{"id":320166,"date":"2025-11-29T07:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T07:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/320166\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T07:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T07:50:11","slug":"one-more-in-the-win-column-before-they-head-out-on-the-road-capitals-beat-maple-leafs-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/320166\/","title":{"rendered":"One more in the win column before they head out on the road: Capitals beat Maple Leafs 4-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Washington Capitals wrapped up their homestand against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night. The Caps have been downright terrible against the Leafs in recent seasons, losing 9 of their last 12 meetings.<\/p>\n

Morgan Rielly opened the scoring with a goal that Logan Thompson probably wants back. Matthew Knies finished off a great feed from Auston Matthews to make it two. Connor McMichael brought the Capitals back within one with a rebound marker. Anthony Beauvillier came up with the game-tying tally late in the third via a pass from Alex Ovechkin.<\/p>\n

Jakob Chychrun stays as hot as the sun to put the Capitals up one. Tom Wilson chipped in an empty-netter.<\/p>\n

Capitals beat Maple Leafs 4-2!<\/p>\n

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The Capitals had the puck for what felt like the entire first period but left for the first intermission down a goal. Three factors were at play there: first, they got screwed by horrendous officiating; second, their goaltender needed to make that save; and third, Joseph Woll was tremendous in net for Toronto.
\nKelly Sutherland, big red bozo alert. The veteran official decided to rob the Capitals of the game\u2019s opening goal for literally no reason. He can clearly see players from both teams still actively after a loose puck, and blows his whistle anyway because he lost sight of it, as he was miles away from the net for some reason.
\nThere was no whistle for what felt like the whole first period, which robbed us of seeing the ChasenBoscolo Injury Lawyers commercial at least five times.<\/p>\n

Doing the live stream I couldn\u2019t believe that we went through an entire first period without a commercial break<\/p>\n

Hockey games could be done in like 90 minutes<\/p>\n

\u2014 Adam Wylde (@AdamWylde) November 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Another dominant period in the second, but the Capitals\u2019 toothless power play reared its ugly head again. Woll was also fantastic when called upon again. Have to just keep pushing and hope for some bounces in the third.
\nJust another brutal John Carlson turnover leading straight to an opposition goal. I\u2019m normally a huge Carlson defender, but he\u2019s even testing my patience the past few games. At least his offense has been there, but it needs to be to offset some of these plays.
\nDon\u2019t be fooled by a few hot streaks from individuals; the power play is still awful. The problems are within the system and structure and won\u2019t be solved by a simple switch of one or two personnel. I would pay someone $50,000 to tell me the identity and plan A for that power play. They improvise for 90 percent of the time they\u2019re in the zone and just pass it around the outside for the rest. I love him, but Alex Ovechkin also must relinquish the double-shifting. It\u2019s time. Past time. He\u2019s 40 years old and is gassed after the first unit comes off.
\nConnor McMichael has goals in two straight games and points in three straight. I mentioned last game that it would be great to see him get on a hot streak. Now, what can we do to get Aliaksei Protas doing the same?<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t love the first half of the third period. They just weren\u2019t creating enough until that one moment of brilliance from their captain. They started cooking more after that, which was good to see.
\nI\u2019m running out of adjectives for Jakob Chychrun. He has goals in five straight games and points in 10 straight. Everyone, eat your watermelon<\/a>, and you too can lead all NHL defensemen in goals.
\nLogan Thompson did his best after the softy in the first period. He was called into serious action a few times after veterans on his team made horrendous passes at the blue line, leading to Toronto breakaways. What a glove save on Knies at the end there.<\/p>\n

The Capitals will now embark on a four-game road trip, starting Sunday afternoon on Long Island against the New York Islanders. They\u2019ll then head west for three out in California.<\/p>\n

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