Welcome, friends, to the debut of the Patriotic Screagle. Have you gotten your new jersey yet?
The Washington Capitals will look to extend their current winning streak to four as they take on the Minnesota Wild at Capital One Arena. The Capitals will wear their new red, white, and blue Screaming Eagle third jerseys and pair them with red buckets.
The Capitals will again be without Pierre-Luc Dubois, who is nursing an injury. Declan Chisholm will jump back into the lineup and get an opportunity to play against his former team, replacing Trevor van Riemsdyk on the third pairing. Logan Thompson will get the start in goal and oppose Filip Gustavsson for the Wild.
Puck drop for Capitals-Wild is at 7:00 pm on Monumental Sports Network. Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin will have the call on MNST. A link for what’s left of the Capitals new third jerseys can be found here.
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Washington Capitals
Ovechkin
Strome
Beauvillier
Minnesota Wild
Johansson
Eriksson Ek
Tarasenko
Tunnel shenanigans
1st Period
Alex Ovechkin did a ceremonial puck drop with a bald eagle named “Penny.” He did not lose an eye or a hand so I’m considering this a success.
Puck is dropped.
Wild get the first power play at 7:51 after Connor McMichael is whistled for holding Marco Rossi. One could argue that was a dive.
Capitals third line nearly connects on a goal.
Connor McMichael nearly scores on a 2-on-1 break but Gustavsson makes the save.
Alex Ovechkin finds Dylan Strome with a wicked feed in the crease for a goal.
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1-0 Washington Capitals
Goal: Dylan Strome (1). Assists: A. Ovechkin (3), M. Fehérváry (1). Time: 17:52
Ovechkin with a rebound opportunity but is denied. Great shift by the first line, overwhelming the Wild.
At intermission: The Capitals lead 1-0 and are outshooting the Wild 12 to 3. Pure domination.
2nd Period
Puck is dropped. Dino Ciccarelli joins the booth with Joe Beninati and Craig Lauglin.
Justin Sourdif draws a four-minute high-sticking penalty on Jake Middleton 53 seconds into the period.
The Capitals did not score on the power play but they are now leading 15 to 3 in shots.
Marcus Foligno trips Nic Dowd at 10:04. Capitals back to the power play.
Some boos from the Capital One Arena crowd on another awful man advantage.
Capitals now leading in shots 18 to 4. That’s great, but if the Wild find their game, things could shift in a hurry here.
oh hey look a minnesota wild goal.
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1-1 tie
Goal: Marcus Johansson (1). Assists: M. Boldy (5), J. Middleton (1). Time: 16:47
Thirty-one seconds later, the Capitals respond on the next shift. Protas tries to pass to McMichael across the crease, but the puck deflects in.
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2-1 Washington Capitals
Goal: Aliaksei Protas (4). Assists: T. Wilson (4), R. Sandin (1). Time: 17:18
Third line with a strong shift, creating a bunch of chances.
Nic Dowd has a very angry moment with Joel Eriksson Ek near the benches.
At intermission: The Capitals lead 2-1 and are outshooting the Wild 22 to 6.
3rd Period
Puck is dropped.
Wild start out strong.
Tom Wilson with a strong take to the net but nothing comes of it.
Dylan Strome wins a faceoff directly to Alex Ovechkin and he’s got his 898th career goal.
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3-1 Washington Capitals
Goal: Alex Ovechkin (1). Assists: D. Strome (3). Time: 1:19
Alex Ovechkin scores 898th goal of his career, beating Wild’s Gustavsson off faceoff with one-timer
Zeev Buium trips Brandon Duhaime at 5:23. Can the Caps power play get it going now?
The answer is no, but Ryan Leonard had a few good chances.
Connor McMichael to the box for interfering Vladimir Tarasenko at 8:50.
Beauvillier finds Strome from the corner boards and Dylan now has three points on the night. First line firing on mostly all cylinders!
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4-1 Washington Capitals
Goal: Dylan Strome (2). Assists: A. Beauvillier (1), M. Fehérváry (2). Time: 11:32
Matt Boldy to the box for slashing Declan Chisholm’s stick out of his hands at 17:45.
Four seconds in, Ovechkin nearly scores off another faceoff.
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5-1 Washington Capitals
PPG: Tom Wilson (3). Assists: J. Carlson (3), D. Strome (4). Time: 18:03
Four-point night for Dylan Strome.
Caps win 5-1. They outshot the Wild 45 to 15. Good lord.
Masterful, dominant display in all three zones against Minnesota: Capitals beat Wild 5-1
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