The Washington Capitals are on quite the roll. With their 4-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night, the Capitals won their fourth game in a row and their eighth in their last ten games (8-1-1).
Things feel great. Now, what do the numbers behind that recent play say though? They say it’s time to pump the brakes a little bit. Let me explain.
By Chris Cerullo 1 week ago
The Washington Capitals narrowly downed the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night. The win makes four in a row for the Caps, with a 8-1-1 record in their last ten games.
Johnny Gaudreau broke a seven-game scoring slump to put the Caps in the hole, but they climbed out 100 seconds later off the stick of Sonny Milano, assisted by Aliaksei Protas, who scored himself later in the second period. Alex Ovechkin took a pass from Dylan Strome to make it 3-1 after two periods.
In the third, Ivan Provorov scored on a wild scramble that inexplicably survived a coach’s challenge. Sonny Milano served Hendrix Lapierre for a great backhand on the rush to restore the two-goal lead, but Justin Danforth got a free shot from high-danger to make it a one-goal game late. The Caps held on.
Caps win!
By Peter Hassett 1 week ago
