The season is young, but the Blackhawks have looked less then stellar. He was benched Tuesday night missing practice that morning.
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“We were ready to play, we were ready to skate, we were on the same page”, Holtby said. “All of us have got to get better and take responsibility”.
It was Oshie’s first goal as a member of the Capitals.
Center Anders Lee and right winger Kyle Okposo scored in the second period for the Islanders, who fell behind 2-0 early in the period. It was Kuznetsov’s first of two assists.
Notes: Chicago’s Patrick Kane was held without a point after collecting three goals and three assists in his first four games….
After a mediocre performance against the Flyers on Wednesday night, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville has made a few adjustments to his lineup.
Thursday marks only the third time the Capitals have been in action this season.
Carlson scored from just inside the blue line at 3:09 of the second period while Blackhawks goalie Scott Darling was screened by Marcus Johansson.
Holtby had 22 saves through the opening 40 minutes. The period ended with an Ovechkin roughing penalty that Braden Holtby weathered easily, thanks in part to a few sure-handed clears from the penalty kill. Chicago didn’t take its first shot on goal until 9:17 of the first period and took only five SOG over the first 20 minutes…. “That’s two good teams in their building, (and) they come out hard”. Midway through the stanza, Andrew Desjardins missed an open net from the left side at the end of a 2-on-1 with Andrew Shaw.
“We had a few great chances at an empty net”, Quenneville said. Stephenson will likely center the fourth line with Brooks Laich and Stanislav Galiev.
Taylor Chorney will make his season debut on the Capitals’ blue line, replacing Nate Schmidt on the third pairing. Washington C Sean Collins was reassigned to Hershey….
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While it’s a small sample size, 40 percent of the goals so far this season have been scored by a player who wasn’t on the team last season. Examples include Game 1 against the Nashville Predators, when they went down 3-0, and Game 5 against the Anaheim Ducks, going down 3-0.
