After an unsuccessful 1-3-0 road trip, the Washington Capitals, who are losers of 7 of their last 9, are back home to lick their wounds and try to reverse the course of their season against the New Jersey Devils.
The Devils come into the game without their best player, Jack Hughes, who underwent surgery for a dinner-related injury. Yes, I repeat, Jack Hughes suffered an injury during a team dinner.
Meanwhile, the Capitals, who are still missing one of their best players, Pierre-Luc Dubois, are turning to Justin Sourdif to center the second line. The Capitals will also be without John Carlson due to injury.
Puck drop for tonight’s game is shortly after 7:00 pm. Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin have the call on Monumental Sports Network.
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Lines
Washington Capitals
Ovechkin
Strome
McMichael
Beauvillier
Lapierre
Leonard
New Jersey Devils
Lachance
Glendening
Légaré
Tunnel shenanigans
1st Period
Puck is dropped. Duhaime-Dowd-Frank and Fehervary-TVR get the start.
A notable NHL debut for the Devils.
Tom Wilson to the box for hooking Dawson Mercer at 1:23. Devils go to their first power play.
Jesper Bratt rings a point shot off the crossbar.
Declan Chisholm to the box for high-sticking, giving the Devils a 5-on-3 power play for 8 seconds.
Caps kill the 5v3. Now 1:52 of a 5v4.
Huge one-timer by Arseny Gritsyuk from the top of the right circle beats Thompson easily. Wow.
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1-0 New Jersey Devils
PPG: Arseny Gritsyuk (4). Assists: L. Hughes (10), P. Cotter (2). Time: 5:05
Anthony Beauvillier hooks Mercer between the legs at 7:02 and hauls him down. The Capitals are going to back to the penalty box. Capitals fans are booing. What a reverse of last year.
The Caps killed the penalty but the Devils were humming. The Caps need to stay out of the penalty box bad. This team is still great on the man advantage without Jack Hughes.
The Devils are outshooting the Capitals 9-3 with 9:46 into the game.
Martin Fehervary loses his balance and slams hard stomach-first into the end boards after being hooked by Jesper Bratt. Bratt immediately came over and checked on him. Fehervary is being helped off the ice and is leaving the game, at least for now, at 13:18.
Fehervary just returned to the ice with a few minutes to go. Great to see he’s all right.
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