Washington's former goalie stopped 38 of 39 shots and New Jersey's Jack Hughes tallied a natural hat trick in a 5-1 win over the visitors.
“I thought we had some chances in tight where we didn’t execute, puck maybe bounced or jumped on us at the last second. [Vanecek] made some saves. Our guys kept hunting the entire game and kept pushing,” Capitals Coach Peter Laviolette said.
The Capitals produced quality chances against Vanecek, who received multiple “Vi-tek! Vi-tek!” chants from the crowd, but couldn’t break through until John Carlson’s power play goal with 8:22 left in the third, ending Vanecek’s shutout bid. Washington’s power-play went 1 of 4. “I feel like we had the chances, the quality of chances to get four, five, six goals, but we couldn’t capitalize. . . . Just wasn’t our day,” center Lars Eller said.Washington, playing in its third game in four nights, had its two-game winning streak snapped as the Capitals fell to 0-4-2 in their past six road games, a worrisome trend as the loss started a six-game trip.
made the initial stop, but Hischier got to the loose puck before Lindgren could cover it up. Lindgren also struggled Nov. 17 in a 5-4 loss to St. Louis, giving up four goals on 24 shots.Hughes struck at 5:59 of the second period to double the Devils’ lead. He took advantage of a giveaway by Eller, taking the puck and banking in a shot off Lindgren.Here is what to know from Saturday’s game:When he was traded to the Devils, Vanecek told reporters he was excited to face Ovechkin when the time came.
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