The Washington Capitals practiced this morning on Thanksgiving ahead of their back-to-back games against the Tampa Bay Lightning and Detroit Red Wings Friday and Saturday.
After practice ended, Evgeny Kuznetsov took his daughter Ecenia out onto the ice and pulled her around with his hockey stick. Kuzy had a big smile on his face as he did so.
Disgusting, dirty, and sick.
These are all adjectives I would use to describe Evgeny Kuznetsov’s high-danger scoring chance against the Florida Panthers last night.
Kuzy took a pass in the corner, skated backward out in front of the net, then unleashed a shot in-between his legs which nearly beat Sergei Bobrovsky.
The birdman is back on social media.
Wednesday night, after the Capitals lost to the New York Rangers 4-1, Evgeny Kuznetsov posted four photos from the Capitals bus to his formerly dormant Instagram account. He’s already deleted one of the pics, a photo with backup goaltender Ilya Samsonov, but otherwise, Kuzy seems to be spreading his wings again and letting the public back into his life.
Braden Holtby shut the Philadelphia Flyers out for the first 53 minutes and 22 seconds of the game on Wednesday but needed his teammates to score more than the other guys in a shootout to get the 2-1 win.
The Capitals beat Flyers goaltender Carter Hart only once in regulation (36 shots on goal) – a Brendan Leipsic rebound in the first period.
Evgeny Kuznetsov now has nine points in his last four games after another sensational game against the Arizona Coyotes.
Kuznetsov scored twice on Coyotes goaltender Antti Raanta and helped lead a Capitals comeback after Washington fell behind 3-0.
“It’s perfect time to improve,” Kuznetsov said. “You cannot be perfect every time so sometimes we have to go through these types of games, but I like the way we respond in the third.”
In the final minutes, the Russian center was on the doorstep to score a game-tying, hat-trick goal but instead TJ Oshie got his stick on the puck first.
Bummer. Hats flew anyway.
I’m going to start with a bummer, but stay with me and I promise it’ll get better.
So, Evgeny Kuznetsov has sort of been a disaster this season. Looking at relative numbers — the percentage-point difference in how the Caps do when he’s on the ice versus on the bench — he’s been arguably the team’s worst full-time forward.
I’m been handwringing about this on the RMNB patreon since Kuznetsov returned from suspension. It’s scary. The team is committed to him through 2024-25, so if he really is this bad, he’s going to hurt the team for a long time.
Except it looks like Todd Reirden may have figured out how to get Kuznetsov playing the right way.
By Peter Hassett 1 year ago
The bird is back.
Evgeny Kuznetsov scored in the first minute of the rematch of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final.
The goal gave the Caps a 1-0 lead 58 seconds into the game.
Fresh of a three-point night against the Florida Panthers, Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov attended the Wizards-Cavaliers game at Capital One Arena. The Cavs beat the Wizards 113-100.
Sitting courtside, Kuznetsov rocked a Bradley Beal jersey while joined at the game by Abe Hamrah of Designo Motoring and Russian national soccer team member, Aleksandr Samedov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov had three assists against the Florida Panthers Thursday. It was his 14th career game with three apples.
Kuzy also had this moment with Alex Ovechkin that left me scratching my head.
Coming into Thursday’s game against the Florida Panthers, the Washington Capitals are the best team in the league and they’re taking this honor very seriously.
During a Very Serious Evgeny Kuznetsov interview, Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom did Kuzy’s signature goal celebration, flapping their wings up and down like a bird.
