(If being critical, not the best placed shot from Carlson, but it had heat on it and was a goal without a great lateral slide by DeSmith). Zucker gets a breakaway but can’t get a shot attempt and DeSmith is called on again to shut down Dylan Strome on a 2-on-1.Īlex Ovechkin has a shooting lane coming down the right side and he.lays off the puck in a pass attempt? John Carlson one-times it and DeSmith lunges over and makes a HUGE save. Second periodĬasey DeSmith is in the game with a couple of big stops on Anthony Mantha early in the second. Shots are 13-9 PIT, but they haven’t solved Kuemper. The Malkin line again flexes muscle with a dominant shift, but still can’t find a goal as the horn sounds for the first intermission. Washington gets their money’s worth in terms of tons of zone time in the two minutes, but fail to score. And then the Caps get their first crack at the power play when 230 pound Alex Ovechkin sure does drop mighty fast and easily when he feels a stick near his skates (it was a trip from Kris Letang but perhaps not the world’s strongest trip as it appeared). The sequence repeats after the bad power play where Rakell and Zucker get really nice shots at scoring but fail. No dice again, with Sidney Crosby having to play defense and stop a Washington rush. Oshie to get his stick in the chops of Drew O’Connor, yielding the second Pens’ power play. The Pens’ pressure on the forecheck causes T.J. Pittsburgh builds on it with all of Zucker, Evgeni Malkin and Rickard Rakell having chances from in tight to score but failing to do so. The Penguins’ power play isn’t sharp to start, minus one Jake Guentzel shot that was saved by Darcy Kuemper routinely enough. The Capitals get the first few shots in the game, but they also take the first trip to the penalty box when Nicolas Aube-Kubel grabs a hold of Ryan Poehling. Washington/Pittsburgh games are intense at any time of year, but with only a handful of games remaining and both teams desperate to get it in gear, that’s especially true for a hot start in this game. Lineys! #CapsPens | /xZdtZkeB1h- Washington Capitals MaFirst period
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