In a game against the Wild, the Capitals trailed 3-1 after goals from Johansson and Mantha. Kucherov scored a hat trick and had a four-point night, leading the Lightning to a 6-3 victory. MacKinnon scored a natural hat trick and four goals, leading the Avalanche to a 6-2 win over the Capitals. The Capitals also struggled on the power play, giving up two shorthanded goals. The Panthers defeated the Coyotes 6-2, with Tkachuk scoring two goals. The Lightning also secured a 6-3 win over the Coyotes, with Kucherov recording three points and Chaffee scoring his first NHL goal.
Thatβll do it. #Bolts beat the Coyotes 6-3 with a 37-20 shot advantage. Move to 26-18-5 on the year, 16-5-3 at home.
#GoBolts have won 7 of last 8 after 6-3 win over #Yotes.
after all of this β¬οΈ β the #Bolts have the power play https://t.co/rO8u4EEgUX
After all that, it's a 6-3 game with 8:12 left in the third and the #Bolts are going to end up with a four-minute power-play.
6-3 Tampa Bay Lightning and, immediately after that goal, Kesselring crosschecks Crozier from behind β¦ then, Crozier and Crouse drop the gloves β¦ Crozier hangs in there but Crouse has about 20 pounds on him
After Coyotes score to make it 6-3, big scrum between the circles, Kesselring checked Crozier from behind. Lilleberg and Stamkos came to his aid and Crozier ends up dropped gloves with Crouse.
Arizona makes it 6-3, and after the play, Kesselring delivered a cheap shot cross check to Max Crozier, then hit him again after he was down. Kesserling gets two cross checking minors and a 10-minute misconduct. Crozier got into a fight with Logan Crouse
Great work on the forecheck from MerelΓ€ and Chaffee and they force the puck right out in front for Glendening to fire home his eighth goal of the season to the far post. #Bolts lead 6-2 with 12:28 left in regulation.
Glendening gets the goal off of a turnover 6-2 Tampa Bay Lightning
Two periods in the books. #Bolts lead the Coyotes 5-2 and have a 27-15 shot advantage.
de Haan to the box for tripping, putting Arizona on the power play with 43.7 left in the second. #GoBolts
#Bolts to the PK with 43.7 seconds left in the second as de Haan gets two for tripping.
#GoBolts to the penalty kill, de Haan for tripping with 43.7 seconds left
Nashville to the power play with 6:13 left in the first period.
Sean Durzi scores for Arizona to cut the #GoBolts lead to 5-2 with 3:01 left in the second.
Durzi gets one back for the Coyotes and it's 5-2 with 3:01 left in the second.
Nikita Kucherov cannot and will not stop crushing it this season. https://t.co/bU7rYHQx84
Chaffee finds the net for his first NHL goal and first NHL point 5-1 Tampa Bay Lightning
Mitchell Chafee with his first #NHL goal to put #GoBolts up 5-1 with 4:40 left in the second.
Mitchell Chaffee gets his first career NHL goal and point with a nice little shot from the slot and it's 5-1 #Bolts with 4:40 left in the second.
Aaaaaand Kucherov takes the lead again. https://t.co/SCrlnnsuej
Kucherov with a 3 point night (so far) after MacKinnon had a 5-point game last night. These two just trading haymakers on a nightly basis atop #NHL scoring derby. Have opened a 15-point gap on the next closest guy
This scoring race is so wild and it's not even February yet... π Nikita Kucherov is back in a tie for the League lead with 82 points with a pair tonight (so far). https://t.co/spuPZ0VQjl
And just like that, Nikita Kucherov has regained the NHL lead in points. He's up to 83 through 49 games (32-51β83). https://t.co/zGGAeBxMEp
#Bolts power play snapping the puck around and Stamkos hammers a one-timer past Ingram to make it 4-1 with 7:58 left in the second. Just a dominant power play. Kucherov with another primary assist and Point gets the secondary.
With assist on Kucherov goal, Steven Stamkos recorded his 1,100th career point, playing him in 66th place on the all-time scoring list. #gobolts
Per NHL Stats, Kucherov has recorded 50 assists before his 50th game of the year for the third time. He's the only active player to do it multiple times. Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr, Coffey, Savard, Trottier, Oates and Stastny are the only players in NHL history to do it three times.
Kerfoot to the box for slashing, which puts #GoBolts on with power play with 9:04 left in the second.
#Bolts top line giving Arizona all kinds of problems on the forecheck & Stamkos finds Kucherov, who hammers a one-timer past Ingram to make it 3-1 with 12:24 left in the second. With the assist, Stamkos becomes the 29th player in NHL history to record 1,100 points with one team.
Kucherov one-timer from Stamkos makes it 3-1 with 12:24 left in the second. That's his 32nd goal of the season and 81st point.
#Bolts lead 2-1 after 20 minutes behind goals from Raddysh and Point. Shots were 13-5 Tampa Bay.
Kucherov finds Point streaking through the neutral zone and he fires a shot from the left circle that Ingram gets a piece of, but can't keep out. #Bolts lead 2-1 with just over 30 seconds left in the first.
Brayden Point scores from the left dot with 33.6 seconds left in the first. #GObolts up 2-1.
Long rebound goes out to Keller and he scores to make it 1-1. #GoBolts had gotten hemmed in own end, Crozier couldn't clear puck out and led to turnover that kept puck in the #TBLightning zone.
#GoBolts caught scrambling and Arizona ties it, Keller with an open rebound. Play started as Crozier held the puck too long waiting for the change, was pressured and made the decision too late, puck was turned over and #TBLightning were chasing around
After the #Bolts struggled to find the back of the net against Connor Ingram last time the two teams met, they score on the first shot of the game with Darren Raddysh opening the scoring 22 seconds into the first period with a shot from the point.
Just 24 seconds in, Darren Raddysh scores on seeing-eye shot from the point through traffic. #GoBolts lead 1-0 very early.
FUN FACT: as you can see, Mitchell Chaffee and Luke Glendening are playing on the same line tonight ⦠Chaffee, who is skating in his second game with the #Bolts and his fourth NHL game, shares a hometown with Glendening. They are both from Grand Rapids, Michigan, they both had⦠https://t.co/OL3uNpkZpk
π¨ICYMIπ¨ Lehkonen sparks the #Avs and Nathan MacKinnon to an offensive explosion in the victory of the Washington Capitals, Read about it here! #GoAvsGoβ―β―β― #ALLCAPSβ―β―β― #NHL #HockeyTwitter @TheRinkOfficial @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/DgngSYLaBq
Mitchell Chaffee, just recalled from AHL Syracuse, will be in #GoBolts lineup tonight vs. #Yotes. Played one game with #TBLightning last month in Vancouver.
Tkachuk scores two goals and the Panthers defeat the Coyotes 6-2. https://t.co/rJPKSNAvPP
Nathan MacKinnon's night for the @Avalanche: 5-point game 4-goal game natural hat trick in under 7 minutes multiple power-play goals game-winning goal No one else in NHL history has done all of that in the same game. https://t.co/LC0N9GKKIS
Tonight's performance from Nathan MacKinnon, captured in one picture: https://t.co/Gezr2LEzsn
Lehkonen sparks the #Avs and Nathan MacKinnon to an offensive explosion in the victory of the Washington Capitals, Read about it here! #GoAvsGo #ALLCAPS #NHL #HockeyTwitter @TheRinkOfficial @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/DgngSYKCLS
Nathan MacKinnon in January: 11 G, 13 A, 24 P in 11 GP
The @Avalanche scored six goals against the Capitals on Wednesday night. Nathan McKinnon had FOUR of them. https://t.co/BPh5t1grE0
MacKinnon joins Alex Ovechkin as the only players in the last 25 years to have multiple 4-goal games in a season. #NHL | #GoAvsGo https://t.co/9WuESdbWKp
The Capitals were doing fine, and then, the wheels fell off. A four-goal night for MacKinnon and second-period collapse proved costly as the Caps dropped their third straight game of the biggest road trip of the season, 6-2, to the Avs. What to know: https://t.co/9MQSz8yLS2
MacKinnon scored four goals, and the Avs stormed to a 6-2 win over the #ALLCAPS in COL. Strome scored both of WSHβs goals. Lindgren made 27 stops. The Caps are 0-3-0 on this crucial road trip, with DAL up next on Sat.
Through the first 19.5 minutes of play, things looked fine for the Capitals. Then Cale Makar scored shorthanded, and the wheels fell off. Washington suffered a breakdown, and it led to a 6-2 loss in a critical game against Colorado. All the takeaways: https://t.co/9MQSz8yLS2
MacKinnon scored four goals ,and the Avs stormed to a 6-2 win over the #ALLCAPS in COL. Strome scored both of WSHβs goals. Lindgren w/ 27 stops. Caps are 0-3-0 on this crucial road trip with DAL up next on Sat.
HUGE night for Nathan MacKinnon in Colorado's win over Washington. π₯΅ https://t.co/wADn9pn9sc
meanwhile Nate MacKinnon going off again tonight. 4G and an assist in Colorado's 6-1 lead on Washington
meanwhile Nate McKinnon going off again tonight. 4G and an assist in Colorado's 6-1 lead on Washington
MacKinnon can record literally zero points for the rest of the season and still finish off with a point per game
Nathan MacKinnon is a goddamned beast.
Rantanen from Drouin and MacKinnon. Four points for Rantanen and MacKinnon. Back-to-back four-point games for MacKinnon. He's the NHL scoring leader again, at 81 points in 48 games.
After 40, Caps trail Avalanche 4-0 after a MacKinnon hat trick. COL leads 21-19 in SOG.
Watching MacKinnon and Kucherov go punch-for-punch every other night with monster games. https://t.co/BJdOHe0b5d
That was goal No. 29 for No. 29. He has 80 points, matching Kucherov for most in the NHL.
Halfway through second, Caps trail 4-0 after. A natural hat trick for MacKinnon. 2-on-1 and Sandin canβt stop the picture perfect pass across from Rantanen. No chance for Lindgren on the semi-breakaway.
Also, with that goal, Nathan MacKinnon ties Nikita Kucherov in points again with 80. We're going to be doing this all season, aren't we?
Nathan MacKinnon is just next level this season
NATE MAKES HISTORY! π» Nathan MacKinnon has recorded a point in EVERY home game so far this season and has now made franchise history! https://t.co/awP6pgZDaR
The #Caps have given up four shorthanded goals on the season, with two coming in the last three games (Makar tonight and Parayko in STL).
After 20, Caps trail Avalanche 1-0 after a shorthanded goal from Makar. WSH up 9-8 in shots. Strong first 19.5 minutes⦠until that point.
Matthew Tkachuk scores two goals and the Panthers defeat the Coyotes 6-2 https://t.co/z9yKUjhheU
Second shorthanded goal the Caps have given up in the last three games.
The #FlaPanthers game with the #Yotes started with a couple of fights β but this one was called early as Matthew Tkachuk has a pair of goals in a 6-2 win. LINK - https://t.co/JB2aF4mXl9 https://t.co/GFJYPB73u7
Florida Panthers drop gloves, then drop Arizona Coyotes. Takeaways from win https://t.co/JACC5f7pNz
FINAL: #FlaPanthers 6, Arizona 2 Panthers drop gloves, then drop Coyotes Instant recap: https://t.co/RYqPCGxYmU
FINAL: Panthers 6, Coyotes 2 Cats improve to 29-14-4. 10 different Panthers with a point tonight. https://t.co/lpPthpFIWa
Coyotes with their second of the night to cut our lead to 6-2 with 3:02 remaining.
No shutout. Arizona's Dylan Guenther scores on the power play β and on their 27th overall shot on goal. #FlaPanthers PK was 4/4 tonight before that. Panthers still up 6-1 with 16:35 left to play.
END OF 2: Panthers 5, Coyotes 0 Shots: 29-25 FLA 55 seconds left on the PP for ARI
END OF 1: Panthers 3, Coyotes 0 Shots: 18-5 FLA
Matthew Tkachuk is back up to a point-per-game pace with a goal and an assist tonight. He has 14 goals and 47 points in 47 games now. (You can quote this with that copypasta now)
After a tough showing in St. Paul, the Capitals are eager to bounce back in another key Western Conference showdown, this time against the Avalanche. Here's everything to know before puck drop, including probable lines, stats, storylines & much more: https://t.co/I5hgFJ08gB
More moves by the #Bolts as the team has recalled Mitchell Chaffee from Syracuse for the second time this season.
#Caps Take on Avs in Denver β Caps finish set of back-to-backs on Wednesday night in Colorado: https://t.co/MnV4UWn12N
#Caps Fall to Wild, 5-3 β Caps fall down by a pair early and canβt catch up in third straight road setback: https://t.co/LkuVOFo1vL
Only three active NHL players have hit the 80-point mark in 47 games or fewer - Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Nikita Kucherov.
Kucherov also picked up his 300th and 301st career power-play points tonight, moving him past Marty St. Louis and giving him the second-most power-play points in #Bolts franchise history. He's one of 13 active NHL players with 300 career power-play points. https://t.co/Fusf08fwRP
Here's a good one from NHL Stats. Nikita Kucherov has recorded four or more points in four road games this season. It's the second time in his career he's had four or more four-point games on the road in a single season (also: 5 in 2018-19). Kucherov is one of just seven playersβ¦
Anthony Mantha struck twice and T.J. Oshie stayed hot, but the Capitals couldn't claw back from a major deficit while 5-on-5 offense continues to be an issue. All the takeaways following their third straight road loss: https://t.co/EgnJEzyFbR
Mantha x2 and Oshie, on the PP, scored but it wasnβt enough for the #ALLCAPS, who made a late push but fell 5-3 to M. Johansson and the Wild in MIN. Johansson popped 2 vs. his former team. Oshie w/ 6 goals in 6 games. Kuemper w/ 25 saves. Next up: a tough one in COL tomorrow.
Marcus Johansson scored twice, Joel Eriksson Ek and Marcus Foligno scored a goal and assist each and Brock Faber scored once as the #mnwild beat the Caps, 5-3, for a 4th win in the past 5. Filip Gustavsson (31 saves) won his 3rd in a row. Bruno's Preds Thursday
Second of game for Mantha on Malenstyn rebound and Capitals are within 5-3 with 1:36 left in Minnesota.
After Marcus Johansson's second goal of the game, Washington responds with a power play tally. 5-2 #mnwild with 2:57 left in the third.
Marcus Johansson showing up tonight. He nets his second of the night. Afer Kuemps makes a toe save, Johansson with a wrister from the right circle. 5-1. 6:21 to play.
0-for-3 on the power play tonight for the Capitals.
Nikita Kucherov matches Nathan MacKinnonβs last performance with a 4 point night of his own. https://t.co/nBNgHXprv4
Kucherov scores an empty net goal and, tonight, he has four points including a hat trick 6-3 Tampa Bay Lightning
After 40, Capitals trail Wild 3-1 after goals from Johansson and Mantha. MIN up 22-21 in SOG.
After 40, Caps trail 3-1 after goals from Johansson and Mantha. MIN up 22-21 in SOG.
Kucherov hat trick, four-point night gives No. 86 a total of 31 goals, league-leading 80 points this season. #GoBolts win 6-3 in Philly to take two of three on the road trip.
Nikita Kucherov buries the empty netter to finish off a HAT TRICK, 6-3 Lightning! π©π©π© #GoBolts https://t.co/FFFJF9jJUi
Kucherov scores an empty net goal and, tonight, he has four points 6-3 Tampa Bay Lightning
Kucherov with the hat trick on another ENG, and that'll really do it.
Kucherov hat trick, 6-3