The Washington Capitals stayed hot Saturday night in DC, taking down the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2. That is the Caps sixth victory in a row and gives them a record of 10-0-1 in their last eleven games.
The Caps out-shot the Golden Knights 34 to 32, but were out-attempted at five-on-five 35 to 34.
By Chris Cerullo 5 months ago
Coming into Saturday’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights, head coach Todd Reirden opened up about Tom Wilson’s importance to the team. “There’s no secret how valuable he is and how our team can have success with him,” Reirden said. “He’s used in all possible situations on our team and he’s a valuable asset that we want to have on the ice to help us.”
Wilson scored his eighth goal of the season later that night.
Tom’s tally spurred a fancy fact from the NBC Sports Washington stats department.
Jonas Siegenthaler scored his first NHL goal on Saturday, on the one-year anniversary of his debut in the league.
Tom Wilson celebrated the defenseman’s milestone achievement the way he always does: a towel full of shaving cream straight to the face.
By Elizabeth Kong 5 months ago
TJ Oshie likes to start each period of a hockey game a certain way: by bouncing into his teammates on the bench before the start of play.
But on Saturday night against the Vegas Golden Knights, Oshie had an issue. He started the third period in the penalty box. At the end of the second period, Oshie took a roughing minor after taking exception to Brayden McNabb cross-checking Nicklas Backstrom. That didn’t stop Oshie from engaging in his pre-period superstition, albeit with…an unconventional partner.
By Elizabeth Kong 5 months ago
The Washington Capitals came into tonight’s action on a five game winning streak. Standing in their way of six was the Vegas Golden Knights.
Evgeny Kuznetsov struck lightning quick on the breakaway to open the scoring. Tom Wilson stayed hot and put the Caps up two early. Max Pacioretty grabbed one back off a faceoff. Jonas Siegenthaler slotted home his first NHL goal to restore the two goal lead for a very short time before Reilly Smith’s power play goal.
Nicklas Backstrom added some insurance in the third twice.
Caps beat Golden Knights 5-2!
By Chris Cerullo 5 months ago
Rookie defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler has scored the first goal of his NHL career.
The bird is back.
Evgeny Kuznetsov scored in the first minute of the rematch of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final.
The goal gave the Caps a 1-0 lead 58 seconds into the game.
Tom Wilson and Ryan Reaves have an intense rivalry that spans years.
Saturday, ahead of the Capitals-Golden Knights game, the two players exchanged words at center ice during warmups.
The Washington Capitals return home to meet the Vegas Golden Knights, bringing a couple banged up bodies with them.
Here is your injury report.
By Chris Cerullo 5 months ago
The last time the Washington Capitals and Vegas Golden Knights played was December 4, 2018. Ryan Reaves and Tom Wilson continued their long rivalry and jawed with each other several times before Reaves was ejected for nailing Wilson with a blindside hit.
After the game, Reaves made matters worse by taunting a concussed Wilson.
“I thought it was shoulder to shoulder and I didn’t think it was that late,” Reaves said. “He was just looking at his pass and ran into a lion in the jungle.”
Two days later, Reaves autographed photos of the hit for a Las Vegas memorabilia company that had the inscription He ran into a lion in the jungle.
Saturday, the Golden Knights and Capitals will play for the first time since the controversial hit and autographed photos.
