"The Washington Capitals came into tonight's game with the Seattle Kraken after a decent back-to-back in Alberta. They found success in Calgary with a 3-1 win, and then they snagged a point in Edmonton after a wild matchup ended 6-5 in OT in the Oilers' favor. The Caps took some steps in the right direction with those two games and had the potential to use that as a turning point for the rest of both this road trip and their season."
"Minus: Pretty much everything else. Nothing was going Washington's way: they struggled to generate offense, they got none of the lucky bounces Seattle benefitted from a few times, and they missed at least three pretty wide open net chances. Additionally, the Kraken's fourth goal bounced off Tom Wilson's skate and into the net. The Caps were also missing both Sandin and Roy and it showed, especially in the second period when the Kraken scored three unanswered goals."
The Capitals arrived in Seattle following a 3-1 win in Calgary and a 6-5 OT loss in Edmonton. Washington struggled to generate consistent offense and missed multiple open-net chances. The Kraken scored three unanswered goals in the second period, including a fourth that deflected off Tom Wilson's skate. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer nearly recorded a shutout before Alex Ovechkin scored a third-period power-play goal, his 22nd of the season and 919th career. Defensive absences of Rasmus Sandin and Matt Roy were evident. The road trip concludes in Detroit on Thursday at 7:30 PM ET.
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