The Washington Capitals played a pretty horrible game overall against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night. Unfortunately for the Kings…that didn’t matter as Alex Ovechkin decided to win the entire game in five minutes. His natural hat trick gave the Caps a 4-2 home victory.
The Kings out-shot the Caps 31 to 24 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 52 to 36.
By Chris Cerullo 5 months ago
The Washington Capitals did not give their best effort for most of Tuesday’s home game against the Los Angeles Kings. But they didn’t have to. This team can coast through fifty minutes and then simply wait for Alex Ovechkin to do what he does best.
The Kings took a lead in the first period with a rush goal by Jeff Carter. John Carlson tied it up with a tricky wristshot from high in the slot in the second period. Carter got his second of the night halfway into the final period, a tip from up close. It looked grim for a moment, but that’s when Alex Ovechkin got going. On consecutive shifts he tied the game up, then got his own rebound to put the Caps in the lead, then got the empty-netter for the natural hat trick.
Hahaha.
Caps win!
By Peter Hassett 5 months ago
Everybody is healthy for Tuesday night’s rumble with the Kings, but there is one significant lineup change.
By Peter Hassett 5 months ago
The Washington Capitals are smarting after that loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Super Bowl Sunday. They’ll have a chance to right the ship tonight in DC when the Kings come to town.
Puck drop: 7:00 PM. NBC Sports Washington. I’m your bestest recap boy.
By Peter Hassett 5 months ago
The Washington Capitals will take your Californian back-to-back and leave with all the points. Two regulation wins in a row for the good guys, this time a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.
The Kings out-shot the Caps 23 to 22, but were out-attempted at five-on-five 41 to 34.
By Chris Cerullo 7 months ago
The Caps next stop on their Californian adventure was Los Angeles to take on the Kings. The Kings should still be wearing purple of some sort and the fact that they don’t is a travesty. The league needs more purple.
John Carlson stayed aflame, potting two in the first to give the Caps a lead. Blake Lizotte stuffed one home to bring the Kings into the fray. Tom Wilson empty netter.
Caps beat Kings 3-1!
By Chris Cerullo 7 months ago
The Capitals are facing off against the LA Kings for the second game of their California road trip.
Puck drop is at 10:00 PM, so a whole half hour earlier than last night! Woo hoo! Here is your injury report.
By Elyse Bailey 7 months ago
The Capitals are still making their way through California and next up is a stop in Los Angeles to face the Kings. Are you tired yet? Yes? Well, WAKE UP!
Puck drop is a whole half hour earlier, 10:00PM! This time, you’ll get a recap from our sweet boy, Christopher.
By Elyse Bailey 7 months ago
Like Tom Wilson, the Washington Capitals Twitter account has a long memory. And early Thursday morning, the Caps Twitter clapped back at the Los Angeles Kings in epic fashion.
Let me explain.
The Washington Nationals lost Game Three of the NLDS to the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-4 on Sunday. The Nationals led 2-1 until the Dodgers exploded for a seven-run sixth inning and batted around, giving the Dodgers an 8-2 lead.
When I started planning my arena visits for the 2018-19 season, the Southern California swing immediately stood out to me. It was a bigger bonus that the games took place over the President’s Day holiday weekend. I convinced my friend, who had been to only two hockey games in her life, to let me come visit and drag her to back-to-back [chants slowly] games. Jenna is the real MVP and I made her a hockey fan by the end of the visit.
After the long flight and countless flight delays, I found myself in a sunny, but cool, Los Angeles. Let’s recap my visits to both Honda Center and Staples Center.
By Cara Bahniuk 1 year ago
