Detroit Red Wings

Caps need extra frame to down the Red Wings: numbers for the morning after

The Caps were in Motown to play Mike Green and the Detroit Red Wings in the Wings newly opened Pizza Palace, Pie Center, Dough Joe, etc. The team came away with a 4-3 overtime win after Alex Ovechkin slammed home the GWG on the power play in the extra frame.

The Caps out-attempted the Wings 48 to 39 at five-on-five and overall outshot them 41 to 37. All in all this was a very nice effort from the team out of DC for the first two periods, but they took their foot off the gas in the third. This allowed the Wings to tie the game and eventually take a lead themselves on the back of two Tomas Tatar goals.

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By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago

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Cold beer, dirt roads, and hockey?: Caps beat Red Wings 4-3

The Capitals traveled to the newly opened Little Caesar’s Arena, “The Pie” if you’re RMNB’s Pat Holden, to play the Detroit Red Wings. Mike Green and company came into the game on a losing streak just like the Caps. I deem this the battle of the early season losing streaks. Only one streak shall last.

The teams started the night with some failed power play opportunities and good goaltending. We were scoreless through twenty.

Darren Helm opened scoring with a shorthanded marker early in the second. Andre Burakovsky heard your complaints; he knotted this one back up at one. 1-1 after two periods.

Jay Beagle scored shorthanded in his 400th career NHL game. That’s a lot of games. Congrats, Jay. Tomas Tatar spoiled things with a ridiculous tip-in to tie the game at two and then scored again to give the Red Wings a 3-2 lead. Timothy Jimothy Oshbabe tied this bad boy up at three late to force OT, then Ovechkin won it in overtime!

Caps beat Red Wings 4-3 in overtime!

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By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago

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Caps at Red Wings pregame: Happy #FriJay

The Washington Capitals are visiting Little Caesars Arena for the first time to not just play the Detroit Red Wings, but to celebrate Jay Beagle‘s 400th game. It’s cute because he loved the Red Wings growing up. Why? His answer was simply, “Steve Yzerman”. Join me in celebrating not “#FriYay” but instead, “#FriJay”.

As for analysis of the actual game, both the Capitals and the Red Wings have lost two games in a row and hope to put an end to, what could be a larger losing streak tonight. Some hope for the Capitals this evening includes the fact that the team is 12-4-3 against the Red Wings since the Wings last won the Stanley Cup in 2008. Braden Holtby is 8-2-1 in his career against the Red Wings with a .929 save percentage. Here’s hoping the positive trend continues tonight.

The game is on at 7:30 PM. Once it’s all done, you’ll have a recap from none other than our extraordinary son, Christopher from the comments.

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By Elyse Bailey 2 years ago

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A farewell to the Joe: Red Wings beat Caps 3-2

Caps hockey is back. The boys started the back end of the regular season off in Detroit for the last Capitals-Wings match up in Joe Louis Arena. The bye week rust was on display and I’m pretty sure the entire team was playing sunburned.

The first was not a great period for the team in white. No real sustained offensive zone pressure and a misfire on the man advantage. Danish forward Frans Nielsen put the Red Wings up 1-0 on Detroit’s lone power play of the period. McGriddles fans everywhere wept.

Tomas Tatar capitalized on a John Carlson turnover to put Detroit up 2-0, but the red hot, potentially pierced Zach Sanford brought the Caps within one before the end of forty minutes.

Petr Mrazek then tried to steal the show, making numerous ten-bellers before Daniel Winnik batted home a rebound to tie the game at 2 and send it to overtime.

Henrik Zetterberg with the shootout winner.

Red Wings beat Caps 3-2.

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By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago

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Capitals at Red Wings pregame: Welcome Back

Good morning, sleepyheads. The bye week is finally over and the Capitals are in Detroit to play the Red Wings. Yes, the Capitals did JUST recently play them and win 6-3, but there will be a couple shake ups this time around.

As the bye week came to a close, the Capitals recalled Zach Sanford and Jakub Vrana from Hershey for some additional reinforcement and to take the place of broken-handed Andre Burakovsky.

On the Red Wings side, the team has only won two of their last 12 games but will hope to capitalize on the fact that the Capitals have been gone for a week and might still have vacation on their brains.

Puck drop is at 2 PM on CSN. Thrilled to be back.

Team	Record	SA%	PDO	Power Play	Penalty Kill
Washington Capitals	39-11-6	53.0%	104.0	22.1%	84.5%
Detroit Red Wings	22-25-10	47.4%	98.6	11.8%	80.2%

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By Elyse Bailey 2 years ago

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OH MAN: Caps beat Red Wings 6-3

Caps win and this team is so good.

The game kicked off with a Marcus Johannson goal off a beautiful Kuznetsov pass. Did the third line do anything amazing? Of course, Brett Connolly would pull through to tie up the game 2-2 going into the second period.

The second period happened quickly and a goal from TJ Oshie would put the Caps up 3-2. Burakovsky and Connolly scared us all with a couple of injury shake ups. Connolly would return, Burakovsky would not.

The third began with a sick backhander from Zetterberg, tying the game at 3-3. A rocket from John Carlson would put the Capitals up top 4-3. The Capitals would then go to their first power play of the game and TJ Oshie would score again because of course. Nick Backstrom would put an extra cherry on top for his 16th goal.

Caps beat Red Wings 6-3. Bailamos, baby.

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By Elyse Bailey 2 years ago

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Caps vs Red Wings: Going for eleven

The bye week is almost here and the Capitals are still destroying, but before the boys can rest they need to host the Detroit Red Wings. Lately, the Red Wings have not been looking too hot. Beginning their three-game road trip and sitting at an 11.4 powerplay percentage, the Red Wings are going to have a tough time trying to beat the Capitals, who are trying to extend their home-game winning streak to eleven.

Puck drop is at 7 PM on CSN.

Team	Record	SA%	PDO	Power Play	Penalty Kill
Washington Capitals	37-11-6	52.7%	104.0	21.5%	84.7%
Detroit Red Wings	22-21-10	47.6%	99.0	11.4%	81.4%

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By Elyse Bailey 2 years ago

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Red Wings Danny DeKeyser surprises biggest fan for her fifth birthday (Video)

Despite a lackluster season so far, the Detroit Red Wings are still finding ways to make the world a better place. Detroit native and Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser took some time on Tuesday to surprise his biggest (and smallest) fan for her birthday on Wednesday.

Warning: this footage is really, really cute.

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By Madeline Dement 2 years ago

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Joe Louis Arena cheers tiny, giggling Red Wings fan, boos everyone else (Video)

I don’t know about you, but when I was a little kid going to games at the MCI Center, my one goal was to get on the Jumbotron. That’s a pipe dream that I still haven’t accomplished to this day, but this small child at a Red Wings game now has.

On Saturday, the Red Wings took on the Anaheim Ducks at Joe Louis Arena. A stop in play allowed the in-arena camera team to pan to the crowd looking for the usual scores of happy fans to cheer and dance. The camera then settled on this very happy kid. He became the star of the show.

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By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago

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TJ Oshie, Lars Eller, and Andre Burakovsky all get injured during Caps 1-0 win over Detroit (GIFs)

The Washington Capitals had a disaster scenario unfold during the first period of their game against the Detroit Red Wings. Four different forwards — TJ Oshie, Lars Eller, Andre Burakovsky, and Tom Wilson — went down the tunnel with injuries. Three of them — Oshie, Eller, and Burakovsky — did not return with what Barry Trotz termed as upper-body injuries. Oshie, Eller, and Burakovsky will all be reevaluated tomorrow.

Gulp.

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By Elyse Bailey 2 years ago

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