{"id":452065,"date":"2026-02-06T07:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/452065\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T07:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:10:10","slug":"caps-beat-predators-4-2-as-team-canada-snub-jakob-chychrun-pops-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/452065\/","title":{"rendered":"Caps beat Predators 4-2 as Team Canada snub Jakob Chychrun pops off"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udcf8: kurly from #crashers<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The Washington Capitals earned a long Olympic break with a respectable win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. A badly needed win to kick off an even badlier needed break.<\/p>\n

Tom Wilson settled a raucous puck in the high slot and sent it netward, screened by Aliaksei Protas. In his first game since the mid-80s, Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his first goal on the rush.<\/p>\n

Jakob Chychrun earned his 20th goal of the season with a snazzy sequence that I won\u2019t describe; I\u2019ll just embed the video below. Jonathan Marchessault ended the shutout with a lucky bounce.<\/p>\n

The third period was sick and twisted. Nic Dowd\u2019s goal was nullified and then Michael McCarron scored \u2013 all within one minute of game clock time. Jakob Chychrun got his second of the night with a nail-in-the-coffin power-play goal.<\/p>\n

Caps win!<\/p>\n

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It was a big night for JC6 because JC74 was out of commission. John Carlson left the game after the first period with a lower-body injury<\/a>. If you\u2019re gonna get hurt, do it right before you get 19 days off.
\nChychrun should really be going to Italy. I don\u2019t see how you\u2019d put Harley, Toews, or Doughty ahead of him \u2013 except for sentimental reasons. (I don\u2019t see how he\u2019s Canadian either, except for sentimental reasons. Boca Raton would never turn its back on you.)
\nGoal no. 21 passed Zach Werenski, an Olympian for Chychrun\u2019s True homeland, for most among defenders.
\nLogan Thompson played for the first time since January 27, and I have not many complaints, but I think we need to set a rule that the Save of the Year can\u2019t be when the boys on the breakaway shoot it into your glove.<\/p>\n

This game came in waves \u2013 with the Caps controlling play for a long stretch only to get caved in for a few consecutive shifts, which happened halfway through both the first and second periods. Dowd\u2019s near-goal would have made a comeback unlikely, but getting it overturned and then scoring immediately after gave the Predators some pep in the third period.
\nFrom the GDIT out-of-town scoreboard, our pal Fatou representing in Jersey:<\/p>\n

Ryan Leonard drew another penalty, his 27th. I pulled the numbers this morning. Only three rookie forwards in the last decade have drawn penalties at a higher rate than Leonard: Brendan Lemieux, Matthew Tkachuk, Brett Seney, Michael Bunting. That sure is a list of four players right there. Jonathan Marchessault in 2015-16 was only slightly behind Leonard\u2019s pace.
\nI don\u2019t understand what you\u2019re all complaining about with the Halo package at Capital One Arena<\/a>.\u00a0 \u2013 \u2013 Actually, in a rare moment of discretion, I have decided to delete most of this bullet.<\/p>\n

Good god it’s a quarter zipthe lad has LOST IThe’s a loose cannonsomeone STOP him#joebsuitofthenight<\/p>\n

\u2014 RMNB (@rmnb.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-02-05T23:58:20.892Z<\/a><\/p>\n

Alright, everyone needs to get in their ice baths and put on those suction cups and remove the lightbulbs from their homes and wrap their groins in bubble wrap and drink kale smoothies. We need everyone healthy and ready to pad Ovi\u2019s stats on Wednesday, February 25.<\/p>\n

Until then: Curling!<\/p>\n

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