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Alan May on today’s officiating: It’s like St. Pierre and Joannette were competing on who could call the worst penalty

Saturday afternoon, the Capitals pulled out a 6-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils, but the game was bizarre. After Tom Wilson sent John Moore to the hospital, officials Marc Joannette and Justin St. Pierre could not put the whistle down, calling 15 minor penalties – 10 of which came against the Capitals. If you add in the two fights, there was a total of 50 penalty minutes doled out.

CSN Mid-Atlantic’s Alan May was blunt about Joannette and St. Pierre’s officiating in his post-game analysis. It sucked.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Tom Wilson on his hit that sent John Moore to the hospital: ‘Obviously that wasn’t my intent’

Early in the first period, Tom Wilson knocked John Moore out of the game while trying to forecheck in the offensive zone. As Moore fetched the puck and sent a backhanded pass to a teammate, Wilson hit the Devils defender in the shoulder and middle of the back, sending Moore’s head careening into the boards. Moore would be stretchered off the ice and taken to a local hospital. Wilson was not whistled for a penalty on the play.

After the game, Wilson spoke about the hit and seemed shaken by it.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Out with a bang: Caps beat Devils 6-2!

Twenty sixteen was a mess. It was swirling chaos in which the things we depend on vanished and in their place came a grim mockery of fairness and equanimity. Appropriate then that the final Caps game of 2016 was refereed by Marc Joannette. The zebraman of the apocalypse tooted his evil whistle early and often, intending to make this the game of his will. The Capitals did not comply.

Andre Burakovsky sent a perfect pass to Brett Connolly to open up scoring, but scoring paused there once John Moore was injured by Tom Wilson. Later, Jay Beagle tapped in a point shot by Brooks Orpik to set a tone of eschatological ruin.

The second period was lousy with penalties. A three-on-three and an errant pass from Kyznetsov gave Kyle Palmieri a chance to score that he did not miss. But then the Caps erupted with three goals in six minutes: Oshie, Ovechkin, and Williams all struck before the second intermission.

Beau Bennett scored for the Devils in the third, but Marcus Johansson responded immediately.

Caps beats Devils 6-2!

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By Peter Hassett 5 years ago

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Alex Ovechkin scores career goal no. 542, passing Stan Mikita for 30th all time

Don’t look now, but Alex Ovechkin is now only six points away from 1,000 after tallying career goal number 542.

Ovechkin scored 11:32 in the second period off an indirect slap shot pass by Matt Niskanen. Nisky got the primary assist, the 200th apple of his career, but the Prudential Center’s lively boards probably should have gotten the secondary one.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Braden Holtby laughs after Philipp Grubauer gets involved in scrum

The Caps-Devils game today has been a mess. After a scary injury involving John Moore, the game has devolved into infinite penalties and cheap shots.

With 39 seconds left in the second period, Philipp Grubauer even got involved in a scrum after Miles Wood took an extra whack at a rebound. (Yes, the same Miles Wood that Alex Ovechkin gave a signed photo to two nights earlier.)

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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This Andre Burakovsky assist is a work of art

Last game, the Caps had a hard time scoring against the Devils, but Brett Connolly got them on the board early on New Year’s Eve. And it was all made possible by a lovely pass from 2016’s perfect bouncing baby boy, Andre Burakovsky.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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John Moore carried off in stretcher by Devils teammates after Tom Wilson hit

Less then five minutes into Saturday’s game in New Jersey, Devils defenseman John Moore got injured. Play was halted as medical staff tended to Moore, stretchering him off the ice on a backboard.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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