Capitals Down Detroit, 4-2; McMichael Earns Two Points, Oshie Leaves And Does Not Return (Upper-Body)
Photo: @Capitals
The Washington Capitals downed the Detroit Red Wings by a score of 4-2 at Capital One Arena on Wednesday night to improve to 3-1-1 in the preseason. Goaltender Darcy Kuemper played the whole game and made 31 saves.
Capitals’ Lines vs. Red Wings
Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Connor Brown
Joe Snively — Dylan Strome — T.J. Oshie
Connor McMichael — Lars Eller — Conor Sheary
Aliaksei Protas — Henrik Borgstrom — Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen
Lucas Johansen — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratches: LW Marcus Johansson, LHD Erik Gustafsson, LW Anthony Mantha
First Period
Scoring
8:09, 1-0 DET (five-on-three PPG): left-wing Tyler Bertuzzi buried a rebound to the blocker-side of Kuemper after right-wing Filip Zadina’s feed from the left dot went off of center Michael Rasmussen in front and to him for a layup.
Power play goal ✔️
First of the preseason ✔️Tyler Bertuzzi! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/v36klOl7GJ
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) October 5, 2022
19:48, 1-1 (PPG): McMichael redirected Ovechkin’s wrist shot from the left dot over the glove of goaltender Ville Husso in front.
8⃣–>2⃣4⃣ we dig it pic.twitter.com/W9RZCp5Koo
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 5, 2022
Shots: 15-10 DET
Other notable stats: 8-6 WSH in hits
Second Period
Scoring
7:42, 2-1 DET: Rasmussen released a wicked wrister high-glove on Kuemper from the slot after Bertuzzi fed him from the right half-wall.
BIG RAS, BIG SNIPE! pic.twitter.com/nhjujRspnu
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) October 6, 2022
13:45, 2-2: Jensen wristed one high-glove on Husso after the puck bounced off of the boards on a feed from McMichael and to him at the top.
What a shot by the Jensman! pic.twitter.com/5aXtbRlumd
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 6, 2022
Oshie left the game after taking a high hit into the boards by right-wing Joe Veleno. He would not return with a lower-body injury.
T.J. Oshie just left the Capitals’ bench with a trainer after taking this hit along the boards. pic.twitter.com/irCBrVlR3Q
— Matt Weyrich (@ByMattWeyrich) October 6, 2022
Shots: 27-18 DET (12-8 in the second)
Other notable stats: 22-11 WSH in hits
Third Period
Scoring
17:33, 3-2 WSH (PPG): Brown’s wrister from the slot trickled past Husso, finishing off a tic-tac-toe power-play with Ovechkin and Kuznetsov.
Connor Brown is clutch pic.twitter.com/UwPZ1Hx5jY
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 6, 2022
19:07, 4-2 WSH: Ovechkin wristed one into an empty net from beyond the offensive blueline.
Shots: 35-33 WSH (including 17-6 in the third)
Other notable stats: 31-22 WSH in hits, 13-6 DET in blocked shots
Next game: Saturday vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (7 PM ET, NBC Sports Washington)
By Harrison Brown