Top 3 Capitals duds against Stars

#2 Dmitry Orlov

Dmitry Orlov has been a reliable defenseman since he got drafted but last night he made a bad play that luckily didn’t get enough attention from the NHL Department of Player Safety.

Here’s the play I’m talking about:

Orlov high elbowed Mason Marchment of the Stars in the second period. Marchment went down but continued to stay in the game. No penalty was called and thankfully no future discipline.

That’s probably because this hit was accidental and perhaps Marchment’s head was not the main point of contact. Last season Orlov was suspended for two games for kneeing Winnipeg’s Nikolaj Ehlers. Like this one, there wasn’t a penalty called.

The Caps have already heard from the Department of Player Safety once and once is enough. That came from Evgeny Kuznetsov when he had a high sticking no call in the win over the Vancouver Canucks.

Kuznetsov sat out in the Capitals road game against the Ottawa Senators and they could’ve used Kuzy as they gave up five unanswered goals after having a 2-0 lead.

Kuznetsov swung the stick pretty much like a baseball bat. The fact that he was only suspended for just one game is a miracle in and of itself.