> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Recap: Leafs beat the Capitals with a shower of goals - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/recap-leafs-overwhlem-washington/ - Published: 2024-03-21T02:11:41.000Z - Updated: 2024-03-21T02:11:41.000Z - Description: Leafs bust out the scoring. - Author: Cathy Squires - Tags: Game Coverage ### First Period Oh, that's better! If the Flyers can do it... > AUSTON MATTHEWS 🚨 > > much better start! 56 of the year! [pic.twitter.com/q83BLKtn0s](https://t.co/q83BLKtn0s?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 20, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770597119495151724?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **1-0 Leafs** **56!** Now, this might have been the highlight of the period, as the Leafs allow a lot of action in front of Joe Woll. Pontus Holmberg tries his one-handed solo run, but no luck. The line with him William Nylander and Nick Robertson is very interesting. Not how the period started, but how it's going. > Holmberg leaves a trail of red behind him [pic.twitter.com/VgODUWZnMr](https://t.co/VgODUWZnMr?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 20, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770599185038872810?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Ah, okay, the reason for the lineblender is apparent. Tyler Bertuzzi is getting the dressed but benched treatment. And then he pops out in his expected spot on the top line. Now that "interesting" line is in the defensive zone, and holy cow are they terrible. No one with a clue how to get the puck and get out of the zone, no one knows who the centre is. Looks like a preseason line. Leafs spent a few shifts actually playing competently in the defensive zone, so that's a nice change. They aren't really holding onto the puck long enough to generate meaningful offence, though. #### Thoughts A lot of skating and passing and skating and passing, and very, very little shooting. From both teams. Woll was very good. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/2024/03/20232024-21095-5v5.png) ### Second Period Broadcast is saying they think Bertuzzi isn't feeling right, seems like something physical. Washington gets a two-on-one, but nothing comes of it. The play goes the other way, however, and... > WILLIAM NYLANDER 🚨 > > Stick side rifle! [pic.twitter.com/DhiNEAETzv](https://t.co/DhiNEAETzv?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770610401018823021?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **2-0 Leafs** That should be it for this period in scoring, then. Robertson, Connor Dewar and Holmberg – the new "interesting line" get hemmed in hard, and escape when Rasmus Sandin opens the gate. The goal line has now made a save at both nets. One slipped behind Woll and now one behind Lindgren. > not enough slide on that puck [pic.twitter.com/Ov67gLkwWs](https://t.co/Ov67gLkwWs?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770613238540992879?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Matt Knies dumps Tom Wilson and the Capitals get the first power play. > first penalty call of the game goes to Knies > > tripping is the call [pic.twitter.com/NambOv6Lt3](https://t.co/NambOv6Lt3?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770614307341914239?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) And the expected happens. > Alex Ovechkin does the Alex Ovechkin thing > > Benoit fanned on the initial clear attempt [pic.twitter.com/omo6Qu9aRB](https://t.co/omo6Qu9aRB?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770614898059325850?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **2-1 Leafs** Leafs get it right back. Some fellow by the name of Matthews, with Bertuzzi doing a great net-front job. **57!** > AUSTON MATTHEWS 🚨🚨 > > Point shot through traffic beats Lindgren [pic.twitter.com/Rriu76Ht7L](https://t.co/Rriu76Ht7L?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770616512082063417?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **3-1 Leafs** And then the Capitals get it right back. > Connor McMichael banks a shot off Woll [pic.twitter.com/i1qlfTn9p4](https://t.co/i1qlfTn9p4?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770617324690657450?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **3-2 Leafs** Ye olde shot off the back boards and everyone in white was flummoxed by one of the oldest tricks in the book. Oh wow. A cycle, a veritable cycle. (Also involving Domi giving the puck to Benoit, who shrugs and goes and plays F for a second.) ~~But they work this, and then that guy again with **58!**~~ Nevermind, this was offside. > Bertuzzi was offside > > goal is called back [pic.twitter.com/qDioD0WDbh](https://t.co/qDioD0WDbh?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770619071098171409?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Someone gets in Woll's face after a whistle, and a pile ensues. Then Tom Wilson skates around yelling like he's the aging bouncer in a tacky club that plays 15 year old music trying to prove how tough he is. Oh! You can score in the last minute too. > third assist of the game for Domi [pic.twitter.com/JbyCtiZYGk](https://t.co/JbyCtiZYGk?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770620735800717707?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Jake McCabe with a tip on a Domi shot. That's a good, simple shot choice from Domi. **4-2 Leafs** #### Thoughts A better period from the Leafs and not much from the Capitals. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/2024/03/20232024-21095-5v5--1-.png) Big improvement in quality of shooting. Caps did all their work in period one. Also... > JUST FILTHYYY. 😮‍💨 > > Make that her 13th goal of the season! [https://t.co/SXDpQMvrxQ](https://t.co/SXDpQMvrxQ?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/CmhFvfkH1b](https://t.co/CmhFvfkH1b?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — PWHL Toronto (@PWHL\_Toronto) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/PWHL%5FToronto/status/1770621806518452659?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) ### Third Period Capitals take a penalty early in the third. Ovechkin for hooking. > Ovechkin heads to the box for hooking [pic.twitter.com/FIpAGA9ZIi](https://t.co/FIpAGA9ZIi?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770626085002031122?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Leafs get one shot, pass the puck right to Ovechkin as he comes out of the box, but because he is old now he just slaps it at Woll and goes to the bench. > Carlson gets two minutes for slashing [pic.twitter.com/CNhXpamloo](https://t.co/CNhXpamloo?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770627327564697933?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Leafs get a second power play very quickly. It is, of course, terrible. Too many mixed up players on both units to expect much right now. Leafs with a very inept and badly timed line change and it all goes downhill from there. > Ovechkin has his second of the game [pic.twitter.com/UxXKyXmNmh](https://t.co/UxXKyXmNmh?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770628264093991358?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **4-3 Leafs** Sure leave Ovechkin uncovered. It's okay, Bobby has us covered. > BOBBY MCMANN 🚨 > > Through the five-hole! [pic.twitter.com/mbwb9Uo385](https://t.co/mbwb9Uo385?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770628818073444364?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **5-3 Leafs** 88 helped a little. Whoo hoo! > TYLER BERTUZZI 🚨 > > What a sequence! Four assists for Domi! [pic.twitter.com/6Y1bphYeR5](https://t.co/6Y1bphYeR5?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770629244369936664?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Bertuzzi makes it **6-3 Leafs** Washington takes a Leafs-special penalty for too many men, so it's another power play. This one is slightly better. Wilson takes a penalty for straight up whacking Noah Gregor full in the face with his stick. Double minor. > oh wow > > high-sticking penalty on Wilson [pic.twitter.com/0S33kjv6LX](https://t.co/0S33kjv6LX?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770630947773317623?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) JT saves the power play from futility with only 13 seconds left. > JOHN TAVARES 🚨 > > The power play finally converts on a chance [pic.twitter.com/6142Nebksv](https://t.co/6142Nebksv?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 21, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1770632685305622885?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **7-3 Leafs** Leafs win! Next game is Saturday against Edmonton. #### Thoughts The Flyers are so much better than Washington. How is this team in sight of a playoff spot? Domi with a hell of a night. Not the first time I've warmed up to him as a player against a weak team. Let's see how the Florida games go, though. Tom Wilson could do with a suspension again.