Game Recap – 11/18/2019 – Anaheim Ducks v. Washington Capitals

Anaheim Ducks (10-9-2 22pts) v. Washington Capitals (15-3-4 34pts)

 

Game Recap:

Coming off their 3-2 shootout victory against Boston, the Washington Capitals look to build on their momentum against the visiting Anaheim Ducks. In the first period the Capitals would need only 50 seconds to break the tie and take the first lead of the game as Richard Panik would score his first as a Capital off of a beautiful Travis Boyd pass to take the one goal lead. The ducks would get a late powerplay opportunity, but the Capitals would shut them down going into the first intermission.

 

In the second period the Capitals would get their first powerplay opportunity of the game, and it would be the captain Alex Ovechkin from his office with his 15th of the season to give the Capitals the two goal lead. Theni in the final minute of the period there would be an explosion as Brendan Leipsic would throw his weight around and lay out two heavy hits to discombobulate the Ducks in their own zone and Chandler Stephenson would be the recipient of a Garnet Hathaway pass to take the 3-0 lead, but the goal would be overshadowed with the melee that would ensue as Leipsic would take on three Ducks at the same time the goal was scored and would result in Hathaway and Nick Ritchie to be tossed from the game, and a total of 50 penalty minutes between the two teams.

 

In the third period after killing off the lone powerplay that would come out of the second period powder keg, the Capitals would strike once again as Jakub Vrana would find his own rebound and bank it past John Gibson to give the Capitals the 4-0 lead. However, on a TJ Oshie double minor for high sticking, the Ducks would strike as Sam Steel would score his first of the season to cut the Capitals lead to three. Nicolas Deslauriers would score to cut the Capitals lead to two, but Tom Wilson would deflect the puck into the empty net to give the Capitals the 5-2 victory.

 

Lineups:

Anaheim Ducks:

Rickard Rakell — Ryan Getzlaf — Max Jones

Devin Shore — Adam Henrique — Jakob Silfverberg

Nick Ritchie — Sam Steel — Troy Terry

Nicolas Deslauriers — Derek Grant — Carter Rowney

Michael Del Zotto — Cam Fowler

Josh Mahura — Erik Gudbranson

Brendan Guhle — Korbinian Holzer

John Gibson

Ryan Miller

Scratched: Ondrej Kase, Jacob Larsson

Injured: Josh Manson (lower body), Hampus Lindholm (lower body)

 

Washington Capitals:

Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

Richard Panik — Lars Eller — Travis Boyd

Brendan Leipsic — Chandler Stephenson — Garnet Hathaway

Michal Kempny — John Carlson

Dmitry Orlov — Radko Gudas

Jonas Siegenthaler — Nick Jensen

Braden Holtby

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: None

Injured: Nic Dowd (upper body), Carl Hagelin (upper body)

 

First Period:

WAS Goal – :50 – Richard Panik (1)  from Travis Boyd (5) and Lars Eller (7)

WAS Penalty – 18:00 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for Delay of Game

 

End of 1st

 

Second Period:

ANA Penalty – 6:19 – Carter Rowney 2 minutes for Slashing

WAS PPG – 6:39 – Alex Ovechkin (15) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (12) and John Carlson (25)

WAS Goal – 19:26 – Chandler Stephenson (3) from Garnet Hathaway (5)

WAS Penalty – 19:26 – Garnet Hathaway 5 minute major for Fighting

WAS Penalty – 19:26 – Garnet Hathaway (Boyd) 10 minute Match Penalty

WAS Penalty – 19:26 – Brendan Leipsic 4 minutes for Roughing

ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Erik Gudbranson 2 minutes for Roughing

ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Erik Gudbranson 10 minute Misconduct

ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Brendan Guhle 4 minutes for Roughing

ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Nick Ritchie 5 minute major for Fighting

ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Nick Ritchie (Game Misconduct)

 

End of 2nd

 

Third Period:

WAS Goal – 5:44 – Jakub Vrana (10) from unassisted

WAS Penalty – 12:55 – TJ Oshie double minor for High Sticking

ANA PPG – 13:31 – Sam Steel (1) from Devin Shore (3) and Michael Del Zotto (3)

ANA Goal – 18:11 – Nicolas Deslauriers (1) from Rickard Rakell (9) and Ryan Getzlaf (7)

WAS Goal – 18:49 – Tom Wilson (9) from John Carlson (26) and Nicklas Backstrom (14)

 

End of 3rd

 

Next Up:

Washington (16-3-4 36pts) @ NY Rangers (8-8-2 18pts)

Anaheim (10-10-2 22pts) @ Florida (10-5-5 25pts)

 

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