On the night John Carlson skated in his 1,000th game — and scored — the Capitals leapfrogged the Flyers in the standings but fell, 3-2, to the Bruins on the ice.
Capitals defenseman John Carlson acknowledges the crowd as he is recognized for playing in his 1,000th game Saturday against the Bruins. At this point in the season, the Washington Capitals just have to stay alive. They don’t have to play beautiful hockey or turn in dominant performances; they just need to keep themselves afloat to have a good chance of reaching the playoffs.
Thanks to some assistance on the out-of-town scoreboard, the Capitals moved into third place in the Metropolitan Division, jumping over the Philadelphia Flyers , who lost to the Chicago Blackhawks, 5-1. With nine games left, Washington has two games in hand on the Flyers.Winger T.J. Oshie drew a high-sticking penalty 57 seconds into overtime. It was a double minor for Hampus Lindholm, and it put the Capitals on the power play for essentially all of the remaining time.
Forward Mike Sgarbossa quickly inverted the trend when the second period began. Eighty seconds in, he fired a wrist shot on a semi-breakaway over Boston goalie Jeremy Swayman’s right shoulder to tie the score. Defenseman Nick Jensen started the play with a stretch pass from deep inside Washington’s end after spotting Sgarbossa approaching the offensive blue line with plenty of time and space amid a botched Boston line change.
In his 1,000th career game, Carly has tied Kevin Hatcher for the most goals by a defenseman in franchise history.The Atlantic Division-leading Bruins’ top line — featuring Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha — threatened to add another last-minute goal to the Capitals’ ledger on a frenetic shift to end the period, but blocks by Carlson and Pacioretty and a miss wide by Charlie McAvoy kept the game level through 40 minutes.
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