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Welcome to the first Washington Capitals west coast road trip since March of 2020, just before the world was turned on its head. Tonight we celebrate with Japers’ Rink after dark, where the censorship regulations have been downgraded, the heavy hand of the bartender has been upgraded, and the inhibitions of the recapper have suffered greatly.
In this recapper’s crosshairs tonight was a game between the two teams with the NHL’s longest active win streaks coming into the evening – the Anaheim Ducks, who had won seven consecutive games, and your Caps, who had taken four straight.
Ultimately, it was the Ducks taking the game in overtime for a 2-1 victory.
Here’s Tuesday night’s Plus/Minus:
Plus: The Caps trotted out a lineup that was missing some 2400 points in career production and some $25m in salary against the hottest team in hockey, and still ground out a point. There’s fight in these guys night in and night out, agnostic of circumstance.
Minus: Well, plenty not to like. For one, this blog’s prejudice against the first person is going to be violated from this point onwards. Secondly, I, the paragon of virtuous Caps fandom that I am, choose to focus on what Alex Ovechkin did or did not do. In this case, he did not score a point, and this foments in me a desire to walk outside and howl at the moon.
Notes on the game:
See ya tomorrow, one half hour later than tonight in Los Angeles!