In Washington, DC, Ilya Samsonov made 23 saves and earned his first NHL shut out with a 2-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night.
“He’s playing with some confidence right now. He’s worked hard in practice, same as [Capitals goalie Braden Holtby],” Alex Ovechkin said of Samsonov. “I think we have the best two goalies in the League right now and I think we can see when they feel
comfortable, when they feel good, we feel the same.”
Alex Ovechkin scored both goals in 2-0 decision over Canes – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Ovechkin provided all the offense with his 27 and 28th goals of the season.
“He knew tonight was an important game for us, so I thought you saw him go to a different level,” Capitals coach Todd Reirden said. “To me, that’s Alex Ovechkin.”
The Canes were whistled four times in the opening frame.
“There was a lot of penalties, obviously, both ways. We never got going. It was hard to get any rhythm,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “I don’t really know if we had a forward that had a good game. I was waiting for something to kind of get going, and we just never got any traction.”
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Petr Mrazek made 28 saves in the loss.
“It was 2-0, but it didn’t feel like we were going to have very much push,” Brind’Amour said. “It felt like we were a little gassed. It might be that time of year where it’s starting to catch up to you. That’s how it felt.”
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