Matthew Phillips scored against his old team, Darcy Kuemper made 38 saves in regulation and overtime and three more in the shootout to help the Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Monday night for their first win of the season.
Matthew Phillips - The Canadian PressWASHINGTON — Standing under the words “SOMETHING TO PROVE” painted above him in the Washington Capitals locker room, Matthew Phillips flashed a wide smile after scoring his first NHL goal against his old team, the Calgary Flames.The 5-foot-7, 140-pound winger scored to spark a rally as the Capitals picked up their first win of the season by beating Calgary 3-2 in a shootout Monday night.
“It just kind of came to me," Kuemper said."I hadn’t thought about it going into it, but it just kind of happened, so it was funny.” “He’s got a little bit of that dad strength now and he was phenomenal tonight,” McMichael said."He faced a lot of rubber, especially when we needed him and we weren’t playing our best. He kept us in that game.”
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