WASHINGTON (AP) — Nicklas Backstrom was grumpier than his usual self the morning before he and the Washington Capitals faced the Pittsburgh Penguins. “It happens sometimes when you’ve lost two in a row," he said. By the end of the night, Backstrom flipped the mood by scoring the shootout winner in a 3-2 victory Thursday that ended the Capitals' two-game skid and kept them ahead of their archrivals in the Eastern Conference playoff race. “It’s always good to get a chance to do the shootout and ob
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 32nd goal of the season, Nicklas Backstrom had the shootout winner and the Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Thursday night. The Capitals snapped a two-game skid and handed the Penguins a fifth loss in eight games. But Pittsburgh extended its pointw streak to six, trails Washington by just a single point in the standings and has three additional games left on its schedule. Evgeny Kuznetsov and Backstrom scored in the shootout long
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry's on-again, off-again season is now off again. Coach Mike Sullivan said Wednesday that the two-time All-Star will miss at least two games with an upper-body injury. Jarry was scheduled to start Tuesday night against Florida but reported an upper-body issue when he arrived at PPG Paints Arena. Casey DeSmith got the last-second start as the Penguins pulled out a wild 7-6 victory over the Panthers. Jarry is out through at least the All-
No | Player | Pos |
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15 | RW | |
53 | C | |
77 | C | |
41 | D | |
87 | C | |
1 | G | |
8 | D | |
52 | D | |
45 | LW | |
59 | LW | |
43 | LW | |
35 | G | |
73 | D | |
42 | RW | |
58 | D | |
71 | C | |
23 | LW | |
10 | LW | |
26 | D | |
28 | D | |
25 | C | |
67 | RW | |
2 | D | |
17 | RW | |
44 | D | |
40 | G | |
16 | LW |