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After a sloppy and somewhat disappointing overtime loss Tuesday night, the Caps headed to Columbus for their first meeting of the season with their Metro division rivals, the Blue Jackets. With some shuffled lines and without Nic Dowd, who stayed back with his family to celebrate the birth of his second child (congrats, Dowder!!), they looked to get back on track against a spiraling Jackets team missing plenty of big pieces of their own.
Here’s how the Capitals lined up tonight:
Here’s Thursday night’s Plus/Minus:
Plus: Nice to see Oshie get on the board with a scrappy two goals, and a reminder that he makes the power play so much more lethal.
Minus: Only two goals given up by Kuemper, but one of them was… not great (and neither was the thankfully waved-off third goal).
And now, this cooldown for ESPN’s Emily Kaplan, courtesy of #92 in white:
A few more thoughts on tonight’s game:
Not for long, though, as the Caps scored perhaps the most bizarre goal they’ve gotten of the year, thanks to Martin Fehervary’s… er, head-strong nature:
The second period dominance continues for the Caps.
Hey, congrats to Dylan Strome!
Was it the prettiest win of the season? Perhaps not. But after falling behind early, the Caps largely took over this game – and thanks to some timely scoring, some strong special teams and Alex Ovechkin doing his Ovechkin thing, they take the two points.
Right back at it tomorrow as they head home to face the Nashville Predators.