Debacle In Detroit: Red Wings Blitz Capitals, 8-3; Hendrix Lapierre Scores Third Goal In Last Two Games


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The Washington Capitals fell to the Detroit Red Wings, 8-3 Tuesday night at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The loss drops Washington’s record to 27-22-9 (63 points) on the season.

The Red Wings jumped out to an early lead and tacked on an additional tally near the end of the opening period for a 2-o lead at the first intermission.

The Capitals got on the board early in the middle frame on Hendrix Lapierre’s third goal in the previous five periods of play, making it 2-1, but the Red Wings quickly answered to restore the two-goal margin. The Red Wings added another tally to make it 4-1 before Mike Sgarbossa scored his second goal of the season to make it 4-2 near the end of the middle frame. Unfortunately the Red Wings would add a short-handed tally in the waning seconds of the period to make it 5-2 at the second intermission.

The Red Wings extended their lead to 6-2 on Robby Fabbri’s 15th goal of the season on a power play early in the final frame. Max Pacioretty made it 6-3 with his third goal of the season midway through the final frame. Alex DeBrincat and Dylan Larkin added late tallies to make it 8-3.

LINEUP

Charlie Lindgren (12-8-5, 2.64 GAA, .914 sv%) got the start in goal for the visiting Capitals. Alex Lyon (17-8-2, 2.68 GAA, .916 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the Red Wings. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:

Alex Ovechkin – Dylan Strome – Tom Wilson
Aliaksei Protas – Connor McMichael – Anthony Mantha
Max Pacioretty – Mike Sgarbossa – Pierrick Dube
Beck Malenstyn – Hendrix Lapierre – Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Rasmus Sandin – John Carlson
Alex Alexeyev – Trevor van Riemsdyk
Joel Edmundson – Ethan Bear

Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper

Scratches: T.J. Oshie (upper body jury, week-to-week), Sonny Milano (illness), Nic Dowd (upper body injury, day-to-day), Martin Fehervary (injury), Nick Jensen (injury), Evgeny Kuznetsov (Player Assistance Program), Nicklas Backstrom (hip).

1ST PERIOD

The Red Wings opened the scoring early in the first stanza on a blast by Shane Gostisbehere at 5:45 of the first period.

The Red Wings made it 2-0 late in the period on a close-range shot from the slot by Lucas Raymond at 16:18.

The Red Wings held the 2-o lead into the first intermission. Detroit dominated five-on-five shot attempts 26-12.

2ND PERIOD

The Capitals got on the board early in the middle frame on Hendrix Lapierre’s (5) third goal in the previous five periods of play. Alex Ovechkin (27) and Anthony Mantha (14) had the helpers.

But the Red Wings quickly restored their two-goal lead on Joe Veleno’s 11th goal of the season at 4:44.

Shane Gostisbehere extended the Red Wings lead to 4-1 with his second goal of the game at 9:01.

The Capitals climbed back into it with a goal from Mike Sgarbossa (2) at 16:38 of the middle frame. John Carlson (30) had the line assist.

But the Red Wings answered back with a short-handed goal to make it 5-2 at the second intermission.

3RD PERIOD

The Red Wings extended their lead to 6-2 on Robby Fabbri’s 15th goal of the season on the power play.

Max Pacioretty made it 6-3 with his third goal of the season midway through the period. Alex Ovechkin (30) and Alex Alexeyev (1) had the assists.

The Red Wings answered with a goal from Alex Debrincat at 11:49 to make it 7-3 and added another tally from Dylan Larkin to make it 8-3, the final.

SHAVINGS (Via Capitals PR)

  • Alex Ovechkin recorded the primary assist on Lapierre’s goal, his 27th assist of the season. Ovechkin, who has recorded 23 points (10g, 13a) in his last 22 games, is now 10 assists shy of 700 career assists.
  • John Carlson recorded his team-leading 30th assist of the season on Sgarbossa’s goal. With the assist, Carlson becomes the fourth player in franchise history to record nine-plus 30-assist seasons (Nicklas Backstrom: 14; Alex Ovechkin: 11; Mike Gartner: 9).
  • Max Pacioretty scored his second power-play goal in his last two games to cut the deficit to 6-3. It marks Pacioretty’s 329th career goal, tying Kevin Stevens for the 20th most goals among American-born players in NHL history.

By Jon Sorensen

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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