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Capitals vs. Penguins Recap: Washington Sunk in Shootout

Japers' Rink | January 17, 2021

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A classic back-and-forth affair between the Capitals and Penguins ended up finishing Pittsburgh’s way in a 4 to 3 shootout win in.

Here’s Sunday afternoon’s Plus/Minus:

Plus: Alex Ovechkin tallied the 707th goal of his career to put himself one behind Mike Gartner (and 7th place) on the all time goal scoring list.

Minus: The Capitals were whistled for five minor penalties and a couple of them were egregious.

Eleven more notes on the game:

  1. 19 seconds into the contest Evan Rodrigues scored with a deft deflection off of his right skate that put the puck between Ilya Samsonov’s legs.
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