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The Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 4-2 Sunday night at Capital One Arena. The win improves the Capitals record to 11-2-3 (25 points) on the season. The Capitals are back in action on Thursday when they visit the Panthers in Florida. Puck drop is set for just after 7:00PM.
GAME STATS
GAME SUMMARY
The Flames would score the game’s first tally before Jakub Vrana tied things up midway through the first frame. He would add two more goals for the Hat Trick in the middle period for a 3-2 Capitals lead at the second intermission. Lars Eller would add another Capitals goal early in the final frame making it 4-2, and that would be the final.
STARTERS
Ilya Samsonov (4-1-0, 2.46 GAA, .913 save percentage) got the start between the pipes for the Capitals. Cam Talbot (3-1-2, 2.46 GAA, .908 sv%) got the start in goal for the visiting Flames. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:
#Caps‘ lines vs. CGY:
8-Ovechkin, 19-Backstrom, 77-Oshie
13-Vrana, 92-Kuznetsov, 43-Wilson
62-Hagelin, 20-Eller, 21-Hathaway
28-Leipsic, 18-Stephenson, 72-Boyd6-Kempny, 74-Carlson
9-Orlov, 33-Gudas
34-Siegenthaler, 3-JensenSamsonov vs. Talbot. #CapsFlames
— Mike Vogel (@VogsCaps) November 3, 2019
Scratches: Nic Dowd (injury) Liam O’Brien and Tyler Lewington. Liam O’Brien was recalled by the Capitals on Friday.
FIRST PERIOD
The Flames would open the scoring with a goal from Andrew Mangiapane at 5:40 of the first period.
Can’t stop, won’t stop.#CGYvsWSH | #Flames pic.twitter.com/RN9kSH1V4r
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) November 4, 2019
Jakub Vrana would tie the game with a goal at 11:01 of the first period. Evgeny Kuznetsov and Tom Wilson were credited with the helpers.
.@JVranaa CANNOT BE TAMED pic.twitter.com/N4fZaHhMhM
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 4, 2019
Jakub Vrana would score again at 15:08, giving the Capitals their first lead of the game. Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitri Orlov were credited with the helpers.
.@JVranaa CANNOT BE TAMED PART 2 🔥 pic.twitter.com/SeHigVewOU
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 4, 2019
The Flames would tie the game in the waning second of the period to make it 2-2. Elias Lindholm would pot the marker.
Elias Viktor Zebulon Lindholm.#CGYvsWSH | #Flames pic.twitter.com/mWsoKTB2PS
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) November 4, 2019
The period would end with the game tied 2-2. Washington led in shots on goal 10-7. The Flames out-attempted the Capitals 22-18.
SECOND PERIOD
The Capitals would make it 3-2 with Jakub Vrana’s third goal of the night.
HAT TRICK VRANA CANNOT BE TAMED!!!! pic.twitter.com/KGiis4b6Az
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 4, 2019
That would be all of the scoring in the second period. The Capitals led 3-2 after 40 minutes.
THIRD PERIOD
The Capitals would stretch their lead to 4-2 with a goal from Lars Eller at 2:20 of the final frame. Tom Wilson was credited with the lone assist.
Sniperoooo #CapsFlames pic.twitter.com/DJn1uRcoE6
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 4, 2019
And that would be the final.
SHAVINGS
- The NHL box score is here.
- Washington led in shots on goal 32-27.
- The Capitals won faceoff battle 54-46%.
- John Carlson led the Capitals in shots with 7.
- Ilya Samsonov stopped 25 of 27 for a .926 game save percentage.
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