Capitals vs. Kings Recap: Caps Crown Kings 3-1

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY SportsThe Washington Capitals knighted the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 on Tuesday night in Washington. Goals by fabulous wunderkinds Burakovsky and Kuznetsov helped lift the Caps to victory.

The Capitals pushed back against the elite of the Western Conference, dropping the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 on Tuesday night in Washington. Andre Burakovsky and Evgeny Kuznetsov got on the board for the Caps, and an empty-netter from Jason Chimera (his 16th goal on the season) was all she wrote.

Here's Tuesday night's Plus/Minus:

Plus: Brooks Orpik returned to the line-up after forty days and forty nights in the training room! He looked good! And Andre Burakovsky recorded his twelfth goal of…