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2 weeks agoMonday Caps Clips: PLDown and Out
Pierre-Luc Dubois will miss 3–4 months after surgery, creating a Capitals center-depth issue while prospect Alex Suzdalev scored his first AHL goal.
Suzdalev fired Hershey into a 2-1 lead with 13:03 remaining in the third period. Suzdalev picked up the puck after receiving an indirect pass off the boards from Ryan Chelsey that sprung him and Bogdan Trineyev on a 2-on-1 rush. The Russian-born, Swedish-raised winger looked shot the whole way and fired a wicked wrister past Americans goaltender Topias Leinonen. The goal is Suzdalev's third point of the season (1g, 2a) for the Bears in five games.
📸: Hershey Bears Andrew Cristall notched a personal milestone on the same night Alex Ovechkin played his 1,500th career game in Washington DC. During the first period of the Hershey Bears' matchup against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, Cristall scored the first goal of his AHL career, sending a beautiful one-timer from the right circle past goaltender Carson Bjarnason. The power-play goal at 14:47 was assisted by Alex Suzdalev and Calle Rosén. The primary assist also marked Suzdalev's first career AHL point.