GDT #26 Caps at Flames @ 10pm

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December 3 vs Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome
Time: 10:00
TV: NBCSW
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7

Washington Capitals 10-11-4
PP% 20.5(22nd)  PK% 79.7(12th)  Faceoff% 47.7(23rd) 
Calgary Flames 10-10-3
PP% 18.9(24th)  PK% 79.5(13th)  Faceoff% 50.1(17th)

Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Sheary 73
Milano 15 - Kuznetsov 92 - Oshie 77
Johansson 90 - Eller 20 - Mantha 39
Protas 59 - Dowd 26 - Hathaway 21

Gustafsson 56 - Carlson(A) 74
Fehervary 42 - Jensen 3
Alexeyev 27 - van Riemsdyk 57

Kuemper 35

PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Oshie, Johansson, Carlson   
PP2: Milano, Kuznetsov, Sheary, Gustafsson, van Riemsdyk

scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Snively 91
Aubé-Kubel 96
Irwin 52

IR/LTIR:
Orlov 9 - lower body
Backstrom 19 - hip
Brown 28 - knee
Wilson 43 - knee
Malenstyn 47 - hand
Hagelin 62 - hip

Flames anticipated lines:
Huberdeau 10 - Lindholm 28 - Toffoli 73
Dube 29 - Kadri 91 - Mangiapane 88
Ruzicka 63 - Backlund 11 - Coleman 20
Lucic 17 - Rooney 21 - Lewis 22

Hanifin 55 - Andersson 4
Weegar 52 - Tanev 8
Zadorov 16 - Stone 26

Vladar 80
Markstrom 25 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Chris Schlenker 3, Wes McCauley 4
Ryan Gibbons 58, Jonathan Deschamps 80

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-continue-trip-in-calgary/c-338322336

https://cms.nhl.bamgrid.com/images/assets/binary/338322616/binary-file/file.pdf

scoring summary
1st period:
Coleman from Ruzicka and Backlund at 18:03
Sheary(9) PPG from Milano(5) and Kuznetsov(14) at 19:26
2nd period:
Mangiapane from Backlund and Ruzicka at 1:35
3rd period:
Ruzicka from Backlund and Mangiapane at 13:39
Mangiapane from Dube and Kadri at 14:43
Carlson(8 from Eller(6) and Strome(14) at 18:54
Lindholm from Toffoli and Tanev at 19:56

Caps lose 5-2 

[Mickstix]

Gotta watch at least :26 seconds.. Let's Go!!!

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Jensen is going to feel that in the morning

[Mickstix]

We obviously need to pass the puck more. 

[Mickstix]

Gonna be another one of those nights, huh.. "Almost Just Missed"

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[Mickstix]

As usual, the other team can't score unless Carlson is on the ice. 

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GOOOAAALLLL

SHEARY PPG

[Mickstix]

Sheary! Watch us sell him at the deadline. lol

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1 - 1 after 1

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[Mickstix]

Soon as they make it 3-1 Im gonna watch the rest with a pillow and blanky.. lol 

[Mickstix]

So, Fever out and now Kuemper too? Season just keeps on giving.

[Mickstix]

Guess it's official. Nobody in our top 6 besides Ovi and Sheary will ever score a goal again. 


Think Imma call it a night. Team has nothing going on. Again.

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welp, could see that one coming, I didn’t even try to stay awake for it


Caps lose 5-2

[BlackIce]

As the games mount up, the evidence is accumulating that, not only is it not the Caps' year this year, but that the franchise's 15-year run of Stanley Cup relevance in the Ovechkin era is coming to a close.  There is no longer any reason to try to patch and scrape to find missing pieces in order to have a serious or semi-serious chance at a championship.  It is time to work on transitioning to the next era, even if it violates Ted Leonsis' promise to Ovie to make a good faith attempt to win championships while he is here.

[waynerivers]

26 games in and I can officially say I'm not all that impressed by Kuemper, our defensive failings aside.  On that 3rd goal, he has to get his ass out of the blue paint.  The guy is coming straight in and he's backed up in the crease giving him the whole net to shoot at.  You come out and take away his angle.  This should be goaltending 101.

[waynerivers]

As the games mount up, the evidence is accumulating that, not only is it not the Caps' year this year, but that the franchise's 15-year run of Stanley Cup relevance in the Ovechkin era is coming to a close.  There is no longer any reason to try to patch and scrape to find missing pieces in order to have a serious or semi-serious chance at a championship.  It is time to work on transitioning to the next era, even if it violates Ted Leonsis' promise to Ovie to make a good faith attempt to win championships while he is here.

Exactly, The long run that started in 2009-10 is now ending.  I think we had more wins than anyone in the NHL over that period up to last year.  It was fun but the rebuild is here and has been for awhile.

[richkrt99]

Agreed and Backy and Carlson should not be "anchors" in that rebuild.  For $8m a year you get a dump Carlson and get THREE better guys that actually play D and could still pass Ovie the puck on the PP