Junior Capitals Fall to Chicago

The Washington Junior Capitals outshot the Chicago Junior Blackhawks 41-26, but it wasn't enough as the Hawks skated to a 4-3 victory on Day 126. The loss drops Washington to 26-30-8, six points out of the playoffs.

Washington got off to a great start when Greg Mauldin scored his 15th goal of the season from Siarhei Kolasau and Maxim Orlov at 1:53. The Caps dominated the period with a 17-8 shots advantage, but the team only managed a single goal.

Chicago had a great second period, scoring four times to take control of the game. Luchkin started it off from Michalek and Vas at 0:45, and Rajmaki made it 2-1 when he netted from Kahnberg and Martin at 4:20. Michalek extended the lead to two goals just under eight minutes later off assists from Vas and Luchkin. Rajamaki finished it off on the power play from Malmivaara and Zeiler at 17:25.

The Caps battled back to make a game of it in the final period by scoring two goals. Branko Radivojevic got the first from Sean Kotary at 12:15, and Sean Bergenheim made it 4-3 at 16:11. Patrick O'Sullivan assisted on the goal. Washington fired 15 shots on the Chicago goal in the final period, but the club couldn't get the tying goal.

Brad Topping made 22 saves in the loss for the Caps and fell to 14-21-4. Craig Andersson stopped 38 shots to earn the win for Chicago and moved to 22-25-7.

The Junior Capitals return to action on Day 129 in Dallas.