When Peter Laviolette joined the Capitals, we were told he’d get his defensive players more involved in the offense.
We saw exactly that when John Carlson notched his first goal of the season — with a perfect snipe on a breakaway.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
Evgeny Kuznetsov decided to get fancy during a late second-period breakaway attempt. It ultimately cost the Capitals.
With the Capitals down 3-2, Kuzy tried to score a highlight-reel goal where he shot the puck between his skates on Martin Jones.
Oh, Jakub.
After a career-best two-goal, three-point performance against the Flyers, Jakub Vrana’s scored a beauty of a breakaway goal in the first period against the Bruins.
This is Vrana’s fifteenth tally of the season, improving on his 13-goal high in 2017-18.
By Brennin Weiswerda 4 years ago
TJ Oshie may never score an easier goal.
After a brilliant saucer pass by Nicklas Backstrom, Oshie was sprung on a breakaway against Tuukka Rask. Oshie, who looked behind himself to confirm he really was that open, deposited the puck five hole. He had no celebration after scoring because that was way too easy.
The brobeans (minus one — *sob*) are at it again.
In the Capitals’ monthly playbook, Breakaway, Andre Burakovsky answered 10 random questions about sports, teammates, and cars, and the answers are nothing short of entertaining. In no particular order, let’s first take a look at some of these responses.
By 6 years ago
