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The Washington Capitals blanked the Boston Bruins by a score of 3-0 on Saturday afternoon in the first meeting between the two teams this season. Washington improved to 23-20-7 (.530 points percentage) and ended a six-game losing streak (0-5-1). Goaltender Charlie Lindgren made 18 saves.
Washington’s Lines
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas — Connor McMichael — Anthony Mantha
Max Pacioretty — Michael Sgarbossa — Tom Wilson
Beck Malenstyn — Nic Dowd — Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Nick Jensen
Joel Edmundson — Ethan Bear
Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: D Alexander Alexeyev, RW Matthew Phillips
Injured: D Trevor Van Riemsdyk (illness), C Nicklas Backstrom (hip), RW Sonny Milano (upper-body), C Evgeny Kuznetsov (NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program)
Pacioretty played his 15th game of the campaign, earning him his next games played performance bonus worth $500,000 (which will go against next season’s salary cap).
Boston’s Lines
Brad Marchand — Charlie Coyle — Jake DeBrusk
James Van Riemsdyk — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Jakob Lauko — Morgan Geekie — Trent Frederic
Anthony Richard — Danton Heinen — Jesper Boqvist
Matt Grzelyck — Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm — Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort — Parker Wotherspoon
Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: D Kevin Shattenkirk, C Oskar Steen
Injured: N/A
Marchand appeared in the 999th game of his NHL career.
FIRST PERIOD
Scoring
N/A
Grzelyck was ejected for spearing Pacioretty, who left the ice, at 18:13.
Matt Grzelcyk gets a 5-minute major and game misconduct for spearing Max Pacioretty.
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) February 10, 2024
Shots: 14-4 Washington
Other Notable Stats: 14-11 Boston in hits, 7-2 Boston in blocked shots, Washington had two power plays (one of which continued to the second period)
SECOND PERIOD
Pacioretty would return to the game to start the period.
Scoring
1:05, 1-0 Washington (PPG): Oshie ripped a wrister from the slot past the glove of Swayman to finish off a triangulation passing play between him, Pacioretty (who was at the goal line), and McMichael (right half-wall). The goal marked Oshie’s 189th as a Capital, passing Bobby Carpenter for ninth place on the franchise’s all-time goals list, and the 299th of his NHL career. Since his Capitals’ debut on Jan. 3, Pacioretty’s seven assists rank third on Washington (Carlson, Ovechkin: eight assists each).
#ALLCAPS 1-0. OSHIE PP GOAL pic.twitter.com/VhGVp5xBnZ
— Capitals Replays (@capsreplays) February 10, 2024
Shots: 23-8 Washington (including 8-4 in the second)
Other Notable Stats: 67% Washington in faceoffs, Washington scored once on three power plays, 27-19 Boston in hits, 9-6 Boston in blocked shots
Screenshot: Natural StatTrick
THIRD PERIOD
Scoring
3:27, 2-0: Strome wristed one over the blocker of Swayman in front after getting a saucer pass from Ovechkin on a two-on-one rush. Strome hit the 20-goal mark for the third straight season. Ovechkin has three goals and six points during a five-game point-streak.
Dylan Strome with a snapshot goal on the 2 on 1! #ALLCAPS 2-0 #NHLBruins.
— MXHockey (@_MXHockey) February 10, 2024
19:33, 3-0: Ovechkin broke up a pass, banked the puck off of the wall, raced to it, took it to the net, and extended his goal-scoring streak to three games. The goal broke the NHL record for most empty-betters (57). Ovechkin has now scored in four-straight games and has tallied 15 points (six goals) in his last 14 contests. With a goal and assist this afternoon, Ovechkin recorded his eighth multi-point game of the season and the 425th of his career. Ovechkin’s 425 career multi-point games are the second most among active players (Sidney Crosby: 458).
8️⃣3️⃣4️⃣ pic.twitter.com/fwPQ11txse
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 10, 2024
Shots: 28-18 Washington (10-5 Boston in the third)
Other Notable Stats: 34-30 Boston in hits, 12-11 Washington in blocked shots, Boston went scoreless on four power plays
The Toronto Maple Leafs are now the only team that has yet to be shut out this season after Boston was on Saturday.
Standings
Washington is currently seven points behind the Philadelphia Flyers (with two games in hand) for third place in the Metropolitan Division in addition to being six back of the Tampa Bay Lightning (three) and seven behind the Detroit Red Wings (one) for wild-card spots.
Next game: Sunday vs. Vancouver Canucks (1:30 PM ET, Monumental Sports Network in-market, ESPN+ out-of-market)
By Harrison Brown
That was sweet! Great game all around, a complete effort.
👍
love that they came out on fire like we haven’t seen in a long time! Great stuff! And there was no let up, they kept pressuring the B’s with great puck possession and O zone time!
And best of all, they really got the Boston fans all pissy to the point they started booing the B’s! hahahaha!!!! Love that they lost to the “lowly” Caps
Trap game for Boston. Believe your opponent is far beneath you and play accordingly.
I’d love to be in that Bruin locker room!
sell off canceled 🙂
I would not cancel the sell off, myself. This team is definitely good enough to beat any team in this league on any given night — we’ve already seen that — but it’s just not good enough to do it often enough to get into the playoffs or win a round or two.
Who knows we could even get addition by subtraction. We’ll probably not but there are some guys like Edmundson and Jensen or TvR who can get sold to make room for Bear and Alexeyev. Dowd and Mantha’s value are as high as can be. We might even be able to net a first and some for Mantha. Pacioretty showing he’s still got it, maybe send him to a contender. Kuzy… well his mental and physical health are what’s most important but in all actuality he should have been traded 2 years ago. I’ll take anything for him at this point just to move that contract. We move all those guys, and we have a lot of open spots for some young guns.
just hurts the 2024 draft and makes people believe this team should be buyers
Theres still a long shot of making the POs… but even if they do, unlikely they get past the 1st rd… Look for UFAs in the off season with Backy and Kutzy off the cap..
Please stop saying stuff like that.
Sub in youth for Kuzy and the whole lineup looks faster and harder working. Maybe find a few more opportunities like that.
Lots of interesting free agent options next year. It would be better to sell now.
Who for example? I see very few difference makers under 30.
Reinhart, Stephenson, Skjei, Zadorov, to name a few.
today is the big test…canucks on third game in 4 days and played yesterday afternoon in detroit. how will they do against a younger faster team
meant canucks ALSO on third game in 4 days
Typical Boston. It’s why I never, ever root for them – except when they play the Flyers!
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We return to the extraordinary folly and cynicism of the Offsides “replay” in the Gory Batmann NHL new-rules set. Offsides is “reviewable” to remove goals from the scoreboard. “Upon further review” we have two really bad and stupid outcomes. 1] The goal is nullified, despite all the play AFTER the “Play On” signal from one or more of the linesmen who missed the call in the first place, and 2] The goal “stands” and the “challenging team” gets a 2-minute penalty!
Won’t give a nickel for this amazingly stupid and cynical rule. Reasoning is not a forte of the Know-it-All Smart-A$$ class on major sports message boards (especially this one), but about half of commenters retain the ability to think, analyze and comment. And retain traditional debating rules and décor. This discussion is meant for you. Continuing:
– The missed call is a missed call. Can’t change that. But there’s a LOT more to the analysis!
– Officials required to perform split-second, borderline judgment calls are afforded, especially in hockey and soccer, the option of delivering the “Play On” signal. In the soccer world, at nearly all levels and ALWAYS in FIFA-level college and pro games, Play On means Play On. The game continues with no reviews or delays and a borderline adjudication has a clear, swift, final outcome. Play On in major soccer has been universally accepted, worldwide, for decades. I played that sport for decades, including in college, and Play On is both accepted and popular.
The NHL has its “Play On” signal as well. Before the arrival of Gory Batmann and the Video Game Toronto NHL, Play On meant “Play On.” Officially the action is known as “Wash Out” and at one time it meant Wash Out! The referee (there used to be only one, would that we would return to that excellent arrangement!) or the linesmen wave their arms outward in that familiar sweeping motion, signaling that Play is continuing! Either offsides or icing is Washed-Out! Quit complaining and Play Hockey!
After Play On or Wash-out, stopping or slowing or hesitating could be disastrous and lead to major disadvantage – thus EVERYBODY in the NHL, and at all levels of hockey, both teams play on with full vigor after the Wash Out signal. Clarence Campbell and Constantine Smythe approved!
SADLY for the NHL and its fans, the “Wash Out” rule has been MODIFIED with a weasel-worded, Batmann-ish nonsense to allow for the Offsides loophole and disallowed goals! Thanks to Batmann and his stupid “rules committee” allies, we now have this definition for Offsides Wash Out: “The signal is used by the linesman to signal ‘no icing’, and in certain situations, ‘no offsides.'”
“Certain situations!” Weasel-words befitting of the most oily, greedy, craven, ambulance-chasing lawyer in America! Or Canada!
Summarizing: The Reviewable Offsides is the vilest of many Batmann stupidities foisted on the NHL and its fans since his arrival in 1993. EVERYTHING about it is wrong:
– It’s is only invoked to remove Goals from the game
– It negates the traditional and sensible Wash-out / Play-on prerogative of on-ice officials
– It compounds the error / stupidity with a 2-minute penalty for an “unsuccessful challenge”
– It adds many minutes of down-time to the game
– It rewards officials for a missed call (got that Mr. Duly Noted?)
– It penalizes players and fans for actions occurring between the negated “Wash Out” and the further negated goal scored [“Le Tir et Le But!!”]
– It fills each NHL bench with a dedicated Video Game Review committee – including players! – and arms each one with a damned notebook computer. Each NHL coach (esp. Captain Carbery!) lauds his “alert Video Game crew” for “catching” that reviewable Offsides! Thus “honor” is replaced with “Video Game”. Huzzagh! Huzzagh! Huzzagh! for Gory Batmann, God’s Gift to professional sports
A straightforward improvement on the Batmann stupidity would be to award the successful challenging team with a Penalty Shot – thus making the “challenger” earn his goal on a back-track review of a bad offsides and Wash-out call. But NO! That would pad the statistics!
The Batmann Offsides review has no redeeming features whatever, and is a miserable stain on the NHL, which suffers steady degradation, year after year, under the dictatorial Woke-financial rule of Gory Batmann and his many corrupt allies
Since it’s going to be a “free for all” on this site for the foreseeable future, and traditional Debate Rules are suspended – replaced with jungle law – we accordingly send the following happy-gram to Mr. Smart-A$$ “Duly Noted”: > wepchnij to do lewego nozdrza razem z kanapką z szynką ! <