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‘I just try to do what I can do best’: Jakub Vrana peels past playoff MVP Ryan O’Reilly for first career OTGWG

Jakub Vrana is looking to elevate his game to an even higher level this season after scoring a career-high in goals (24) and signing a two-year, $6.7 million extension with the Capitals over the summer.

In his first game of the 2019-20 season, Vrana was one of the best players on the ice, registering five shots, six shot attempts, and a 66.7 shot attempt percentage at five-on-five.

But it was his determination to score during a long shift in three-on-three overtime that led the 2018 Stanley Cup champions over this year’s defending champs, 3-2.

Vrana’s OTGWG was the first of his career.

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By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago

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Out of nowhere, Brooks Orpik scores Game Two overtime game-winner

Hahahahahahahahahahahhaahhahahahahaahaha.

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.

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By Ian Oland 6 months ago

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Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov both shove puck over goal line in overtime to win wild game against Rangers

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.

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By Ian Oland 8 months ago

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Lars Eller silences boo birds with overtime game-winning goal against Montreal Canadiens

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.

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By Elizabeth Kong 11 months ago

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Nicklas Backstrom ‘used to struggle scoring on Grubi.’ This nasty overtime snipe changed that.

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.

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By Ian Oland 11 months ago

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Evgeny Kuznetsov on overtime game-winner: ‘I don’t know what happened with me, I decided to shoot’

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.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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Evgeny Kuznetsov’s OTGWG gives Caps crucial extra standings point

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.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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Andre Burakovsky scores OTGWG to cap huge night in Dallas

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.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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Alex Ovechkin wins it in overtime with blistering slapshot

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.

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By Peter Hassett 2 years ago

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John Carlson lost a defensive-zone faceoff in overtime. It indirectly led to his OTGWG.

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.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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