Washington Capitals goaltender. The abiding angel from the bold would be a bogie that Braden Holtby initially chock-full with his accept afore it bounced up, formed down his aback and into the net.
That gave the Pittsburgh Penguins a two-goal advance in the third aeon en avenue to what was ultimately a 6-2 accident by the Capitals. Beneath than four account later, Holtby was down on his abdomen afterwards a fifth ambition got accomplished him. He stood up and looked at the video board to appraise what went amiss this time. On the bench, advancement Philipp Grubauer was band on his affectation and replaced Holtby.
The Capitals’ troubles went above just the goal tending. With three account larboard in the game, they had just 14 shots, and the Penguins had added than alert as many. That was partially because the Capitals had racked up 29 amends minutes.
A win would accept clinched the top playoff berry in the Eastern Conference, but the askew accident that resulted instead showed that Washington still has plan to do afore the postseason, abnormally if a abeyant antagonism with Pittsburgh awaits.
Washington trailed by just one ambition afterwards the aboriginal two periods, but again the Penguins denticulate three changing goals in the third, starting with Matt Cullen’s account that formed down Holtby’s aback with 16 account 14 abnormal to play.
With the Capitals down 2-0 afterwards 20 minutes, things became hardly unhinged in the additional period. It started with a accidental ambition by Jason Chimera. The fastest amateur on the Capitals at 36 years old, Chimera raced to a apart bogie in the Penguins area and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury poke-checked his breakaway attempt.
But the bogie bounced up and again ricocheted off Chimera’s helmet, sailing over an biting Fleury and into the net, a account bigger ill-fitted for soccer.
The ambition stood afterwards a diffuse review, and Washington had bisected the arrears just 1:18 into the additional period.
The Capitals were penalized alert in the aboriginal period. In the additional period, the shorthanded time connected to arise as the bold got aggressive.
A able-bodied barter in Washington’s net amid Bryan Rust and Mike Weber led to Weber accepting an added roughing minor.
On the afterwards ability play, Pittsburgh appeared to account a ambition afterwards a flurry of shots anon in foreground of Holtby, but the ambition was anon coiled off.
Then, a ample scrum bankrupt out abaft the Capitals’ net, the aftereffect getting roughing amateur for Karl Alzner and T.J. Oshie and a roughing and slashing accessory on Patric Hornqvist.
That had four Washington players in the amends box: Oshie, Alzner, Weber and Andre Burakovsky, confined Weber’s added roughing minor. Afterwards Pittsburgh came up abandoned on its ability play, Burakovsky bankrupt out of the box, pounced on a apart bogie for a breakaway and exhausted Fleury to tie the bold 15:12 into the additional period.
Washington was alleged for seven penalties in the aboriginal two periods, but the Penguins were 0 for 4 on the ability play, recording just six shots on goal.
But so abundant shorthanded time fabricated the Capitals even added aimless at even strength.
The Penguins bound recovered their advance if Tom Kuhnhackl denticulate on the about-face afterwards Burakovsky’s goal, giving Pittsburgh a 3-2 advance at the additional intermission.
Things got out of duke in the third period, if the Penguins put the bold out of ability and three players becoming 10-minute misconducts. Weber becoming a boarding above and a delinquency for hitting Rust, and Kuhnhackl aswell got 10 account for retaliating.
In the final minute, Daniel Winnik got 10 account for elbowing Carl Hagelin.
Slow starts accept bedeviled the Capitals, but the aboriginal four account of the bold on Sunday featured some of Washington’s best play of the season. The bogie rarely larboard the Pittsburgh area as the Capitals controlled control and had several scoring chances. Washington had seven attempt attempts in the aboriginal six minutes. The Penguins didn’t accept a attempt on ambition in that span.
The able alpha still didn’t bulk to much. Weber and Nate Schmidt arguably misplayed a three-on-two by Pittsburgh, and Kuhnhackl fed Rust, who collection to the net and denticulate about an ample Holtby. It apparent the eighth time in the endure 10 amateur that the Capitals had been denticulate first.
The arrears got worse beneath than two account later. Dmitry Orlov battled for the bogie at the bank and it attempt out abaft him. Sidney Crosby got to it, froze Mike Richards and anesthetized to Trevor Daley for a back-door play. Daley’s backhand attempt exhausted Holtby top and put the Capitals down 2-0 center through the aboriginal period.
In Washington’s endure bold adjoin the Penguins on March 1, the Capitals fell into a two-goal aperture and again denticulate three changing for the win.
On Sunday, Pittsburgh caked it on to anticipate a agnate rally.
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