The Washington Capitals have snapped their losing streak and they did so by thoroughly running over the Detroit Red Wings. But wait Chris, the Caps only won by a final score of 3-2, how is that “thoroughly running over”. Well imaginary commenter, let’s go into that below.
The Caps ended their three game road swing with a trip to Detroit, hoping to gain at least one win to start 2019 and #CapricornSzn right. Here’s how it all went down.
After a scramble in front of Jimmy Howard, #TopLineTom cashed in on a rebound off a deft Evgeny Kuznetsov pass. Anthony Mantha and his gargantuan reach stole the puck from Jakub Vrana and slid the puck around Braden Holtby to tie it. In a sluggish start to the second, a plodding back check from the Caps led to a Filip Hronek tip in from Dylan Larkin’s cross-ice feed. The Caps didn’t convert on a power play to start the third, but Travis Boyd was able to to pull the Caps even with just over ten minutes left. With the game going full slog, Michal Kempny but the good guys up with a floater from the point. TJ Oshie went to the box for slashing to make things interesting in the dying minutes, but the Wings couldn’t convert.
Caps WIN 3-2!
The Washington Capitals stomped all over the Detroit Red Wings in a quick stop home before they return to the road Friday night in Raleigh. The home team thoroughly entertained their red clad supporters on said stop, blowing out Detroit 6-2.
The Red Wings out-shot the Caps 37 to 25 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 55 to 45.
The Washington Capitals stomped a mudhole in the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. It’s just that simple.
Goals came fast and furious: Connolly on the PP, Boyd with some fourth-line fireworks, Ovi with a goofy redirect then a good goal, Oshie chased Bernier. In the third period Dylan Larkin cracked the shutout, but Ovi responded by completing the hat trick with a powerful slapshot. Adbelkader’s forecheck set up Nyquist for a sneaky short-side goal, but that was that.
Caps win 6-2!
The Capitals are playing at home for the first time since December 2nd. This evening they are hosting the Detroit Red Wings, which you can expect to look a tad tired after they played on Monday night and traveled to DC. On the Capitals end, TJ Oshie is back in the lineup after suffering from his fifth concussion and missing the last 11 games. I hope he scores 12,000 goals tonight.
Just to throw you off a little, the puck will be dropping at 7:30PM. Turn your TV on NBCSWA or synchronize your smart device to this here link for streaming action. Mr. Peter Hassett will deliver your recap right after the game.
The Washington Capitals with a 3-1 defeat of the Detroit Red Wings are currently riding a season long, four game winning streak. All four of those wins have come without Evgeny Kuznetsov and TJ Oshie in the lineup.
The Red Wings out-shot the Caps 32 to 20 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 51 to 38.
Put away the leftovers for a couple minutes and follow tonight’s journey featuring the Washington Capitals and Detroit Red Wings back in action from a Thanksgiving day off. Could the Caps make it a season high four wins in a row or would the red hot, youthful Wings take the two points?
Andreas Athanasiou opened scoring off a beautiful behind the net feed from Thomas Vanek. That guy again, Tom Wilson tallied his third of the year to tie things up. Goals by Michal Kempny and Alex Ovechkin gave the Caps a two goal lead in the third.
Caps beat Red Wings 3-1!
Ahead of puck drop of the Capitals-Red Wings game, the 20 players from each team lined up on the blue line during what, for some, was an emotional pregame ceremony.
Honoring those who have been lost and who are currently fighting cancer, Capitals and Red Wings players held up their sticks while the Capital One Arena stood silent with their phones raised to the sky.
I hope you had a perfect Thanksgiving Thursday. I hope you were well fed and surrounded by people who love you. I was both, but still yet I am unsatisfied. Still yet I hunger. The only succor I need is Washington Capitals hockey, which is precisely what I’ll get this afternoon as the Caps host Mike Green and his Detroit Red Wings, a not-so-great team who have had some good goaltending of late. Can the Caps keep their three-game win streak going?
I think so, but we’ll have to find out together at 4 PM. Tune your set to NBCSWA or follow along with the stream. Good ol’ Chris Cerullo has recap duty.
The Detroit Red Wings are currently 2-0 in exhibition play, and they’ve been doing it without their recently retired captain Henrik Zetterberg.
But they’ve also been doing it without former Capitals defenseman Mike Green, who has been sidelined with fatigue. A recent blood test revealed he had a virus that’s attacked his liver.
According to the Detroit Free Press’s Helene St. James, the Red Wings are shutting Green down and the 13-year-pro will miss the start of the season.
