Los Angeles Kings (19-29-5 43pts) v. Washington Capitals (35-13-5 75pts)
Game Recap:
The Washington Capitals would continue their home stretch as they would host the Los Angeles Kings. In the first period both teams would trade powerplays, but neither team would be able to capitalize on their opportunities with the extra man. However, with a little less than five minutes left in the period Jeff Carter would rip a beautiful wrister past Braden Holtby to take the 1-0 lead.
In the second period the Kings would continue to control the pace of the game, but the Capitals would strike to tie the game at one with John Carlson’s 14th goal of the season.
Then in the third period the game would be a bit more even as both the Kings and the Capitals would generate chances, but both Holtby and Jonathan Quick would be up to the task. However, both teams would strike as Jeff Carter would net his second of the gamer to take the 2-1 lead for the Kings, but Alex Ovechkin would respond with his 696th and 697th career NHL goals (and 38th and 39th of the season) to give the Capitals their first lead of the game. Then with the goalie pulled Ovechkin would complete the natural hat trick as he would hit the empty net for his 11th 40 goal NHL season and 698th career NHL goal to give the Capitals the 4-2 victory over the Kings.
Lineups:
Los Angeles Kings:
Alex Iafallo — Anze Kopitar — Dustin Brown
Adrian Kempe — Blake Lizotte — Austin Wagner
Carl Grundstrom — Jeff Carter — Tyler Toffoli
Kyle Clifford — Michael Amadio — Trevor Lewis
Alec Martinez — Drew Doughty
Ben Hutton — Matt Roy
Kurtis MacDermid — Sean Walker
Jonathan Quick
Jack Campbell
Scratched: Joakim Ryan, Nikolai Prokhorkin, Derek Forbort
Injured: None
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — T.J. Oshie
Carl Hagelin — Lars Eller — Richard Panik
Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway
Michal Kempny — John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen
Martin Fehervary — Radko Gudas
Braden Holtby
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Travis Boyd, Jonas Siegenthaler
Injured: Ilya Samsonov (upper body)
First Period:
WAS Penalty – 3:33 – Carl Hagelin 2 minutes for Hooking
LA Penalty – 9:36 – Kurtis MacDermid 2 minutes for Slashing
LA Goal – 15:03 – Jeff Carter (15) from Tyler Toffoli (16) and Matt Roy (11)
End of 1st
Second Period:
WAS Goal – 7:25 – John Carlson (14) from Nicklas Backstrom (31) Carl Hagelin (12)
WAS Penalty – 19:39 – Martin Fehravary 2 minutes for Holding
End of 2nd
Third Period:
LA Goal – 11:33 – Jeff Carter (16) from Drew Doughty (22) and Alec Martinez (8)
WAS Goal – Â – Alex Oveckin (38) from TJ Oshie (19)
WAS Goal – Alex Ovechkin (39) from John Carlson (50)
WAS ENG – 18:14 – Alex Ovechkin (40) from John Carlson (51)
End of 3rd
Next Up:
Washington (36-13-5 77pts) v. Philadelphia Flyers (29-17-7 65pts)
Los Angeles Kings (19-30-5 43pts) @ NY Islanders (30-15-6 66pts)
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