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Aliaksei Protas on his dad seeing his first Capitals game live: "That's pretty special. He maybe doesn't understand it, I really appreciate everything he's done for me in my life. Obviously the whole family. I'm so happy to have him here and share this couple wins."

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Aliaksei Protas on Pierre-Luc Dubois and Matt Roy suiting up against their former team, the Los Angeles Kings: "First of all, red looks better on them, I think."

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Aliaksei Protas to fans during his Capital One Arena post-game interview: "Enjoy the McDonald's. Merry Christmas, everyone." His empty-net goal was a McNugget Minute goal, scoring in the final minute of the third period.

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Ian Oland @ianoland.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Pierre-Luc Dubois with a hat trick of assists against his former team, the Los Angeles Kings

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Jakub Vrana's got goals in consecutive games!

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Ian Oland @ianoland.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Pierre-Luc Dubois on Aliaksei Protas to Al Koken: "We call him Go-Go-Gadget. He has the longest arms I've ever seen."

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Ian Oland @ianoland.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Aliaksei Protas scores again after the Kings turn it over. It's his 13th goal of the season and his fourth in the last six. Guy is absolutely nails this season. 1-0 Caps.

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Ian Oland @ianoland.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Connor McMichael scores to make it 3-0 Capitals. He finally takes the team-lead in goals from Alex Ovechkin. That's his 16th of the year.

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Ian Oland @ianoland.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Jakub Vrana with a snipe. It's his fifth goal of the season and his first since November 17 against the Vegas Golden Knights.

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Uh oh. 3-2 Chicago. Ryan Donato skates out from the corner, sheds John Carlson to the net, and beats Logan Thompson past the far post.

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Blackhawks and Capitals have a fracas near the net and Chicago players start trying to punch and facewash Tom Wilson in his injury area on the face. F'd up.

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Hockey cinema: The Capitals take consecutive too many men penalties against Chicago. Joe B's all like, Spencer Carbery's gonna be big mad about this. Monumental's cameras then find Carbery on the bench and he angrily drops an F-bomb seconds later.

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NO LONGER SICK, Andrew Mangiapane scores ONE SICK GOAL

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Pierre-Luc Dubois has his fifth goal of the season, scoring on a breakaway that squeaks maybe an inch over the goal line. 1-0 Caps.

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Roope Hintz gives the Stars an insurance goal late after a John Carlson turnover behind the net.

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Rasmus Sandin's hand basically has an own goal. Caps now trail 2-1.

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Brandon Duhaime and Brendan Smith get in a scrum. Duhaime appeared to be sticking up for Wilson after that nonsense hit in front of the net. Duhaime yapped at him before the faceoff and continued yapping at him at the bench.

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Tom Wilson, who wasn't hurt enough already, is down on the ice in pain after being cross-checked from behind by Brendan Smith. He got up under his own power, but won't start on the power play.

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Dylan Strome's tally against Dallas gives him three goals in his last four games.

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The Capitals will start the second period on a power play after Oskar Bäck tripped Aliaksei Protas at the end of the first period.

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Ivan Miroshnichenko was down in a heap after blocking a big shot from Ilya Lyubushkin at the top of the left circle with 25 seconds remaining. He eventually got up but put his head down at the bench in pain.

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Good Skeet Pete @peterhassett.net · 16/12/2024

Dylan Strome has his 11th after deflecting a Jakob Chychrun shot past Jake Oettinger. Big goal to get the Caps up 1-0 after a back-and-forth first 15 minutes.

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Reposted by Ian Oland

Incidentally, over his career Alex Ovechkin has scored 69 more power-play goals than expected

line graph showing alex ovechkin cumulative power play goals over time -- where actual goals are 69 more than expected

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Ian Oland @ianoland.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Dmitry Orlov here is basically saying Peter Laviolette took away Evgeny Kuznetsov's joy for hockey

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Per @MonSportsNet, the Capitals notched their 13th comeback win against the Buffalo Sabres -- the most in the NHL. Meanwhile, Buffalo has lost 9 straight. P.U.

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Dylan Strome scores on a redirect after a great pass by John Carlson. That's his 10th goal of the season. It's 3-2 Caps with 8:55 remaining in the third period.

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Scott Allen getting real during his interview in the third period with Al Koken, saying the staff is not satisfied with the team's play at five-on-five. He said they were ready for the Sabres' game plan, but the Caps seem surprised by it.

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Rasmus Sandin is being helped off the ice after Jordan Greenway awkwardly fell on his right knee in the corner during a puck battle.

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Tom Wilson scores his second PPG of the game, knocking a rebound in from point-blank range. 2-1 Caps.

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Tom Wilson scores on the power play to tie it up 1-1.

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