Photo: Scott Audette
The Capitals followed up Thursday’s loss to Florida by beating the Lightning 2-1 at Amalie Arena. Jay Beagle opened the scoring, and Evgeny Kuznetsov added another highlight-reel goal with his 9th of the season.
By Hana Imiolczyk 8 years ago
Photo: Scott Audette
Washington Capitals defenseman Nate Schmidt is kindness on skates. So, needless to say, it was a little weird to see him viciously throwing hands with a fellow NHL player. Schmidt’s second period fight with J.T. Brown was his first in the NHL and the third of his professional career.
Photo: Scott Audette
Tampa is an unrated city. It’s full of strip clubs and personal injury lawyers. The beaches are only 45 minutes away. There’s a nice apartment complex across the channel from Amalie Arena. On Saturday, the Washington Capitals took to those glorious environs looking to bounce back from their terrible game against the Panthers to the southeast.
The game got off to an auspicious start when Jay Beagle took a puck off the face and then flipped it off Ben Bishop’s back to put Washington up 1-0. The Caps then sucked for 10 minutes and had some terrible power plays, but they survived with the lead.
In the second, Evgeny Kuznetsov dropped a Chanukah miracle, once again exploiting Big Ben’s lack of 360 degree vision.
The final frame was blahhhh. I originally had the blah in there as a placeholder for whatever actually happened, but it aptly describes Washington’s third period. Blahhhhhhh. Braden Holtby is good, though, so the Caps won. Caps beat Bolts 2-1.
By Chris Gordon 8 years ago
It was probably the longest Nate has ever gone without smiling. In the second period of Saturday’s Bolts-Caps game, Nate Schmidt dropped his gloves with J.T. Brown. It was, as the olds say, a slobberknocker.
Where were you when Evgeny Kuznetsov became indisputably JOKES? The date was December 12, the night of the Tampa Bay game, in the second period, in the library with the tuck-in goal.
Barry Trotz gave Jay Beagle and Jason Chimera a new linemate tonight in Stan Galiev. That change paid immediate dividends. Like they scored literally on their first shift together.
After Galiev flung a hard, poor-angled shot attempt from the corner, Beagle picked up the rebound and scored at no angle past Ben Bishop.
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Genuinely caring human Karl Alzner took some time during warm-ups to inconspicuously take a photo through the glass with a fan. It’s adorable.
He just made her an Alznermaniac for life.
Photo: @joelbaum1
Genuinely caring human Karl Alzner took some time during warm-ups to inconspicuously take a photo through the glass with a fan. It’s adorable.
He just made her an Alznermaniac for life.
Circa 2011.
The Capitals’ regulation loss to the Florida Panthers was their first since November 19. It was also probably their worst game of the season, or so I was told. I’ve heard that no shame is worse than shame from one’s father, so the Caps must redeem themselves tonight with a win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, or else seppuku is the only option.
Puck drops at 7 PM. Until then, have a lovely December Saturday afternoon. Maybe go tanning by the pool or play frisbee.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 19-6-2 | 52.5% | 101.0 | 23.9% | 84.0% |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 14-12-3 | 51.6% | 101.7 | 17.0% | 77.5% |
By Peter Hassett 8 years ago
