The Caps scored again The Capitals beat the Canadiens 8 4

The Caps scored again: The Capitals beat the Canadiens 8-4

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The Washington Capitals got their mess cleaned up in Toronto and traveled to Montreal for a quick look at that game in their rearview mirrors. The Habs had lost four in a row on Saturday… could the Caps make it five?

Nic Dowd deftly repelled a Dmitry Orlov scorer to open the scoring. Jake Evans rammed the habs right back into play with a rush slapper. Anthony Mantha put two just behind Sam Montembeault four for four before Ryan Poehling potted one in the same game context. Alex Ovechkin restored his team’s two-goal lead shortly thereafter.

Ryan Poehling grabbed another early in the third, but Garnet Hathaway, Dmitry Orlov and Justin Schultz would respond with three more for the Caps. Another Nick Suzuki. TJ Oshie… I’m running out of ways to redefine goals.

Capitals beat Canadians 8-4!

  • A good first period, at least analytically for the Caps as NaturalStatTrick had them high risk 6-2 ahead of the Canadians in terms of 5v5. I didn’t like how easily Montreal got into the zone with speed and possession though. Vitek Vanecek had to play very well more than once to keep rushing chances off the net.
  • Nick Dowd deflected his 10th goal of the season and 100th career point home. Dowder now has 22 points on the season, tying his career high he’s hit twice before. Good player.
  • The rousing conversation on RMNB’s Crashers Discord began tonight with the legendary Cara Bahniuk on how unlucky a ‘Pitlick’ surname is. I can’t say she’s wrong.
  • I actually liked the second one better than the first. It didn’t start well at all but I thought the Caps really made it to the Habs in the back half of the period. Plus-five in both five-five scoring chance and high-risk odds spread. But four-on-four is still an absolute trip, isn’t it?
  • Anton Manta probably you could have scored about six goals in that game. He will settle for two and two assists as the big man is just one goal away from double figures this season. Mantha scores in heaps, so there should be a few more of him on this road trip.
  • Alex Ovechkin with goal 47 in the season and 777 in his career after a fantastic pass by Evgeny Kuznetsov. Add Sam Montembeault to the list as he is the 159th goalkeeper Ovi has scored for in his career. Three more please, GOAT.
  • The gif of Tom Wilson Trolling Josh Anderson with a thumbs up on the bench will be on Cap’s Twitter for about the next decade or so. We made history tonight folks.
  • The Caps are playing a lot of third periods lately that end up being just a scramble like five minutes into them. This was a different one.
  • First career four point game for Dmitry Orlov in his first game back from injury. One of the most underrated players in the entire league.
  • David Savard was on the ice for six of the Capitals goals and deflected one of them home in a sort of own goal. This is a tough night.

Next up for the Caps is a flight west to take on Andre Burakovksy and the rest of the Colorado Avalanche. That will not be easy.

Headline photo by Caitlyn Duffy/@cdcaitlynduffy