WASHINGTON (AP) — Tom Wilson scored for a second consecutive game, Charlie Lindgren robbed Connor Bedard among his 29 saves, and the Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Saturday night to keep pace in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Hendrix Lapierre, Michael Sgarbossa and Sonny Milano also scored for Washington, which is 7-2-1 in […]
Turns out that, no, the Washington Capitals aren't ready to give up on their chances of making the playoffs. Less than 36 hours after coach Spencer Carbery's profanity-laced challenge to players at practice, the Capitals answered in a big way in their most important game of the season, rallying to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 on Friday night to give their playoff chances a significant boost. Alex Ovechkin sparked the comeback with his 839th career goal and set up John Carlson's go-ahead goal, turning a 2-0 deficit into a massive victory. Washington moved four points back of the Flyers for third place in the Metropolitan Division and also sit five back of Tampa Bay for the second and final wild card in the Eastern Conference.
John Tortorella benched two rookies for the third period Friday night as the Flyers wiped out a positive start with an ugly finish in a 5-2 loss to the Capitals.
No | Player | P |
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27 | D | |
96 | RW | |
19 | C | |
25 | D | |
74 | D | |
26 | C | |
42 | D | |
3 | D | |
35 | G | |
29 | C | |
79 | G | |
47 | LW | |
24 | C | |
15 | LW | |
63 | LW | |
77 | RW | |
8 | LW | |
67 | LW | |
45 | C | |
21 | C | |
38 | D | |
23 | C | |
17 | C | |
43 | RW | |
57 | D |