Postgame Recap: Canadians 2 Caps 1 SO

  The Caps opened their season with a tough 2-1 SO loss to the Canadians. The Caps started fast when Troy Brouwer caused a turnover and fed the puck to Andre Burakovsky who fired the puck past Dustin Tokarski to score is first NHL goal. After that though the Caps could not get one more past Tokarski and Tomas Plekanic would score his 3rd goal in 2 games to tie it. In the shootout Brendan Gallagher would put the game away.



Andre Burakovsky first goal:

  My Thoughts:

*In my opinion the Caps played a hard, tough brand of hockey that I haven't seen in a long time. I came out of this game with more positive thoughts then negative.

*Alex Ovechkin was held off the scoring sheet but he was forchecking and hitting Canadian players and gave great effort.

*Brooks Orpik made a difference, his toughness is something the Caps haven't had in quite some time. He was stepping up and just crushing Canadian players all night. He also stood up for John Carlson when Travis Moen just came in and started punching Carlson.

*Liam O'Brien stepped up for his teammate after Jack Hillen took a hit from Brandon Prust, O'Brien went right after him.

*The Powerplay struggled last night though, the Caps had plenty of chances but were unable to score. If they would have got just one the game would have been over.

*Andre Burakovksy scored his first career goal and played a good game for his first real NHL action.

*The Caps penalty kill was solid last night, they were able to block shots and not let the Canadians get too many quality chances on Braden Holtby.


What's Next: at. Boston Sat. Oct. 11 at 7 p.m on CSN