 54.27% | 101.4 | 14.3% | 80.6% |
By Elyse Bailey 6 years ago
