The Washington Capitals got out of their funk and took a bit of their frustrations out on the Calgary Flames Friday night, winning their first game back from the NHL All-Star break 4-3.
With the score level at 3-3, the Caps grabbed a late-winner on the power play thanks to Evgeny Kuznetsov's brilliant effort.
KUZY PP GOLD! #ALLCAPS #CapsFlames pic.twitter.com/Cga91YmGOT
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 2, 2019After the final horn things got testy when Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom left a late one on the Flames' Johnny Gaudreau.
It is never smart to mix it up with a team coming off a seven-game losing skid.
Big fight here at the end...Brooks Orpik throwing haymakers...Tom Wilson is crushing dudes. This is pretty fun. Holtby jawing with Tkachuk. #Caps #Flames.
— Chris Russell (@Russellmania621) February 2, 2019clean up on aisle 9 pic.twitter.com/JsURzU6thQ
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 2, 2019The Stanley Cup champs waved the losing streak, and the Flames, buh-bye.
bye bye pic.twitter.com/c58XzDhBtP
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 2, 2019Follow Ben Krimmel and 106.7 The Fan on Twitter.





