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Less than 24 hours after putting together a thrilling overtime comeback victory over the Islanders, the Caps were back home and back in action against the visiting Wild. While his troops performed pretty well in the second half of last night’s win, Peter Laviolette took the opportunity to shake up the lines a bit and inject a little more NAK into them for the second of back-to-back games:
Here’s Tuesday night’s Plus/Minus:
Plus: Nice multi-point effort from both Martin Fehervary and Alex Ovechkin, with Fehervary picking up a goal and an assist while Ovechkin grabbed a pair of helpers. And congrats to Trevor van Riemsdyk on Career Point #100!
Minus: The Caps let the Wild get in Charlie Lindgren’s way much too much tonight, with three goals coming via point shot through a hefty screen.
A few more notes on the game:
Caps finally start putting puck on net by midway point, with 7-8 straight before Minny’s second. Here’s how it looked by the end of the first:
One of those shots found the back of the net for the Caps, with Martin Fehervary jumping onto the ice, engaging in a nice give-and-go with none other than Noted Elite Playmaker Alex Ovechkin, and firing the puck past Filip Gustavsson to put the Caps up 1-0.
Another nice passing play put the Caps back on top a quarter of the way through the second. N.E.P. Ovechkin slipped a stealthy backhand pass to Fehervary, who found Dylan Strome in front of the net and Strome deflected the puck over Gustavsson’s shoulder.
Alas, while the Caps dominated for long stretches of this one, they seemed to run out of steam. Meanwhile the Wild managed to do their block-the-goalie’s-view-and-shoot thing better than the Caps could and walk away with two points.
Back at it Thursday in Arizona.