The Washington Capitals fall to the Minnesota Wild 5-3. How do they turn it around? Is Kuznetsov injured and how much time will he miss?

In this edition of Locked on Capitals Dan talks about the Caps loss to the Minnesota Wild. The Caps struggle when the opposing team scores first and today was no exception. Matt Boldy got on the board first for the Wild his first of three goals and the Caps tried to claw their way back into the game after that. The Caps did get some offensive production. Alex Ovechkin scores his 38th goal of the season on the power play to cut the deficit to 2-1. Ovechkin, the NHL's all-time leader in power-play goals, has now scored 297 power-play goals in his career. Rasmus Sandin recorded the primary assist on Ovechkin's power-play goal, his 11th point (1g, 10a) in eight games with Washington. Sandin has recorded a point in six of his eight games with the Capitals since making his team debut on March 4. Alex Ovechkin scores his second power-play goal of the game to cut the deficit to 4-2. With two goals this afternoon, Ovechkin has recorded his 167th career multi-goal game. Dylan Strome recorded his 35th assist of the season on the Capitals' second goal. Strome's 16 power-play points rank third on Washington (Ovechkin: 24; Kuznetsov: 18).

later in the show Dan talks about the Caps players and what they think went wrong and what needs to change. To close out the show Dan talks about the latest with the injury to John Carlson. In an article with the Athletic he said "“There’s always close calls,” Carlson said. “There’s always a lot of, ‘Oh man, that could have hurt or that could have been bad’ times. This was bad. It’s a one-in-a-million thing — and it happened to me.” About his return he said "Carlson said he feels good physically. Mentally he’s good to go, too, even if he sometimes gets the “heebie jeebies” when he walks past the medical room where he got stitched up."

If Carlson returns against the Blackhawks as hoped, it’ll be game 72, leaving them with 10.

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