On a memorable night for 37-year-old T.J. Oshie, the Capitals held their ground against the speedy Canucks and earned a 2-1 victory over the Western Conference leaders.
T.J. Oshie, 37, has played 557 career games with the Capitals, who acquired the winger from the St. Louis Blues via trade in 2015. VANCOUVER — The Washington Capitals were on their feet as the final seconds ticked away, ready and waiting to celebrate the moment the horn sounded at Rogers Arena.
A tip-in by Brock Boeser just 1:11 into the game could have set the tone for a difficult night for the Capitals, and Vancouver’s speed threatened to take over the game in the opening minutes. But Washington survived the early onslaught, and by the end of the period, shots were even at six apiece — and the Capitals were no longer in danger of being run out of the building.“I thought early on, we were a little bit caught off guard by the pace, physicality,” Washington Coach Spencer Carbery said.
Washington kept the pressure on the Canucks after Wilson’s goal and needed just 1:53 to take the lead. From below the goal line, winger T.J. Oshie — playing in his 1,000th career game — fired a pass up to defenseman Alex Alexeyev, who had space at the top of the slot. Alexeyev faked a shot before passing to center Connor McMichael, who found captain Alex Ovechkin at the back post for the go-ahead goal.
“I could be here all night talking about him, the character, the type of person that he is,” Wilson said. “He makes everybody in this room a better person, a better player. He’s a true warrior. He hasn’t taken a shift off in his entire career.”“To win like that, it’s in true T.J. Oshie fashion, to win a game like that and play so hard,” Carbery added. “Guys are blocking shots. We’re grinding to get a puck across our blue line to get it out late in the game.
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