The Washington Capitals, who are playing with what feels like about a fourth of their regular roster, fell 3-2 to the Los Angeles Kings at home.
It was an entirely avoidable loss even given the circumstances. Let’s talk about why but I have a feeling you already know why.
By Chris Cerullo 10 months ago
The Washington Capitals, still direly depleted, played better than the Los Angeles Kings at home on Sunday night. It’s just that the scoreboard didn’t agree. Three unanswered goals blew what should have a been a scrappy win by the Washington Bears.
Connor McMichael scored on the rush in the first period, assisted by hometown boy Joe Snively. In the second period, Justin Schultz waited until just after a four-minute power play expired before scoring to make it 2-0. Blake Lizotte scored a shorthanded goal late in the second, then Christian Wolanin caught a big rebound early in the third to tie the game.
With ten minutes left in the third, Adrian Kempe got a lucky break, beating Vitek Vanecek with the puck rolling off his stick, giving the Kings the lead.
Caps lose.
By Peter Hassett 10 months ago
Remember when I said Friday’s game against the Winnipeg Jets was going to be weird? Well, tonight’s matchup against the Los Angeles Kings is gonna be super bizarro, too.
The Capitals lost another star forward to COVID-19 protocol this morning, TJ Oshie. The Caps’ bottom two lines will feature four players from Hershey. F O U R. If you’re asking yourself, why in the world is this game even being played like, Ian, couldn’t more people get COVID?, just know, that is a rational question to ask and I’m confused too.
Tonight’s game is on NBC Sports Washington. Vitek Vanecek is starting in net. The hometown kid, Joe Snively, is making his NHL debut.
The Washington Capitals won a hard-fought road battle with the Los Angeles Kings on no rest 2-0, Wednesday night…and technically Thursday morning. That is a great two points to pick up.
And also I’m sorry about the pun.
By Chris Cerullo 11 months ago
The Washington Capitals continued their West Coast trip, finishing off a Californian back-to-back with a date in LA against the Kings. It was a very rare road game where they sported their red, home jerseys.
Garnet Hathaway got juuuuuuussssstttt enough on the puck to give the Caps a late lead. The goal came from fantastic feeds from Evgeny Kuznetsov and John Carlson. He got the empty netter as well.
Ilya Samsonov shutout.
Capitals beat Kings 2-0!
By Chris Cerullo 11 months ago
The Washington Capitals are back to deprive us of even more sleep.
The Capitals are taking on the Los Angeles Kings tonight at 10:30 PM in the back end of a back-to-back. Tuesday, after getting off to a slow start against the Anaheim Ducks, the Capitals lost 3-2 in overtime. They still managed to bank a single standings point due to the after-regulation loss. They are now 0-5 in overtime.
Ilya Samsonov will start in net against the Kings while Lars Eller remains out due to protocol. The Kings are debuting their new alternates and some wild-looking chrome helmets in the game.
Come watch along with us. The game’s on NBC Sports Washington as Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin have the call.
By Ian Oland 11 months ago
The Los Angeles Kings will look super shiny and fresh in their game against the Capitals on Wednesday night.
The Kings will be wearing their new alternate jerseys which bring back their ‘90s Heritage Logo.
The new sweaters are paired with chrome helmets and white gloves.
By Ian Oland 11 months ago
The NHL’s eight Pacific Division teams shared preview images of their upcoming Reverse Retro jerseys on Thursday. And boy, are these jerseys going to be memorable.
The social media push confirms the Vegas Golden Knights’ red jersey that leaked last night and that the Anaheim Ducks are bringing back the Duckbilled Goalie Mask made famous in the Mighty Ducks movies. Some of the jersey designs are a bit different than the animated video the NHL and Adidas shared earlier in the week while also confirming some of the old logos we opined might come back.
Let’s take a closer look!
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
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 3 years 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 3 years ago
