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The Washington Capitals fell to the Winnipeg Jets, 3-0 Monday night at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The l0ss drops the Capitals record to 30-24-9 (69 points) on the season.
The Jets dominated play in the early going and opened the scoring midway through the first frame on Neal Pionk’s 5th goal of the season. Winnipeg made it 2-0 midway through the middle frame on Alex Iafallo’s ninth goal of the season and held the 2-o lead at the second intermission. The Jets made it 3-0 on a tally from Kyle Connor at the midway point of the final frame. That would be the final.
LINEUP
Charlie Lindgren (15-10-5, 2.71 GAA, .912 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the visiting Capitals. Connor Hellebuyck (29-14-3, 2.35 GAA, .921 sv%) got the start in goal for the Jets. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Hendrix Lapierre — Aliaskei Protas
Sonny Milano — Dylan Strome — Ivan Miroshnichenko
Max Pacioretty — Connor McMichael — T.J. Oshie
Beck Malenstyn — Michael Sgarbossa — Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Trevor van Riemsdyk — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev — Ethan Bear
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Tom Wilson (upper body injury), Defenseman Martin Fehervary (lower body injury), centers Nic Dowd (upper body injury) and Nicklas Backstrom (hip).
1ST PERIOD
The Jets tilted the ice right from the start, leading in five-on-five shot attempts, 14-1 in the first six minutes of play. Winnipeg finally dented the twine on a five-hole shot by Neal Pionk at 10:05 of the first frame.
Neal Pionk puts one past Charlie Lindgren to open the scoring! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/6b8uNHqrYR
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) March 12, 2024
The Jets held the 1-0 lead into the first intermission. Winnipeg led in five-on-five shot attempts, 32-14, scoring chances, 11-7, high-danger chances, 6-3 and xGF 1.35 to .60. The Capitals did slow things down at the 12-minute mark.
2ND PERIOD
Winnipeg extended their lead to 2-0 on a deflected shot by Alex Iafallo (9) at 8:16 of the middle frame.
9 goals for number 9! ✈️ 🚨 pic.twitter.com/pjELPqFiUE
— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) March 12, 2024
And that was it for the middle frame. Capitals led in five-on-five shot attempts, 18-17. Winnipeg led in xGF 2.08 to 1.47.
3RD PERIOD
The Capitals were awarded the game’s first power play early in the final frame, but were unable to capitalize on the man advantage.
The Jets made it 3-0 on a tally from Kyle Connor at the midway point of the final frame. It was Connor’s 27th tally of the season.
Kyle Connor converts on the 2-on-1 feed from Mark Scheifele 🚨 pic.twitter.com/dhfKQ9u6td
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) March 12, 2024
The Jets held the 3-0 lead for the remainder of the contest. They led in five-on-five shot attempts 68-43.
SHAVINGS (via Capitals PR)
- T.J. Oshie’ a first game since February 22.
