In Washington, DC, Darcy Kuemper had an up game on Friday night, and made 39 saves in a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Penalties.
“I don’t know if that’s a full-scorpion (save),” Kuemper said. “Maybe a half-scorpion. I didn’t quite get it up all the way, so …”
John Carlson was credited with the only marker in the skills competition.
The Wild took a 1-0 lead at 2:17 of the first on a strike by Marco Rossi .
Tom Wilson scored midway through the opening period for a 1-1 tie.
Dylan Strome scored at 17:14 of the first for a 2-1 lead to the Caps.
“I feel like as not great as we were playing at the beginning of the year, we’re still .500 and finding a way to climb back into it here,” Strome said. “Getting some great goaltending performances so we’ve got to take advantage of those, and I thought we did a great job tonight of sticking with it.”
Ryan Hartman scored off a breakaway with 76 seconds gone in the third period for a 2-2 tie, to force the extra session, which solved nothing.
“I think we responded well,” Hartman said. “We missed some opportunities to score goals and then had three or four opportunities in the shootout to close it out. Obviously, we wanted that win, especially with ‘Flower’ holding them off. I don’t know how many rounds it was, but he did what he had to do.”
Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves in the loss.
“We’ve played against each other quite a few times and he’s scored a lot,” Fleury said. “Every time, I feel like I need to stop him, right? The other guys I want to stop, obviously. It was like old times. A tough battle until the end.”
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