Capitals Fall To Avalanche, 2-1; Pierre-Luc Dubois Scores First Even-Strength Goal Of The Season

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The Washington Capitals fell to the Colorado Avalanche, 2-1, Thursday night at Capital One Arena in Washington. The loss drops the Capitals record to 13-5-1 (27 points) for the season.

The Capitals opened the scoring late in the first frame on Pierre-Luc Dubois’ first even-strength goal of the season and held the 1-o lead into the first intermission. The Avalanche tied the game late in the middle frame on a shot by Mikko Rantanen (13) that deflected off of Capitals defenseman Matt Roy skate boot for a 1-1 score at the second intermission. The Avalanche took their first lead of the night early in the final frame on a tally from Miles Wood, and that would be the the game-winner.

LINEUP

Logan Thompson (8-0-1, 2.63 GAA, .913 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the Capitals. Alexandar Georgiev (4-5-0, 3.56 GAA, .863 sv%) got the start in goal for the visiting Avalanche. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:

Andrew Mangiapane– Dylan Strome – Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Tom Wilson
Hendrix Lapierre – Lars Eller – Jakub Vrana
Brandon Duhaime – Nic Dowd – Taylor Raddysh

Jakob Chychrun – John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin – Matt Roy
Martin Fehervary – Trevor Van Riemsdyk

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Logan Thompson

Scratched: Ivan Miroshnichenko, Dylan McIlrath and Alexander Alexeyev

Injured: Alex Ovechkin (lower body), Sonny Milano (upper-body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip) and T.J. Oshie (back)

1ST PERIOD

The Capitals opened the scoring late in the first frame on Pierre-Luc Dubois’ first even-strength goal of the season at 17:04 of the period. Tom Wilson (8) and Trevor van Riemsdyk (10) had the helpers.

And that was it for the opening stanza. The Capitals led in five-on-five shot attempts, 15-9, and high-danger chances, 7-2.

2ND PERIOD

The Avalanche tied the game late in the middle frame on a shot by Mikko Rantanen (13) that deflected off of Capitals defenseman Matt Roy’s skate at 14:19. J. Drouin (2) had the lone helper.

And that was all she wrote in the middle frame. Colorado out attempted Washington 26-10  in the second period.

3RD PERIOD

The Avalanche took their first lead of the night early in the final frame on a tally from Miles Wood (2) at 3:29 of the third period. C. Makar (20) and P. Kelly (3) had the assists.

And that was it, as the Avalanche held on for the 2-1 victory. Colorado led in five-on-five shot attempts, 49-40, expected goals for, 2.27 to 1.74 and high-danger chances, 12-10.

SHAVINGS

  • Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his second goal of the season to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead. Dubois has recorded six points (1g, 5a) in his last six games.
  • Tom Wilson recorded his eighth assist of the season on Washington’s game-opening goal. Wilson has tallied three assists in his last four games against Colorado dating back to last season.
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk was credited with the secondary assist on Dubois’ goal, his 10th assist in 19 games this season. Last season, van Riemsdyk did not record his 10th assist until his 56th game.

About Jon Sorensen

Jon has been a Caps fan since day one, attending his first game at the Capital Centre in 1974. His interest in the Caps has grown over the decades and included time as a season ticket holder. He has been a journalist covering the team for 10+ years, primarily focusing on analysis, analytics and prospect development.



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