Capitals fall to Kraken in overtime
The Washington Capitals blew a 2-0 lead to the Seattle Kraken and fell 3-2 in overtime.
The Caps took a 1-0 lead as Alex Ovechkin got his shot blocked but Martin Fehervary got the rebound and banged it in at 7:36 for his second goal of the season. Conor Sheary had the secondary assist.
Conor Sheary made it 2-0 on a power play tic tac toe goal from Ovechkin to Marcus Johansson to Sheary up front at 14:04.
2-0 was the score after one with the Kraken leading in shots 6-4.
In the second period Jaden Schwartz got the Kraken on the board with a power play goal at 13:28.
2-1 was the score after two with the Kraken leading in shots 8-7 in the second period.
In the third period the Caps outshot the Kraken 12-10 but it would be the home team that would break through with the tying goal.
It came from Yanni Gourde at 17:33. In overtime the Kraken won the game seven seconds in on a goal from Matty Beniers which was assisted by who else but Andre Burakovsky. Speaking of former Caps, Daniel Sprong assisted on the tying goal. The Kraken outshot the Caps 25-23 overall.
Capitals Head Coach Peter Laviolette summed the game up like this, “There’s nothing I’m happy about tonight.”
Martin Fehervary added:
"“We just slow down everything and turned pucks a lot and I don’t think we deserved to win today. We were getting worse and they played pretty hard and we just didn’t do our job.”"
Goaltender Darcy Kuemper had a more positive outlook:
"“Our game has definitely been trending upwards. Tonight we might not have had our best stuff or all our legs but we got out to a lead and unfortunately couldn’t hang on for the two, but we got a point and we got to keep on collecting as many as we can.”"
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The Capitals continue their season long six game road trip on Saturday night against the Calgary Flames. Puck drop is once again at 10 p.m. eastern.