The Washington Capitals met a well-rested Minnesota Wild team in DC for the back half of a back-to-back and it showed a little. The Wild found a short spell of good play against a tired team and used it to catapult themselves to a 4-2 victory.
Even with fatigue factored in, the Caps should be winning that game.
By Chris Cerullo 2 weeks ago
The tired Washington Capitals hosted the very rested Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. It was a low-event affair where the goalies were the difference.
Alex Ovechkin set up Marty Fehervary for a gorgeous shot to get us going. Jared Spurgeon scored 50 seconds into the second period thanks to a great screen by Jordan Greenway. Ovechkin got his second assist of the night, serving Dylan Strome a shot to tip. Jonas Brodin scored thanks to a great screen by Ryan Reaves. Jared Spurgeon scored again thanks to a great screen by Brandon Duhaime. Did I mention the great screens? Anyway, the Caps were down 3-2 after two periods.
The Capitals had a lot of offense in the third period, but couldn’t quite beat Filip Gustavsson. Joel Eriksson Ek got the empty-netter.
Caps lose.
By Peter Hassett 2 weeks ago
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The Washington Capitals are back in action for a second consecutive night, finishing their back-to-back with a home date against the Minnesota Wild. The Capitals are coming off a 4-3 overtime win after TJ Oshie (game-tying goal) and Dmitry Orlov (OTGWG) played the heroes at UBS Arena.
The Caps will have another wild lineup as head coach Peter Laviolette cannot. stop. tinkering. with. his. lines. Anthony Mantha will be scratched for the third time as Nicholas Aube-Kubel will play on the top line. YOLO. Lars Eller will replace Nic Dowd after the fourth-line center suffered an injury against the Isles. Evgeny Kuznetsov will skate on the fourth line. Charlie Lindgren will get the start since Darcy Kuemper played last night.
The Capitals are celebrating Pride Night at Capital One Arena.
NBC Sports Washington will air the game. The opening faceoff will be a little after 7:00 pm.
The Washington Capitals had to be feeling the pressure of securing a win on Monday night as they took on the New York Islanders for the first time this season. Things did not start well but they sure ended better as the good guys scored four unanswered to take down two points 4-3 in overtime.
They needed that one.
By Chris Cerullo 2 weeks ago
Ryan Reaves was traded to the Minnesota Wild on November 23 after starting the season with the New York Rangers pointless after 12 games.
Reaves, now with 20 games under his belt for the Wild, is making his grand return to Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.
He is, of course, already talking about fighting his former teammates of just seven weeks ago.
By Chris Cerullo 3 weeks ago
Ryan Reaves is no longer a New York Ranger and is headed to the Minnesota Wild.
The trade news was first reported by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman on Twitter.
Acquired in July of 2021 after Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson caused absolute mayhem in the Rangers organization, Reaves will depart New York without fighting Wilson a single time.
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
The Washington Capitals suffered their second straight blowout loss as they fell on home ice to the Minnesota Wild by a score of 5-1. All of that extra rest proved useless as a Wild team that had also played the day previous made the win look easy.
Yeesh.
By Chris Cerullo 10 months ago
The Washington Capitals, who enjoyed five days of rest before Sunday’s game, got trounced by the Minnesota Wild, who played last night. This game was awful from the first minute.
Speaking of: The Wild scored two goals in the first 100 seconds of the game. The second period was slower, but Joel Eriksson Ek scored his second of the game off a loose puck. Marcus Foligno scored on the first shift of the third period.
Garnet Hathaway tipped in an Alex Ovechkin shot to end the shutout, but it was over. Nicolas Deslauriers got the empty-netter.
By Peter Hassett 10 months ago
It’s the overly rested versus the overly tired tonight.
The Washington Capitals are back on home ice after a pseudo bye week to take on the Minnesota Wild. The Wild are coming off a 3-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes Saturday. Capitals trade deadline target, Marc-Andre Fleury, will not start in net for the Wild, which honestly is a tragedy.
Meanwhile, Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette put together some kinda bad new lines during the morning skate and decided to bench one of his best players lately, Connor McMichael. But hey, Johan Larsson is making his Caps debut tonight.
Tonight’s game is on NBC Sports Washington. Put it on, right now. You can watch Day 2 of Wrestlemania later.
The Washington Capitals should have beaten the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. They didn’t, but they should have. The Caps dropped the 3-2 decision in a shootout.
Scoring in your own net is bad.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
