It’s been a night of iffy hits and injuries in the NHL. Earlier, Toronto’s Jake Muzzin was stretchered off the ice after taking a suspect cross-check from Pierre-Luc Dubois. Later, Winnipeg’s Mathieu Perreault left the Jets-Flames game after taking an iffy hit into the boards from Calgary forward Sam Bennett.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
The Washington Capitals dropped the second half of their home and away “series” against the Winnipeg Jets by a score of 3-0. It’s only the second time the Caps have been shutout this season.
The Caps out-shot the Jets 34 to 32 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 52 to 48.
By Chris Cerullo 7 months ago
The Washington Capitals put forth an unremarkable effort in their road loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.
Dmitri Kulikov scored the 35th goal of his 11-year career in the first period, a slapshot from the point that Ilya Samsonov couldn’t see. After a scoreless second period, Kyle Connor snapped a shot from the slot to make it 2-0 in the third. Sheifele got an empty-netter, and then it was over.
Caps lose. Shutout.
By Peter Hassett 7 months ago
Tonight the Caps wrap up a rare home-and-home series with the Jets as Alex Ovechkin chases his milestone 702nd goal.
By Peter Hassett 7 months ago
The Capitals have headed up north to face off against the Winnipeg Jets….again.
Here is your injury report.
By Elyse Bailey 7 months ago
The Washington Capitals have hit the road and first stopped in Winnipeg to play the Jets again. Hopefully this time the Capitals can hold on to the lead and get the two points during regulation. I know this isn’t about me, but I just started a new job on Monday and I am exhausted, so I would appreciate a winning end on the earlier side.
Puck drop is at 8 PM and Julia will meet you back here for the recap!
By Elyse Bailey 7 months ago
The Washington Capitals hosted a pregame ceremony honoring Alex Ovechkin scoring 700 career goals Tuesday and it appears Capitals fans weren’t the only ones in awe of Ovechkin’s latest milestone.
According to fans watching pregame, the Winnipeg Jets, who were the Capitals’ opponents that night, kept stacks of commemorative warmup pucks as souvenirs. The pucks featured the Ovechkin 700 logo that was also printed on commemorative towels the Capitals gave out to every fan in attendance.
By Ian Oland 7 months ago
In their first, very close to complete effort in a long time the Washington Capitals took down the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 in a shootout. The post trade deadline portion of the schedule is off to a great start.
The Caps out-shot the Jets 37 to 33, but were out-attempted at five-on-five 59 to 54.
By Chris Cerullo 7 months ago
On a lovely Tuesday night, the Washington Capitals squeaked out a win over the Winnipeg Jets. The Capitals will now pack their bags and head up to Winnipeg….to play the Jets again. Apologies about the pun in the title, I can’t control it.
A wonderful ceremony honoring Alex Ovechkin’s 700th goal followed by an Alex Ovechkin goal to open the game? What a beautiful beginning on the road to #800VI. A few minutes later, Jakub Vrana turned up the speed and fired a shot to the back of the net, bringing the Capitals up 2-0 heading into the second period.
Only goal in the second period, for the good guys, came from Garnet Hathaway after 13 and a half minutes. He immediately got into a fight, which had us all begging for a Gordie Howe hat trick. There was a bad turnover in front of Holtby and Nikolaj Ehlers got one in for the Jets before the end of the period.
Third period and John Carlson turned the puck over at the blue line to give the Jets a moment to bring the score up 3-2. A puck off of Orlov’s skate and through Holtby tied the game. Overtime was not enough for this game, so a shootout occurred and Alex Ovechkin scored the game-winning shootout goal. Of course he did.
Caps win!
By Elyse Bailey 7 months ago
The Caps welcome Ilya Kovalchuk to the fold and throw a little shindig for Ovi’s 700th goal. Let’s do this.
By Peter Hassett 7 months ago
