After a scoreless first frame, the Washington Capitals brought the fire in the second period of Sunday’s matinee game against the New York Rangers at Capital One Arena. Forward Tom Wilson would open today’s scoring, followed by captain Alex Ovechkin 1:46 later. Wilson would pot another to give the Capitals a 3-0 lead.
Off a rebound of forward Jakub Vrana, Wilson gave the Capitals a 1-0 lead 10:43 into the middle frame. The goal marked his eighth of the season and first from serving a seven-game suspension. Vrana picked up his 12th assist of the season.
Rebound city! pic.twitter.com/26MN1IbS31
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 28, 2021
Ovechkin netted his 18th goal of the season 1:46 later, extending the Capitals’ lead to 2-0. Forward T.J. Oshie had the helper, which is his 15th of the season.
Boys are BUZZIN pic.twitter.com/6vxEp3aMnA
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 28, 2021
He is now eight goals shy of surpassing Marcel Dionne (731g) for fifth place on the NHL’s all-time list.
Alex Ovechkin, who has scored in nine of his last 11 games, has scored 11 goals in 13 games since March 1, tied with Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen (11g, 10a) for the most goals among all players over that span.
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Over an 82-game season, Oshie would be on pace for 38 assists, which would be one shy of his career-high set in 2013-14 and his highest total as a Capital.
The Capitals weren’t done. Wilson scored his second goal of the game and ninth of the season to give his team a 3-0 lead heading into the third period. Center Nicklas Backstrom and Oshie assisted.
𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 pic.twitter.com/nnmZgCGdMe
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 28, 2021
This marks Wilson’s second multi-goal game of the season and eighth of his career. Backstrom’s assist on the goal is his team-leading 23rd assist of the season. Oshie also picked up his second assist of the game.
This season, the Capitals have allowed one or fewer goals within the first two periods of the game in 16 of their 34 games, six of their last seven games and in eight of their last 10 games.
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) March 28, 2021
By Della Young
