The Caps had a chance on Monday night to build off a genuinely good victory over the Minnesota Wild and maybe soothe some fan worries. They didn’t do that. In a 4-1 loss to the Calgary Flames, they just doubled down on suck.
The Flames out-shot the Caps 39 to 30 and at five-on-five out-attempted them 47 to 37. That’s real bad.
By Chris Cerullo 5 years ago
During his time in Washington, Troy Brouwer scored many goals, but he also did a lot of something else.
Brouwer would videobomb, né Brouwerbomb, his teammates and fans alike. Tuesday, Brouwer took all on a trip down memory lane in the third period.
The Washington Capitals looked great for maybe ten minutes of Monday’s home game with the Calgary Flames. After that, the Flames exerted their will all over Capital One Arena. Four unanswered goals made it an easy win for the road team and yet another blowout loss for the Caps.
Lars Eller opened up scoring with a terrific assist by Jakub Vrana. Johnny Gaudreau returned fire with a roofer on the rush. The second period was all Flames, and Sean Monahan made it count with on a broken play. Mikael Backlund and Mark Giordano recorded back-to-back power-play goals in the third.
Caps lose 4-1.
By Peter Hassett 5 years ago
Jakub Vrana has a lot of skill, but it was his hustle Monday night that helped open up the scoring against the Calgary Flames.
With his dad in attendance and suiting up against Jaromir Jagr for the first time in his career, Vrana turned a bad first period breakout into a beautiful goal for Lars Eller.
The Caps got their four game homestand off to a good start with a win over the Minnesota Wild and will look to put a streak together tonight against the Calgary Flames. The Flames score a lot of goals and get a lot of goals scored on them. They also have the league’s worst penalty kill. Their last six games have featured a combined 56 goals, so I would say to expect a lot of scoring, but hockey is incredibly random on a game-by-game basis.
We have a regular 7PM start, but an irregular switch to NBCSWA+ if you want to watch this one on your television. Peter has your recap.
By Chris Cerullo 5 years ago
