Capitals vs. Bruins Recap: Ullmark Upsets Washington’s Season Debut

In the first game of Washington and Boston’s 2022-2023 regular season the Bruins came to town and upset the Capitals 5 to 2.

Here’s Opening Night’s Plus/Minus:

Plus: Evgeny Kuznetsov skated in his 600th career contest with the franchise (.83 PPG). Cheers!

Minus: Three goal deficits are too difficult for a single Young Gun to overcome.

More notes on the game:

Washington was afforded the first power play of the evening but their advantage did not bear fruit. Boston’s man advantage, on the other hand, would not be denied shortly after.

With Kuznetsov in the penalty box Patrice Bergeron pushed a David Pastrnak rebound behind Darcy Kuemper for an early lead. The penalty killing effort lasted 46…