In Detroit, the Red Wings just cannot catch a break. On Saturday, they hosted the Washington Capitals and Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick and added an assist in a 5-2 Caps win.
“He’s earned the chance to be on the ice when we are protecting a lead,” Capitals coach Todd Reirden said. “Obviously, if he sees a scoring chance, he knows what to do.”
Ovechkin’s third goal was into an empty net.
“A hat trick is a hat trick,” Ovechkin said. “It doesn’t matter how you get them.”
In their last five games, the Wings have been outscored 24-4.
“It’s already snowballed a bit — obviously we’ve had a long stretch here without winning a hockey game — but we have to focus of the reality of how we have played,” Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said. “You have to fight through the emotions and tell them what they are doing right and what they are doing wrong.”
Ilya Samsonov, made 25 saves to get the win for the Caps.
Robby Fabbri and Luke Glendening were the Detroit goal scorers.
“I thought it was a solid game from us, especially after [losing 6-1 at the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday],” Detroit’s Dylan Larkin said. “We have to score goals. You can’t wait until the last minute.”
Tom Wilson and TJ Oshie also scored for the Caps.
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Jonathan Bernier made 29 saves in the loss.
“The power play just isn’t good enough, and that’s all on us,” Larkin said. “We have to go out there as a five-man unit and work together to get the puck on each other’s sticks to create chances. We just didn’t want the puck enough, which means too many turnovers and too much time chasing the puck back into our own end.”
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