Ovechkin on series loss to Florida: ''Kinda f--ked up situation''
The Florida Panthers defeated the Washington Capitals on Friday night in Game 6 of their series to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 1996.
Washington tied the game late in the third period on the powerplay to force overtime, but in the extra frame, Claude Giroux made a great pass to the red-hot Carter Verhaeghe, who scored the game winner.
This is now Washington's fourth straight first round series loss, as they haven't won a series since the 2018 Stanley Cup Final.
After the game, captain Alexander Ovechkin talked with reporters and was pretty blunt about his team's performance.
It will be interesting to see what the Capitals decide to do this summer. The biggest question is in net. Are they confident in Ilya Samsonov as their goaltender? Will they do another 1A/1B situation with Samsonov and Vitek Vanecek? Or will they go out and add a proven veteran netminder?
The Capitals' window will be closing within the next couple of years, and if they want to get Ovechkin and Backstrom another Stanley Cup, they'll need to act now.
Full Alex Ovechkin quote: «I think you see how we played against the best team in the regular season. We have it, but we just blow it away. It is on us. It is on me, on Backy, on Osh, on Carly. It is on everybody. Kinda fucked up situation.»— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) May 14, 2022
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Taylor Hall | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Brayden Point | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bryan Rust | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Pavel Zacha | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Erik Karlsson | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Elias Lindholm | - | 3 | 3 | |
| David Pastrnak | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Tim Stutzle | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Adam Gaudette | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Dylan Holloway | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Brad Marchand | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Aleksander Barkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sam Bennett | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sean Couturier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex DeBrincat | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack Drury | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cutter Gauthier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 23 | 18 | 5 | - | 36 | |
Hurricanes | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | |
Wild | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 32 | |
Devils | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 32 | |
Capitals | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 31 | |
Golden Knights | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 31 | |
Maple Leafs | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 28 | |
Panthers | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 27 | |
Kings | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 27 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||