Postgame Recap: Oilers 3 Caps 2

 The Caps suffered their first regulation loss of the season last night in Edmonton. In the first Justin Schultz put the Oilers on top 1-0, John Carlson would answer on the Powerplay to tie it 1-1 after the first period. The Caps would take the lead after Andre Burakovksy made a nice pass to set up Mike Green who roofed it over Ben Scrivens to make it 2-1 Caps. However, about 20 seconds later Alex Ovechkin would fan on a shot in his own zone and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins would beat Braden Holtby to tie the game. Nikita Nikitin would score on a Powerplay to give the Oilers a 3-2 lead. Though the Caps dominated the 3rd period and had chance after chance they were unable to score.


Caps vs. Oilers Highlights:

My Thoughts:

*Caps did have a strong effort 5 on 5 last night. They played much of the third period in the Oilers zone and felt like a tying goal was coming but it just didn't happen.

*Jay Beagle I thought played a very strong game last night. I like that he is will Burakovsky and Johansson and Beags can take faceoffs.

*I like the fact that Marcus Johansson is shooting the puck more often this season. Last night a couple times he would just shoot instead of forcing a pass which he did a lot last season.

*With his assist on the John Carlson PP goal Nick Backstrom scored career point #500 in his 501 game as a Washington Capital. Of course he said it would have been better with a win but he has had a great start to his career and has many more years to come.

*Mike Green continues his fast start. Andre Burakovsky won the puck and made a nice pass to Green who snuck in and made a beautiful shot.

*Jason Chimera's penalty lead to the lead PP goal. This is the second game in a row Chimmer has had a bad penalty. However, after taking those penalties he has comeback strong but will have to cut down on them.

*The loss is very frustrating but in the big picture the Caps did not play a bad game. Again it was a mistake here and there but feel they correctable. The team keeps giving good effort.

*Braden Holtby said he should have had the shot Nugent-Hopkins beat him with and I agree. That turned the game around. Even though Ovechkin fanned on the shot I thought Holtby had a good angle to make the stop and then move on. It happens though.



Whats Next: Sat. Oct. 25 at. Calgary 10 p.m