Kuznetsov's OT Goal Lifts Capitals Over Red Wings 2-1
Evgeny Kuznetsov scored 45 seconds into overtime to lift the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night.
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Evgeny Kuznetsov scored 45 seconds into overtime to lift the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night.
This time, it was Larkin who opened the scoring at 9:12 of the first period when he swung around Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson and beat Anderson short side.
Dylan Larkin, Gustav Nyquist, and Riley Sheahan also scored for Detroit. Jimmy Howard finished with 22 saves.
Justin Abdelkader scored a third-period, power-play goal for Detroit, which has lost its last five meetings with the Bruins.
Tomas Tatar and Teemu Pulkkinen scored for the Red Wings, and Jimmy Howard finished with 11 saves.
Datsyuk received a standing ovation when he came on the ice for his first shift, 22 seconds into the game.
The Red Wings will wear custom camouflage jerseys during pregame warm-ups to be auctioned online through http://auctions.nhl.com/ prior to the game on Friday.
The Red Wings will wear custom camouflage jerseys during pregame warm-ups to be auctioned online through http://auctions.nhl.com/ prior to the game on Friday.
Detroit Red Wings Executive Vice President and General Manager Ken Holland announced today that the team has signed left wing Justin Abdelkader to a seven-year contract extension.
It was a triumphant return Tuesday night for one of Detroit's most popular athletes.
Andreas Athanasiou scored 4:06 into the third period and Petr Mrazek had 38 saves in the Red Wings win.
Both Ovechkin and Fedorov have 483 career goals and there is no doubt that Oveckin wants to have Fedorov be there to see him break it. "If it happens he's not going to be happy for one second" Ovechkin said.
Jimmy Howard stopped 20 shots for the Red Wings before getting knocked out of the game midway through the third period.
Jakub Kindl scored 2:17 into overtime, Henrik Zetterberg scored his 300th career goal and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Friday night for their third straight win.
"Those guys were in the first wave," said Dallas Stars president Jim Lites. "Twenty-five years ago, Europeans were extras in the league. Those guys were once-in-a-generation superstars."
