The Washington Capitals have won their first two games back from the holiday and COVID-imposed break. The Caps went into Detroit and got a milestone goal from Alex Ovechkin on the way to a 3-1 victory.
Happy New Year!
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
The Washington Capitals rung in the new year with a low-key road game against the Detroit Red Wings. At least Ovi made it worthwhile.
Detroit’s Pius Suter converted a power play to put Detroit up early in the second period. Later that same frame, Evgeny Kuznetsov put up a solo effort to tie the game.
Alex Ovechkin put the Caps up with three minutes left in rego and then he secured the empty-netter.
Caps win!
By Peter Hassett 1 year ago
It’s New Year’s Eve and Joe Beninati is wearing a tux. The Capitals are ringing in the New Year by playing the Detroit Red Wings.
Amongst Capitals highlights heading into the game, Lucas Johansen is making his NHL debut while Lars Eller is a surprise scratch.
Watch along with us on NBC Sports Washington.
By Ian Oland 1 year ago
The Washington Capitals shut out the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night. The 2-0 victory came in goaltender Zach Fucale’s first-ever NHL appearance.
Let’s Fucalen go, Zach.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
The Washington Capitals set off on their brief, back-to-back road trip Thursday night. The first half of that back-to-back coming against the young, upstart Detroit Red Wings.
Dmitry Orlov blasted the Capitals to an early lead. Lars Eller extended that lead only ten seconds later.
First NHL game, first NHL shutout for Zach Fucale!
Capitals beat Red Wings 2-0!
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
The Washington Capitals will play the Red Wings in Detroit tonight for the first time since 2019. The last time that happened, Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick. (Yeah, I don’t remember it too, because he’s scored, like, so many hat tricks.)
The Capitals are giving journeyman goaltender Zach Fucale his first NHL start with Vitek Vanecek out (maintenance day/injury) and Ilya Samsonov samsonoving. The Capitals also play the Columbus Blue Jackets tomorrow in the second game of a back-to-back meaning Sammy or a recovered Vanecek will likely get the nod there.
Tonight’s game was supposed to be the reunion game between Jakub Vrana and Anthony Mantha. Instead, both players are out with shoulder injuries which is absolutely tragic.
Washington will look to continue to look to get back on track after losing three of their last four. Watch along with us on NBC Sports Washington.
By Ian Oland 1 year ago
Evgeny Kuznetsov can be a strange bird all by himself, but his mere presence near the Detroit Red Wings bench during the third period caused a once-in-a-lifetime play to happen.
As Kuznetsov skated by, Detroit’s head equipment manager, Paul Boyer, tried to hand Dylan Larkin a new stick after the Red Wings forward had his slashed and broken in the offensive zone.
Boyer held the stick out for a few seconds and struck Kuznetsov in the face with the twig.
The Washington Capitals let a bad team stick around for far too long and faced the consequences as the Detroit Red Wings found a way to eke out a 3-2 overtime victory on the road.
The Caps shouldn’t be losing to that team. Too casual an effort.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
The Washington Capitals let an inferior Detroit Red Wings team hang around way too long on Wednesday night, and it cost them.
The game began as all games should– with an Alex Ovechkin goal, a double tap from the back door on the power play. Evgeny Kuznetsov made it 2-0 early in the second period with another power play goal, but Vitek Vanecek got caught out by Adam Erne, surrendering his shutout one period earlier than scheduled.
A heavy shift by the Wings early in the third period tied the game at two. That’s how regulation ended — or as I like to put it:
Teremos OT para #Caps x Red Wings após empate em 2-2 no tempo regulamentar. #ALLCAPS #BrasilTemNHL #CapsWings
— Washington Capitals Brasil 🇧🇷 (@WCapitalsBR) October 28, 2021
Dylan Larkin won it overtime.
Caps lose.
By Peter Hassett 1 year ago
Evgeny Kuznetsov is white-hot to start the 2021-22 season and the sizzle isn’t coming off of his game any time soon.
Kuzy scored his fifth goal in seven games after hitting paydirt four seconds into a second period power play. Kuzy’s tally gave the Capitals a 2-0 lead.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
