Late Goal Gives Capitals 1-0 Win Over Red Wings
Rich Dubroff
Associated Press
Washington (AP) — Jay Beagle scored with 5:11 left in the third period to give the injury-ravaged Washington Capitals a 1-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night.
Dmitry Orlov's shot was stopped by Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard, but Beagle tapped in the rebound for his fourth of the season. Braden Holtby had 25 saves for his first shutout this season and 24th of his career.
Washington was coming off a seven-goal outburst against Pittsburgh on Wednesday after scoring just five goals in its previous four games.
Howard finished with 27 saves for the Red Wings, who have lost three straight for the first time this season.
Washington won despite playing short-handed for much of the game after losing forwards T.J. Oshie, Lars Eller and Andre Burakovsky to injuries in the first period.
Tom Wilson also left the ice briefly after he was boarded by Detroit defenseman Danny DeKeyser. The Capitals had a five-minute power play, but couldn't convert.
The Red Wings had a chance to score near the end of the second period when Zachary Sanford was penalized for high sticking. During the early stages of the power play, Washington's Nicklas Backstrom broke his stick in his own end and spent about 30 seconds trying to defend without a stick.
NOTES: Detroit F Tomas Jurco (back), who has yet to play this season because of back surgery, will have an entire week of practice next week before he's sent to Grand Rapids of the AHL for conditioning. ... The Red Wings played their first game without F Darren Helm, who suffered a shoulder injury in Tuesday's loss to Tampa Bay. Helm is expected to miss at least six weeks.
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