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So, your overtime hero in Game Two is none other than two-time Stanley Cup champion, 38-year-old Brooks Orpik.
What a trip. Alright, let’s get into it.
By Ian Oland 1 week ago
Sunday’s matinee battle between the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers was a frantic, high-scoring affair. Brady Skjei’s last-minute, six-on-five goal forced the game into overtime, which was just as wild as regulation.
The game ended, as it should, with Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov taking over and showing the world why they rule it.
By Ian Oland 2 months ago
The Tiger bit the hand that used to feed it.
Monday night, after being down two goals in the second period, the Capitals clawed back and ultimately won after Lars Eller, filling in on the top line, downed his former team in overtime.
The goal marked Eller’s first game-winner since Game Five of the Stanley Cup Final.
By Elizabeth Kong 5 months ago
Nicklas Backstrom’s passing is unrivaled, but his shot ain’t too bad either.
22 seconds into overtime, the Capitals center unleashed a rocket on the powerplay to give the Capitals a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.
Backstrom scored the goal on his former Capitals teammate Philipp Grubauer.
With 10:35 remaining in the third period, Rangers forward Ryan Spooner blazed down the right wing and beat Braden Holtby, giving New York a late 2-1 lead. The Capitals had been buried in shot attempts for the first two periods of the game, but that goal appeared to light a fire under the Caps.
Washington came at Henrik Lundqvist in waves until Lars Eller, the extra attacker, tied the game with 1:05 left in the third period. Eller won a battle for space in front of the net, roofing the puck past the King. Later in overtime, Evgeny Kuznetsov skated around all three Rangers skaters on the ice and slung a shot past Lundqvist for the game winner.
The goal gave the Capitals their ninth win in their last ten games.
By Ian Oland 1 year ago
After defeating the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 at Capital One Arena, the Capitals moved back into first place of the Metropolitan Division, but their lead is tenuous. The Caps are ahead of second-place Pittsburgh and third-place Philadelphia by one and four standing points respectively. The Caps are also only seven points ahead of the New Jersey Devils for the final playoff spot in the East.
This is why Evgeny Kuznetsov’s overtime game-winning goal could be huge later on in the year.
Andre Burakovsky may have struggled drinking out of a Gatorade bottle tonight, but his hands were lethal while wielding his hockey stick.
Burakovsky scored twice on pure snipes, including a beautiful snap shot that won the game in overtime.
Alex Ovechkin had been on the ice for a minute and nineteen seconds of overtime, and I guess he figured that was enough. With a monster slapshot off the stick of Anaheim’s Brandon Montour, Ovi scored the game-winner over the far shoulder of John Gibson.
Watch this blistering beauty.
By Peter Hassett 1 year ago
Coming into tonight’s game, the Arizona Coyotes had won only two of their first 15 games and were in last place in the NHL standings by a country mile. The Capitals needed overtime to beat them. At home. With a fluke play.
But a win is a win and that is a very good thing. So let’s celebrate John Carlson’s OTGWG with the vigor it deserves.
Saturday night at Verizon Center, Nicklas Backstrom scored his 20th goal of the season, dismissing division rival Philadelphia in overtime with an unstoppable wrist shot. It was beautiful, it was amazing, and it was clutch.
New Caps acquisition Kevin Shattenkirk tallied his first point, the primary assist, on the goal.
