- Don't leave it to Beaver. Leave it to Matt Niskanen, the newly proclaimed "Eddie Haskell" of the Washington Capitals. Niskanen, the defenseman with the low-key public persona, leveled Scott Laughton with a clean, open-ice hit that sent the forward flying backward with helmet off, a defining moment late in the second period of the Capitals' 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/recap?gameId=400564437