"The first entry saw Alex Ovechkin entering on the right side instead of his usual office, finding himself with a lot more space than he typically gets these days as he received a pass he wasn't quite ready for. While he's been a mainstay on the team's second power play unit, that wasn't the case last night, that time instead ceded to Aliaksei Protas, who lit up the scoresheet at five on five but rarely glimpsed time on the power play."
"That would be a theme of the evening, as the Caps would be given five chances with the man advantage in the first two periods and come up empty on all five. Whether it was difficulty entering the zone or Jeremy Swayman standing on his head to the tune of 35 saves, they failed to score, and then the karmic debt from that sin was paid midway through the second period thanks to David Pastrnak's first goal of the year."
The Washington Capitals opened the 2025-26 season with a 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins. The Capitals received five power-play opportunities across the first two periods and failed to score on any of them. Alex Ovechkin had more space on a first-period power-play entry but did not convert. Aliaksei Protas played prominently at five-on-five while seeing limited power-play time. Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves, and David Pastrnak opened the scoring midway through the second. Tom Wilson tied early in the third, but Elias Lindholm restored Boston's lead on a power play.
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