RECAP: Blackhawks Fall to Capitals in OT, 4-3

WASHINGTON D.C. - The Blackhawks dropped their first preseason game of 2019 in overtime to the Washington Capitals on Monday night, 4-3.

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Adam Boqvist and Alex Nylander each scored a goal and an assist in the loss, while Colin Delia stopped 25 of the 29 shots he faced on the night.

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Chicago got off to an early lead as Aleksi Saarela tipped home a blast from Erik Gustafsson at the point at 7:20 of the first.

Washington tied it up to start what would become a back-and-forth second period, as Damien Riat beat Colin Delia in goal at 2:06 of the middle frame. Just over two minutes later, Nylander roofed a backhander following a Adam Boqvist shot from the point to put the visitors up 2-1.

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Goals from Travis Boyd and Aliaksei Protas within 92 seconds of each other in the middle of the second gave the home team a 3-2 lead. That is until Boqvist circled the net and then put a shot in the far, top corner to tie the game 3-3 at 12:46 of the second period.

Deadlocked at 3-3, the game headed to overtime, where Tom Wilson scored the winner off the rush at 2:35 of the extra frame.
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Blackhawks vs. Capitals - Sept. 16

| FORWARDS | | --- | | 11 | Brendan Perlini | | 22 | Ryan Carpenter | | 28 | Aleksi Saarela | | 32 | Kris Versteeg | | 36 | Matthew Highmore | | 45 | Dylan McLaughlin | | 47 | John Quenneville | | 57 | Anton Wedin | | 64 | David Kampf | | 67 | Jacob Nilsson | | 92 | Alex Nylander | | 95 | Dylan Sikura | | DEFENSEMAN | | --- | | 27 | Adam Boqvist | | 29 | Dennis Gilbert | | 56 | Erik Gustafsson | | 63 | Carl Dahlstrom | | 68 | Slater Koekkoek | | 74 | Nicolas Beaudin | | GOALIES | | --- | | 60 | Colin Delia | | 90 | Matt Tomkins |