The Washington Capitals hosted the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night at Capital One Arena for Country Music Night and the Caps would prevai 3-2 in a good old fashion knockout. Alex Ovechkin would win the game in the third period as it was his fifth straight game with a goal. He also had an assist. As for Nashvile, they dropped four out of five.
Jusso Parssinen put the Predators up 1-0 at 3:12. Connor McMichael would tie it at 4:26 for his eighth goal of the season. Matt Roy, who returned to action for the first time since opening night, had the primary assist with Pierre-Luc Dubois with the secondary. 1-1 would be the score after one.
In the second Aliaksei Protas gave the Caps the lead at 15:03 for his fifth of the season to give the Caps a 2-1 lead. Sen Stamkos tied it at two at 15:34.
Alex Ovechkin would save the night at 10:25 in the third period for his eighth goal of the season. Dylan Strome and Martin Fehervary had the assists. It was the 861st of Ovechkin's career putting him 34 behind Wayne Gretzky.
It was also a milestone for team owner Ted Leonsis as the man who purchased the team in 1999 and is the second most among NHL owners.
Logan Thompson would pick up the win in goal. He made 33 saves with a .943 save percentage to improve his record to 6-0-0.
"Timing of saves - huge. One of the most important things as a goaltender is obviously saving the puck (as well as) the timing of it. ...I call them gamers, man. I love gamers. When the oven gets turned up, that's when they thrive. I feel like he's got a little bit of that in him. The more that's at the stake, the more that's on the line, the more intense the game gets, he thrives in those moments. "Spencer Carbery
Coach Carbery on Logan Thompson, who is 6-0-0 to start his #Caps career: “Timing of saves—huge. One of the most important things as a goaltender is obviously saving the puck (as well as) the timing of it. …I call them gamers, man. I love gamers. When the oven gets turned up,…
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As for the Great Eight who has six goals in his last five games, Carbery added, "Our bench just goes bananas every time (laughing). ...His teammates can feel that and sense that, and it makes everybody - when he touches the puck - everybody sorta holds their breath a little bit."
The Caps are back in action Friday night when they host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Hulu and ESPN plus. Puck drop is 7:30 p.m.