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Caps' Streaks Come to Halt in Loss to Stars | Washington Capitals
Washington’s remarkable road run died on Monday night in Dallas in a 3-1 loss to the Stars, a setback that halted the Caps’ road winning streak at 10 and ended their point streak at nine straight games (8-0-1). The Caps went more than six weeks without tasting defeat on the road, but the Stars and American Airlines Arena proved to be too much to overcome on his night.
Roope Hintz continued his Caps-killing ways, scoring the first and third Dallas goals of the game. But Lian Bichsel’s point shot that clanked off Rasmus Sandin’s right glove and went into the Washington net late in the second period stands up as the game-winner.
Washington scored the game’s first goal, but it was unable to build upon that lead, despite having the game’s first three power plays, two of which came after Dylan Strome staked his team to a 1-0 lead late in the first.
The Caps nursed that lead past the midpoint of the game, but Dallas struck for a pair of goals in the back half of the second period; Hintz tied it on the Stars’ first power play of the night and Bichsel’s shot found twine just over four minutes later.
Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger entered Monday’s game with four wins in as many career starts against Washington, along with a .950 save pct. and a 1.60 GAA. He improved on those qualitative numbers while running his record to 5-0-0 against the Capitals.
“I thought Oettinger was the big [difference], probably 1A,” says Caps’ coach Spencer Carbery. “Special teams is probably 1B, and then probably 1C is they get a couple of lucky breaks, but then they capitalize. Like the power-play [goal]; a couple of their top players make a good play and shoot it in the net, and the same thing on the third goal. They turn us over, and obviously have to execute there and shoot it past our goalie.”
For the third straight game, the Caps hooked up in a taut, tight-checking goaltender’s duel. Each team had its share of looks at the opposing net, but both goaltenders were at the top of their respective games.
At even strength, the Caps generated offensive zone time and they had some decent looks and chances. Late in the first, the Nic Dowd line turned in a strong offensive zone shift, setting the table for Strome’s line, which hopped over the boards while the Stars were unable to make a change. Taylor Raddysh slid the puck to Jakob Chychrun at the left point, and Strome was able to deflect Chychrun’s shot past Oettinger for a 1-0 Washington lead at 15:39 of the opening period.
All five Dallas skaters had been on the ice for at least 98 seconds when the red light came on.
The Caps started the second period with a full power play, and they had another just before the midpoint of the middle period, but were unable to build on their lead, going 0-for-3 with three shots on the three extra-man chances to that point of the game.
When Dallas got its first extra-man chance, it needed only 22 seconds and just one shot with which to square the score at 1-1. Hintz finished a tic-tac-toe passing play from the bumper, knotting the game at 13:28.
For much of the game’s first 40 minutes, the Capitals were just a play away from a Grade A scoring chance. They’d get the puck to someone in a good spot in the offensive zone, and that player would see an even better play, but the Caps were rarely ever to make the last play needed to activate that superior scoring chance.
With the game even at 1-1 late in the second, and with Washington’s Brendan Duhaime and Dallas’ Brendan Smith being boxed after a fight just over a minute earlier, the Caps overpassed their way out of a good look at the Dallas net, and a subsequent errant pass came all the way back to the Washington end of the ice.
The Stars got in on the forecheck and won the puck in the left corner, pushing it out to Bichsel at the left point. Bichsel floated a wrist shot toward the net, and it caught Sandin’s right glove and went in at 17:35, giving Dallas its first lead of the night.
In the third, Washington had another power play opportunity with which to pull even, but again, no sale. The Caps were held without a shot on that last extra-man opportunity, and Dallas – which now boasts the League’s best home penalty kill (90.5%) – ended up with more shots on net (four) than the Caps (three) on Washington’s four chances with the extra man.
“Yeah, you can definitely look to the power play tonight,” laments Strome. “We’ve been good for a while, but just not our sharpest night. It hurt us for sure, even in the third, down 2-1 and we get a power play and don’t even get into the zone.”
Late in the third, a turnover behind the Washington net resulted in a quick Jason Robertson pass to the slot and a one-timer from Hintz for the third Dallas goal, at 14:58.
Washington was seeking to be the first Eastern Conference team to win in the Dallas building in over nine months.
“Credit to their top guys for capitalizing in those spots,” says Carbery. “But I liked a lot of the things that we did tonight, especially at 5-on-5.”
On a night when the Caps played without winger Andrew Mangiapane and the Stars skated without top pairing defender Thomas Harley, Dallas coach Pete DeBoer concurred on Carbery’s assessment of the Stars’ “top guys.”
Dallas defenseman Esa Lindell was on the ice for more than half of the game (30:37) and for virtually all (7:58) of Washington’s eight minutes with the extra man.
“We need that – the power play with a goal,” says DeBoer. “You’re down a man, you’re down some guys, you’re shorthanded, you’re playing the best team in the league and the hottest team in the league, so your best players have to be your best players tonight, and I thought ours were. Roope, [Robertson], Otter, Miro [Heiskanen], Lindy – those were, and we needed that tonight.”
Charging documents reveal the U.S. Park Police officer who was shot Monday in Southeast D.C. had arrested one of the suspects the day before and was following that suspect at the time.
The suspects are brothers, 22-year-old Asheile Foster and 21-year-old Darren Foster, of Southeast. They appeared in federal court Wednesday afternoon.
Court documents state the Park Police officer who was shot had arrested Asheile Foster on Sunday on suspicion of dealing drugs. The officer said he followed Foster after he was released from jail on Monday and came to Park Police headquarters to get his personal belongings.
According to prosecutors, Foster told police he knew he was being followed by a white Tesla, and he confronted the officer on Queens Stroll Place SE, jumping out in front of the Tesla before the officer swerved around him.
Then, dozens of gunshots went off, the officer told police. He said in charging documents he was shot in the shoulder as he kept driving several blocks to the intersection of Benning Road and Southern Avenue SE, where police found him. A helicopter then took him to a hospital. According to charging documents, the officer was treated and released the same night as the shooting.
A U.S. Park Police officer who was shot in Southeast D.C. on Monday is recovering from what authorities say was likely a targeted attack. Multiple law enforcement sources tell News4’s Mark Segraves that when the officer was shot, he was investigating a shooting that occurred in Anacostia Park on Friday.
Photos in the charging documents show the brothers firing at the officer’s Tesla, according to prosecutors.
The shooting drew a massive police presence to the Southeast neighborhood near the D.C-Maryland border Monday night.
Shell casings littered the middle of the street. Police said they recovered two weapons: a Glock 9 with an extended magazine and an AR-15.
Prosecutors said that when the officer was shot, he was investigating a shooting that occurred in Anacostia Park on Friday. No one was injured in that shooting.
Darren Foster was located and stopped shortly after the shooting, D.C. police said. Asheile Foster was found on Tuesday.
The brothers were charged with assault on a federal officer, assault with intent to kill and weapons charges. They could face up to 60 years in prison if they’re convicted.
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Washington just became the latest state to regulate artificial intelligence.
Under a pair of bills signed by Gov. Bob Ferguson Tuesday, companies like OpenAI and Anthropic will have to include new disclosures in their popular chatbots for Washington users.
Ferguson asked legislators to craft House Bill 1170 to crack down on AI-generated misinformation. When content is substantially modified using generative AI, that information will now have to be traceable using watermarks or metadata. The new law applies to large AI companies more than 1 million monthly subscribers.
“ I’m confident I’m not the only Washingtonian who often sees something on my phone and wondering to myself, ‘Is that AI or is it real?’ And I feel like I’m a reasonably discerning person,” Ferguson said during the bill signing. “It is virtually impossible these days.”
RELATED: WA Gov. Bob Ferguson calls for regulations on AI chatbot companions
House Bill 2225 establishes new guard rails for AI chatbots that act like friends or companions. It applies to services like ChatGPT and Claude, but excludes more narrowly tailored chatbots, like the customer service windows that pop up when visiting a corporate website.
Chatbots that fit the bill will have to disclose to users that they are not human at the start of every conversation, and every three hours in an ongoing chat. The tools will also be barred from pretending to be human in conversation with users.
The rules go further if the user is a minor. Companies that operate chatbots will have to disclose that the tools are not human every hour, rather than every three hours, if the user is under 18. The bill forbids AI companions from having sexually explicit conversations with underage users. It also bans “manipulative engagement techniques.” For example, a chatbot is not allowed to guilt or pressure a minor into staying in a conversation or keeping information from parents.
“AI has incredible potential to transform society,” Ferguson said. “At the same time, of course, there are risks that we must mitigate as a state, especially to young people. So I speak partly as a governor, but also as the father of teenage twins who grapple with this as a lot of parents do every single day.”
Under the law, AI chatbots will not be allowed to encourage or provide information on suicide or self-harm, including eating disorders. The companies behind these tools will be required to come up with a protocol for flagging conversations that reference self-harm and connecting users with mental health services.
The regulations come in the wake of several high-profile instances of teenage suicide following prolonged interactions with AI companions that showed warning signs. Many more AI users of all ages have reported mental health issues and psychosis after heavy use of the technology.
Washington Wizards (16-55, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (21-51, 14th in the Western Conference)
Salt Lake City; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Washington heads into the matchup with Utah after losing 16 in a row.
The Jazz have gone 13-24 in home games. Utah ranks second in the Western Conference with 16.6 fast break points per game led by Lauri Markkanen averaging 3.3.
The Wizards are 5-29 in road games. Washington is 9-10 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 15.3 turnovers per game.
The Jazz score 117.4 points per game, 6.7 fewer points than the 124.1 the Wizards give up. The Wizards’ 46.1% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.9 percentage points lower than the Jazz have allowed to their opponents (49.0%).
The teams square off for the second time this season. The Jazz won the last meeting 122-112 on March 6, with Ace Bailey scoring 32 points in the victory.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kyle Filipowski is averaging 10.5 points and 6.9 rebounds for the Jazz. Brice Sensabaugh is averaging 19.9 points over the last 10 games.
Alex Sarr is averaging 16.5 points, 7.4 rebounds and two blocks for the Wizards. Will Riley is averaging 14.4 points over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Jazz: 3-7, averaging 116.4 points, 43.3 rebounds, 27.7 assists, 9.9 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 122.7 points per game.
Wizards: 0-10, averaging 114.3 points, 37.4 rebounds, 24.5 assists, 6.9 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 130.6 points.
INJURIES: Jazz: Lauri Markkanen: out (hip), Isaiah Collier: out (hamstring), Keyonte George: out (leg), Cody Williams: out (shoulder), Walker Kessler: out for season (shoulder), Jusuf Nurkic: out for season (nose), Jaren Jackson Jr.: out for season (knee).
Wizards: Anthony Davis: out (finger), Tristan Vukcevic: day to day (back), Cam Whitmore: out for season (shoulder), Alex Sarr: day to day (toe), Tre Johnson: day to day (foot), Kyshawn George: out (elbow), D’Angelo Russell: out (not injury related), Trae Young: out (quad).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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