Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals

All three of the Capitals' representatives in Milan are moving on to the semifinals, as Martin Fehervary and Slovakia beat Germany... [NHL, AP, The Athletic ($), THN] ...and Tom Wilson, Logan Thompson, and Team Canada squeaked by Czechia in overtime. [NBC Olympics, NHL, THN] Also moving on in overtime? Team USA, who recovered from a late blown lead to take out Sweden in extra time. [NHL, AP, NBC Olympics]

You just rarely see it, and so for him, something definitely went wrong,

The US and Canadian women are headed for yet another gold-medal clash, Wilson is beloved by all people far and wide, and more in today's Caps Clips. Your savory breakfast links: The American women defeated Team Sweden 5-0 yesterday, and for the seventh time in Olympic history will face Team Canada in the gold medal game on Thursday. [AP, NPR, Olympics] Meanwhile, after earning first-round byes, the US and Canadian (and Slovakian and Finnish) men will have to wait until the end of today's games to see who they'll face in the quarterfinals. [Olympics]

📸: Alan Dobbins/RMNB While the Washington Capitals are getting two major players back from injury, they'll be without one of their depth forwards against the Nashville Predators. Sonny Milano missed the team's morning skate and will not be available to play. Carbery revealed the news after being asked about Milano by NHL.com's Tom Gulitti. Tom Gulitti: I know it was an optional, but Sonny wasn't out there. Is he okay? Spencer Carbery: He's okay.... He's a....Yeah, he's okay.

Against one of the typically top five-on-five teams in the NHL, the Capitals put together what was one of their best games of the season. While that may be hard to believe considering they were down 3-0 at one point in the game, the Caps were never behind the eight ball analytically throughout regulation, finishing on top in shot attempts 64-48, shots on goal 33-20, scoring chances 33-18, high-danger chances 16-8, and expected goals 3.8-2.28.

Ovechkin scored the 919th goal of his career on a third-period power play, beating Seattle Kraken Philipp Grubauer. The 40-year-old winger was the beneficiary of a pinpoint passing play between Jakob Chychrun and Ryan Leonard, sweeping the puck into the yawning net at the far post. Ovechkin's goal, his 22nd of the season, made the score 3-1 Seattle with 17:30 remaining in regulation.

The Caps made some moves in the right direction in Edmonton, Thompson chats goalie masks and goalie fights and more in today's clips. A few leftovers from Saturday night's loss in Edmonton. [WaPo ($), RMNB] The Washington Capitals took a step in the right direction on Saturday, but they need to treat it as a true turning point on their road trip and the rest of the season. [THN]

Sandin was hurt with just 19 seconds remaining in the first frame, absorbing a hit from Oilers forward Curtis Lazar against the boards. After getting up slowly, Sandin got back into position and made a big shot block on defender Ty Emberson with the inside of his leg. The 25-year-old Swede needed assistance to get back to the team's bench once the horn sounded to end the period.

The Washington Capitals have lost four games in a row, and their latest defeat was a brutal one. After going up 2-0 against the winless-in-their-last-11-games Vancouver Canucks, the Caps allowed four unanswered goals and ultimately fell 4-3. A wise man once said, "So, s***'s not going right, it's not f***ing working the last 10 days. F***ing make it work by outworking the opposition." The Capitals controlled the majority of five-on-five play and, for once, got two goals in the same game from their power play.

"I liked Dowd's line," Carbery said postgame. "I thought O and Frankie, and that line was really, really effective."

The road trip kicks off on a losing note, how do you solve a problem like no PLD and more in today's Caps Clips.

For two periods this afternoon, the Capitals actually hung with the league-leading Avalanche - largely thanks to a stand-up performance by Charlie Lindgren. That was the case really until Artturi Lehkonen's goal late in the third, when it became clear that the Caps just didn't have the firepower to match Colorado punch for punch. Plus: They won a goalie interference challenge for the first time since color TV was invented.

The Washington Capitals are free fallin' down the standings. Already three points out of the final wild-card spot in the East, our dear Caps are facing a difficult six-game road trip that takes them out west and into Canada. Their first test will come against the NHL's best team by a country mile the Colorado Avalanche, who had 10 more standings points than any other team coming in today.