The Washington Capitals defeated the Seattle Kraken by a rating of 2-1 Thursday at Local weather Pledge Area. The win improved the Capitals’ document to 31-25-9 and 71 factors on the season. Goaltender Charlie Lindgren made 23 saves within the victory.
The Lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Connor McMichael — T.J. OshieIvan Miroshnichenko — Dylan Strome — Tom WilsonMax Pacioretty — Hendrix Lapierre — Sonny MilanoBeck Malenstyn — Nic Dowd — Aliaskei Protas
Martin Fehervary — John CarlsonRasmus Sandin — Nick JensenAlexander Alexeyev — Trevor van Riemsdyk
LindgrenDarcy Kuemper
Scratches: Heart Michael Sgarbossa, right-wing Nicolas Aube-Kubel, and defenseman Ethan Bear
Accidents: Nicklas Backstrom (hip)
First Interval
The opening body would go scoreless.
Fast Stats
SOG: 9-8 Kraken
Face-Off Win %: 65% (Kraken), 35% (Capitals)
Hits: 15-11 Capitals
Second Interval
With 5:40 left, Oshie (11), who performed in his 999th profession recreation, would strike first on an influence play after Seattle goaltender Joey Daccord didn’t clear the puck.
That’s a dang-it pic.twitter.com/ZbI9rFuwHB
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 15, 2024
Fast Stats
Complete SOG: 20-12 Capitals
Face-Off Win %: 57% (Kraken), 42% (Capitals)
Complete Hits: 22-17 Capitals
Third Interval
The Kraken would equalize on the 3:32 mark with a objective from right-wing Oliver Bjorkstrand on a person benefit.
OLIVER BJORKSTRAND.
RIGHT PLACE. RIGHT TIME. pic.twitter.com/hU8W66Qdaw
— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) March 15, 2024
McMichael (14) gave the Capitals a 2-1 lead on a breakaway with simply over eight minutes to go within the closing body.
Mikey developing HUGE late pic.twitter.com/8FGndG6k0y
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 15, 2024
Fast Stats
Complete SOG: 24-23 Kraken
Face-Off Win %: 58% (Kraken), 42% (Capitals)
Complete Hits: 28-18 Capitals
Notes By way of the Recreation
Wilson handed Brooks Laich (742) for the Tenth-most video games performed in franchise historical past tonight towards Seattle. Wilson ranks third on Washington in video games performed.
Oshie, a local of Everett, Washington, scored his first profession objective towards the Kraken and his first objective at Local weather Pledge Area.
The Capitals have scored a power-play objective in 9 of their final ten video games and 12 of their earlier 14 video games. Since Feb. 8, the Capitals have transformed on 17 of 53 power-play alternatives (32.1%).
McMichael has now scored in back-to-back video games.
McMichael’s objective marked the primary objective he has scored on Daccord on the NHL stage. Throughout the 2023 Calder Cup Finals, McMichael scored on Daccord in Video games 6 and seven en path to Hershey’s twelfth Calder Cup Championship.
The Capitals proceed their five-game Western highway journey and conflict subsequent with the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday at Rogers Area. Monumental Sports activities Community 2 may have the protection starting at 10 PM ET.
By Della Younger
