The Washington Capitals dropped a 3-2 heartbreaker to the Arizona Coyotes last night. But those reverse retro Screaming Eagle jerseys looked sick.
The Capitals had a 2-0 lead thanks to Alex Ovechkin scoring a milestone goal and Anthony Mantha. But then the Coyotes answered with three unanswered goals including the dagger with 35.4 seconds left to stun the home crowd.
It is the Capitals fourth loss in a row and second straight in regulation. This was the home game they had to win and now things won’t get any easier.
Monday night they got Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.
Here was the good, the bad, and the ugly from the game. We’ll start with the bad.
The bad
The bad part of the game was that the Capitals challenged the Coyotes first goal due to goaltender interference. This was a risky play and of course the Capitals lost that challenge.
Josh Brown put the Coyotes on the board at 6:33. Then later on the Caps would pay the price at 9:45 when Nick Ritchie made them pay to tie the game.
Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette spoke to the media after the loss:
"“It has kind of been the same story for the last four games. We have been not scoring a lot of goals, so if you are not scoring a lot of goals you have got to pay attention to defense and it needed to be better in the third.”"