Oshie out as Tired Capitals face Tired Hurricanes in second game in a row
MOAR hockey. The Washington Capitals face the Carolina Hurricanes 24 hours after destroying the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-2 on Thursday. Alex Ovechkin scored goal number 768 and Conor Sheary scored an empty net early in the third period.
Against Carolina, the Capitals will be without TJ Oshie, who suffered his second lower-body injury of the season against Columbus. Enter Mike Vecchione, who will skate with Nicklas Backstrom and Anthony Mantha on the second line.
Ilya Samsonov will start for the Capitals in goal.
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8-Ovechkin, 92-Kuznetsov, 73-Sheary
39-Mantha, 19-Backstrom, 36-Vecchione
10-Sprong, 24-McMichael, 43-Wilson
45-Jonsson-Fjallby, 26-Dowd, 21-Hathaway
42-Fehervary, 74-Carlson
9-Orlov, 3-Jensen
57-van Riemsdyk, 2-Schultz
Samsonov
Seth Jarvis places CAR 1-0.
Kuzy scores without an angle from a delayed penalty
It was the weirdest sequence ever.
Ovi is about to fight, so obviously everyone is watching this.
Elsewhere on the ice, Kuzy scores on one of the dirtiest shots of the season. WHAT 🤯🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/apy8UJFC6U
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) March 18, 2022
The Capitals go 1-1 in just 7:32.
There was a penalty coming on Nino Niederreiter and Evgeny Kuznetsov beats Raanta from a crazy angle during the delay.
— Walt Ruff (@WaltRuff) March 18, 2022
Carlson finds the net with a clapper. 2-1 WSH.
This game is ridiculously fast.
YOU WON’T STOP THIS JOHN CARLSON SLAPPER pic.twitter.com/E3F5FLtX5H
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) March 18, 2022
Ovi prevails in shootout
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