Back to Back Rivalry Losses
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Caps follow-up their home loss to Philadelphia by falling in OT to the Rangers, allowing 5 goals to Mika Zibanejad in the process. Rob, Brian, & J.J. recap Alex Ovechkin salvaging a point by scoring 2 late goals, look ahead to Saturday in Pittsburgh, what teams would they like to see Washington face next month, and how the Caps somehow compare to "Shawshank Redemption".
Plus: Hear Todd Reirden's strong & frank comments postgame (12:23)
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| 0:00.0 | Five goals by Mika Zimidijad. |
| 0:07.5 | Five goals, including the game winner in overtime. |
| 0:10.8 | Second player to ever score five goals and score the game winner in overtime. |
| 0:15.4 | The only other player to do that, Sergey Fedoroff, who also did it against the capitals. |
| 0:21.3 | J.J. Regan, it's a big point that Alex Ovetkin was able to steal on a night when they took |
| 0:27.1 | six penalties, allowed two power play goals, and one on a delayed penalty. |
| 0:33.2 | But this is just another example of not good enough. |
| 0:38.7 | I mean, go a step further. |
| 0:40.8 | It was awful. |
| 0:41.6 | And they had another good start to the game and did nothing with it. |
| 0:46.8 | Allowed a game tying goal less than two minutes later. |
| 0:49.4 | Never let again after that. |
| 0:51.1 | Allowed five goals to one player and took in a tie game in the third |
| 0:55.5 | period, took three consecutive penalties for a team that knows that their backs are against |
| 1:01.8 | the wall in terms of first place and they're sliding down the standings. Not good enough. |
| 1:06.4 | Brian McNally, Alex Ovechkin, after the game, he gave up another goal where he lost track of a defenseman against Philadelphia. It was Proveroff against the Rangers. It was DeAngelo. Last night, I make mistake and it cost us a game. Tonight, I lost my D again, and I have to play better in the defensive zone, especially when team needs it. Coaches put me out there to get result. |
| 1:29.0 | Captain owning up to his mistakes, a lot of guys would have to own up to mistakes after |
| 1:34.3 | what is now in what we call the biggest week of the season, rivalry week, doors blown off |
| 1:40.8 | at home to Philadelphia again, and then a bad loss on the road to the Rangers. |
| 1:45.8 | Yep. |
| 1:46.2 | I mean, I like that he owned up to it. |
| 1:48.5 | That's good. |
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