New York. The Washington Capitals have certainly taken their disappointment back, step by step.
They picked up their fourth straight win last night – away to the Winnipeg Jets.
– Everyone contributed, it was an excellent team effort for 60 minutes, Danish top scorer Lars Eller said after the 5-2 win.
As we already noted after Saturday night’s 4-1 victory over Seattle in D.C., the Capitals seem to have finally emerged from the difficult two-day rut they’ve been stuck in for the opening two months of the regular season – and that impression was confirmed in a cold Winnipeg last night.
They had a great game away from home, leading 4-0 after two periods and finally managing to beat the first in the Central Division by a score of 5-2.
– Yes, there is not much to complain about, says Dane Lars Eller, who played his 900th match and celebrated a goal.
Everyone contributed, it was an excellent 60-minute team effort.
Marcus Johansson won a penalty midway through the second half and headed home with a backhand kick.
– It’s a variant that worked before, so I thought he might try again, Skåne smiles afterward.
Alex Ovechkin scored another empty hit in the end, thus leaving only three complete hits left to reach the 800th.
Anyone who thinks that the three straight losses this week signal the beginning of the Seattle Kraken’s decline needs to think again.
They broke the streak with a sweet 5-2 away win over the Florida Panthers last night.
Martin Jones deserves all the credit. Forward Jordan Eberle says it was great.
Andrzej Borakowski scored his 10th goal of the season and Alex Weinberg and Adam Larsson each feature assists.
Mikko Rantanen was the big king of the afternoon between the Avalanche and Blues in St. Petersburg. Lewis
He completed the hat-trick when he made it 3-2 over Jordan Pennington 29 seconds into extra time – and just before that, with just nine seconds left in normal time, he had leveled the home team’s lead at 2-1 up to that point.
In a seesaw event between the Blue Jackets and LA Kings in Columbus, the score was 5-5 full time. Then Johnny Goudreau scored for the home team 40 seconds into overtime.
“It’s good to be back and it’s good to score a lot of goals, but neglect kills us all the time,” Kings coach Todd McClellan sighs.
Adrian Kempe scored his tenth goal of the season and Karl Grundström provided an assist.
Between Arizona and Philadelphia, there was overtime, too—and there was Clayton Keeler who made the decision 5-4 for the home team.