Washington 5, Calgary 4
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Where: Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta
Referees:
Chris Rooney, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen:
Ryan Galloway, Bevan Mills
Attendance:
15628
By Field Level Media
Alex Ovechkin scored two goals to move into a tie for third place on the NHL's all-time list and the visiting Washington Capitals defeated the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Tuesday night for their third straight win.
The forward scored in the second period and added an empty-net goal to tie Jaromir Jagr (766) for third place all-time. Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom became the ninth pair of teammates to play 1,000 NHL games together.
Nic Dowd scored the go-ahead goal for Washington, and Nick Jensen had three assists. Vitek Vanecek made 31 saves.
Elias Lindholm scored twice for Calgary, which saw its 13-game home point streak end. Dan Vladar made 22 saves.
Dowd gave the Capitals their first lead of the night at 11:50 of the third period, when he grabbed a loose puck along the boards, deked a defender and fired high past Vladar from the left circle to make it 4-3.
Ovechkin increased the lead to 5-3 at 18:12 and Lindholm scored on a deflection to make it 5-4 with 40 seconds left.
Oliver Kylington scored on a slap shot through traffic from the left point to give the Flames a 3-2 lead at 3:45 of the third period, but Anthony Mantha tied it 3-3 at 8:21 with a wrist shot from the right circle on the rush.
The Flames took a 1-0 lead at 9:40 of the first period when Johnny Gaudreau entered the zone leading a 3-on-1 rush and fed across the slot to Lindholm, who scored on a quick wrist shot from the right circle.
Calgary took advantage of a poor clearing attempt by Jensen. Andrew Mangiapane slid a backhand pass to Adam Ruzicka, who made it 2-0 at 8:54 of the second period.
Conor Sheary corralled a loose puck off a rebound and scored from the high slot to pull the Capitals within 2-1 at 10:27. Sheary has four goals and two assists in his past four games.
The Capitals tied it 2-2 when Evgeny Kuznetsov poked the puck away from Sean Monahan and Ovechkin shot it past Vladar from the left circle at 13:23.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Washington |
|
Calgary |
Nick Jensen 3 |
Points |
Elias Lindholm 2 |
Alex Ovechkin 2 |
Goals |
Elias Lindholm 2 |
Nick Jensen 3 |
Assists |
Rasmus Andersson 2 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Vitek Vanecek .886 |
Save Percentage |
Dan Vladar .846 |
Vitek Vanecek 31 |
Saves |
Dan Vladar 22 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Washington
|
27 |
5 |
0-3 |
1-1 |
2 |
35 |
Calgary
|
35 |
4 |
0-1 |
3-3 |
6 |
30 |
Upcoming Games
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Calgary will play their next game at home against Tampa Bay. The Flames have a W/L % of .657 after a win and .524 after a loss.
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Washington will play their next game on the road against Edmonton. The Capitals have a W/L % of .452 after a win and .630 after a loss.