{"id":540170,"date":"2026-03-23T09:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/540170\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:11:13","slug":"avalanche-beat-caps-3-2-ot-but-ovi-scored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/540170\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche beat Caps 3-2 (OT) but Ovi scored"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Washington Capitals hosted the league-leading Colorado Avalanche to Sunday brunch with mimos and mini-quiches. With one team locked for the postseason and the other holding onto their last glimmer of hope, there should have been a palpable how-bad-do-they-want-it difference.<\/p>\n

Justin Sourdif<\/a> scored a beautiful breakaway goal assisted by Connor McMichael<\/a> to give the Caps a 1-0 lead. That lead survived the second period and evaporated immediately at the start of the third. That\u2019s when Gabe Landeskog punished Logan Thompson<\/a> for leaving the net. After a failed clear, Nicolas Roy<\/a> gave Colorado the lead.<\/p>\n

Alex Ovechkin, the god, scored a one-timer on the power play. That got the Caps a loser point, which is all they could muster.<\/p>\n

Caps lose.<\/p>\n

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That was an ideal first period for the Capitals, leading on the scoreboard and pushing play in the right direction. Against a fearsome, league-leading Colorado team, I was encouraged. Then the second period happened, and the Caps got outshot 18 attempts to 6. Thank goodness for Logan Thompson, who was perfect through forty minutes \u2013 but more on that in a moment.
\nConnor McMichael flipped a perfect pass to Justin Sourdif on the rush to give the latter his 14th goal of the year.<\/p>\n

I did the math: Logan Thompson has had a shutout through two periods only to allow a goal in the third period ten times this season. That\u2019s what happened Sunday, and for once that shutout-busting goal is on him. Bad bounces don\u2019t hurt so bad if you\u2019re in your crease.<\/p>\n

Ethen Frank got injured after Devon Toews shoved him into the Colorado goal post<\/a>. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s remotely on the same level as the AJ Greer hit from last, but I\u2019d like to see that kind of play get punished more often.
\nAliaksei Protas drew two penalties in the third period. I had a whole riff<\/a> going about that being a bad thing because the Caps are trash on the power play, but then\u2026
\nAlex Ovechkin scored his 1,000th goal if you combine rego and loffs.<\/a> 1,029 if you count the shootout. 1,030 if you count the shootout, rego, loffs, and that one in 2010 where Knuble got busted for a BS goalie interference<\/a>. Today\u2019s goal was a classic Ovi Shot from the Ovi Spot, except with Strome doing the setup. It was Ovechkin\u2019s first power-play goal at home all season.
\nCole Hutson picked up his first NHL penalty (holding MacKinnon) and his first NHL assists (secondary on Ovi\u2019s). Tomorrow he\u2019ll pick up his first NHL road-trip dinner bill.
\nAll Avs in overtime.<\/p>\n

Spring has sprung in Joe B’s wardrobe #joebsuitofthenight of the afternoon<\/p>\n

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Getting even one point from this game is a win in a sense. That was the last \u201coh god they\u2019re scary\u201d game of the season, and the Caps got out of it with dignity. They are still alive.<\/p>\n

Blues on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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