The Game in GIFs: Blackhawks vs. Capitals
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Talk about a barn-burner. This game featured 13 combined goals, a hat trick, and a couple of two-goal performances. The Blackhawks edged the Capitals by a score of 8-5 to get back in the win column. Check out all the highlights from this wild one right here!
First Period
Saad creates space for himself with a beautiful power move and snaps one past Holtby to open the scoring:
Kane makes it 2-0:
Orpik beats Delia from the half-wall:
The Blackhawks get right back to work and regain the two-goal lead just 18 seconds later with some help from Orlov:
Kunitz tried to sneak one in, but the net had been dislodged prior to his attempt:
Second Period
Strome feeds DeBrincat who roofs it past Holtby. The Capitals made a change in net after this goal:
Things get a little chippy after Keith hip-checks Wilson:
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Delia makes an incredible sprawling save on Wilson:
Orlov beats Delia from a bad angle to make it 4-2:
Third Period
Carlson blasts one home from the top of the left circle to cut the Blackhawks lead to one:
Patrick Kane gets his second goal of the game, this one came on the power play:
Toews has all kinds of space on the odd-man rush and makes it 6-3 Blackhawks:
A Blackhawks scramble in their own zone leads to Carlson's second goal of the game:
Delia gets screened by Koekkoek and Niskanen snipes one top shelf to pull the Caps within one:
Toews dances around Orlov and completes the hat trick:
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