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The Washington Capitals begin their three game west coast road trip with a stop in Orange County, taking on the Anaheim Ducks. Alex Ovechkin sits at 886 career goals, 9 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record.

The Capitals will go with the same lineup as their 4-2 victory against the Seattle Kraken on Sunday. Logan Thompson will get the start in goal and oppose Lukas Dostal in net. Ovi has never scored on Dostal in his career.

Puck drop for the Caps-Ducks game is set for 10:00 pm on Monumental Sports Network. Joe Beninati and Alan May have the call. It’s an #RMNBAfterDark night so please get weird in the comments (not too weird) and share your sleepy pet photos.

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Washington Capitals

Anaheim Ducks

Tunnel shenanigans

1st Period

Puck is dropped.

🚨 1-0 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Dylan Strome (20). Assists: T. Wilson (24), A. Ovechkin (18). Time: 02:07.

Wilson’s feed finds Strome who scores on his backhand via a semi-breakaway. Ovechkin registers point no. 1601 on the play.

Ryan Strome is sprung on a breakaway but his huge slap shot is stopped by Logan Thompson.

🚨 1-1 tie. ANA Goal: Jacob Trouba (1). Assists: T. Terry (31), F. Vatrano (20). Time: 04:51.

Wide open in the slot, Trouba missed the net entirely on his first attempt before the puck bounced off the boards right back onto his stick for a layup.

🚨 2-1 Anaheim Ducks. ANA Goal: Drew Helleson (4). Assists: T. Zegras (12), L. Carlsson (15). Time: 05:20.

Helleson sends an accurate shot to the far side of the net past a heavily screened Logan Thompson.

Pierre-Luc Dubois sprung on a breakaway by Jakob Chychrun but misses the net with his shot. This game has the feel of a 10-9 game.

🚨 2-2 tie. WSH Goal: Aliaksei Protas (26). Assists: A. Ovechkin (19), P. Dubois (39). Time: 18:14.

Ovechkin’s shot crumples Gudas, giving Protas a wide open shot near the goal. That’s Ovi’s second assist of the period giving him 1,602 career points.

TVR to the box for slashing Leo Carlsson at 19:29.

At intermission: A wild back and forth game offensively. The Capitals outshot the Ducks 19 to 8 and out-attempted them 25 to 15 at five-on-five during the first period.

2nd Period

Puck is dropped.

Caps kill the TVR penalty.

🚨 3-2 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Pierre-Luc Dubois (17). Assists: M. Roy (19), J. Chychrun (24). Time: 05:19.

Roy’s indirect shot finds PLD for the redirect. Dubois has 3 goals in his last 5 games.

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