The Washington Capitals met their bitter rivals in the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night and just like most Caps vs Pens games, it was a good one. The Caps made a three-goal comeback in the game but were unable to leave Pittsburgh victorious.
Bummer.
By Chris Cerullo 6 months ago
The Washington Capitals made the trip up to Pittsburgh on Saturday night to take on everyone’s favorite Penguins. And by everyone’s favorite we of course mean the opposite. Those guys will forever suck.
Ryan Poehling opened the scoring for the Pens on a semi-breakaway. Chad Ruhwedel doubled that lead. Jake Guentzel made it three. Tom Wilson got the Caps on the board in the third. An Alex Ovechkin one-timer and a Dylan Strome dirty goal tied the game. Anthony Mantha basically gifted Evgeni Malkin the winner.
Penguins beat Caps 4-3.
By Chris Cerullo 6 months ago
The Pittsburgh Penguins took a moment to salute Alex Ovechkin for a milestone he accomplished earlier in the season.
The Penguins put up a graphic congratulating Ovi on passing Gordie Howe on the all-time goals list on the jumbotron of PPG Paints Arena.
Ovechkin was loudly applauded by Penguins fans attending.
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The Washington Capitals have another “big” game as they try to avoid being officially eliminated from the playoffs. Tonight the Capitals take on rival Pittsburgh at PPG Paints Arena. A loss would virtually end Washington’s chase.
Pittsburgh currently sits in the second wild card spot with 80 standings points. The Capitals, who sit in 11th place in the Eastern Conference, trail the Penguins by four with 10 games remaining. The Capitals would also have to leapfrog Florida (79 standings points) and Buffalo (76 standings points) and continue to stay ahead of the Ottawa Senators (75 standings points).
Tonight’s game is on ABC and ESPN+. Puck drop is a little after 8 pm.
Evgeny Kuznetsov is a creative playmaker during games, but this season, it’s been his trolling between whistles that is showing he is a true Hockey Picasso of our time.
Earlier in the year, Kuznetsov brought a Kings player into the Capitals’ goal hug after John Carlson scored.
Now, on Thursday, Kuznetsov joined a Pittsburgh Penguins huddle and listened in to their game plan during a TV timeout.
The Washington Capitals took on the Pittsburgh Penguins in a key Metropolitan Division battle on Thursday night. The Caps couldn’t prevent the Pens from grabbing a loser point but did take them down in a shootout 3-2.
Any win over those dudes is a good win.
By Chris Cerullo 8 months ago
The Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins did rivalry night battle for just the second time this season on Thursday night. A pretty important two points were on the line as the Eastern Conference playoff picture is very tight around the Wild Card spots.
Alex Ovechkin opened the scoring with a casual one-time power play strike from his office. Danton Heinen slammed home a rebound to tie the game at one. Marcus Johansson absolutely ripped a wrister over Casey DeSmith’s glove to give the Caps their lead back. Bryan Rust equalized with around seven minutes left in the third.
The Pens survived an overtime Capitals power play so here are your shootout bullets:
Caps win 3-2 in a shootout!
By Chris Cerullo 8 months ago
There’s a very special person in the house at Capital One Arena tonight.
Former Young Gun, Alex Semin, is at the Capitals-Penguins game and is sitting in the lower bowl.
By Ian Oland 8 months ago
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The Washington Capitals went 1-2 on their three-game road trip and return home to face a Pittsburgh Penguins team where the stakes could not be bigger. Both teams occupy the seventh and eighth spots in the Eastern Conference playoff race with the Sabres making noise behind them. Both the Penguins and Sabres have three games in hand on the Caps.
The Capitals will get Nicklas Backstrom and TJ Oshie back for tonight’s game but will be without Tom Wilson, who is out due to a lower-body injury.
Tonight’s matchup is on NBC Sports Washington and puck drop is slightly after 7 pm.
Tom Wilson missed the Capitals morning skate on Thursday.
Now, as expected, he will not suit up against the Pittsburgh Penguins after not participating in warmups.
By Ian Oland 8 months ago
