Caps at Jets, Oct. 22, 2013

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sUMMARY

Capitals 5 at Jets 4 (SO)

First Period

No Scoring.

Penalties — Peluso Wpg (roughing), Erskine Wash (roughing), Erskine Wash (high-sticking) 9:27, Cormier Wpg (fighting), Wilson Wash (fighting), Cormier Wpg (unsportsmanlike conduct) 17:13.

Second Period

1. Washington, Grabovski 4 (Erskine, Ward) 3:11

2. Winnipeg, Little 4 (Ladd) 7:21 (sh)

3. Winnipeg, Clitsome 1 (Bogosian, Ladd) 8:31

4. Washington, Ovechkin 8 (Johansson) 15:50

5. Washington, Ovechkin 9 (Johansson) 18:02

6. Winnipeg, Wheeler 2 (Kane, Scheifele) 19:21

Penalties — Byfuglien Wpg (roughing) 6:16, Wilson Wash (interference) 9:32, Little Wpg (slashing) 10:01.

Third Period

7. Washington, Brouwer 3 (Backstrom) 4:56 (pp).

8. Winnipeg, Little 5 (Ladd, Setoguchi) 7:04.

Penalties — Carlson Wash (hooking) 0:23, Jokinen Wpg (hooking) 3:45, Byfuglien Wpg (tripping) 9:55.

Overtime

No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shootout

Washington wins 3-2

Washington: Grabovski miss, Ovechkin miss, Backstrom goal, Laich goal, Brouwer goal, Erat goal.

Winnipeg: Wheeler miss, Little miss, Ladd goal, Jokinen goal, Setoguchi goal, Kane miss.

Shots on goal by

Referees — Kyle Rehman, Francois St. Laurent. Linesmen — Scott Cherrey, Matt MacPherson.

Attendance — 15,004.

HELPING HAND

Whichever Jet has been giving Mark Scheifele faceoff tips should keep it up: In addition to a sharp night on the ice, the rookie forward had his best night at the dot, finishing with 57 per cent. That’s one of his top three performances this season, just short of his best of 60 per cent, set against Minnesota back on Oct. 10. Most other games, he’s hovered around the 40 per cent mark or below.

STANDING TALL

Sure, he gave up four goals, but salute a brave solider in Caps netminder Braden Holtby. Yes, it’s impressive he turned away 47 shots, some of them awfully dangerous, and faced a bundle of odd-man Jets rushes. What really impressed us, though, is he did those things while not actually throttling the Caps forwards, who took a decidedly casual approach to their defensive games.

UP NEXT

The Jets pack their bags for Nashville where they kick off a four-game roadie against the Predators on Thursday. Puck will drop at 7 p.m.

 

— Melissa Martin