Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
The Washington Capitals suffered their first loss of the season but at least came away with a point in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the rival’s first meeting of the season. It’ll be the first of eight meetings between the clubs with the next meeting coming on Tuesday.
The Penguins took an early lead on a goal from Evan Rodrigues 19 seconds into the game. The Caps fourth line played outstanding all afternoon and it was Nic Dowd that put the Caps on the board on a good look up front that saw him backhand it in at 12:04.