GDT #34 Caps vs Red Wings @ 7pm

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December 19 vs Red Wings at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: NBCSW
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7

Washington Capitals 16-13-4
PP% 21.8(18th)  PK% 80.7(9th)  Faceoff% 48.4(23rd)   
Detroit Red Wings 13-11-6
PP% 19.8(25th)  PK% 76.4(22nd)  Faceoff% 47.4(25th) 

Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Sheary 73
Milano 15 - Kuznetsov 92 - Mantha 39
Johansson 90 - Eller 20 - Aubé-Kubel 96
Protas 59 - Dowd 26 - Hathaway 21

Gustafsson 56 - Carlson(A) 74
Orlov 9 - Jensen 3
Irwin 52 - van Riemsdyk 57

Lindgren 79

PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Kuznetsov, Johansson, Carlson
PP2: Milano, Sheary, Mantha, Orlov, Gustafsson

scratched:
Kuemper 35 - backup
Snively 91
Johansen 46

IR/LTIR:
Backstrom 19 - hip
Alexeyev 27 - concussion
Brown 28 - knee
Fehervary 42 - upper body
Wilson 43 - knee
Malenstyn 47 - hand
Hagelin 62 - hip
Oshie 77 - upper body

Wings anticipated lines:
Rasmussen 27 - Larkin(C) 71 - Perron 57
Erne 73 - Copp 18 - Raymond 23
Kubalik 81 - Suter 24 - Sundqvist 70
Berggren 52 - Veleno 90 - Czarnik 21

Chiarot 8 - Seider 53
Walman 96 - Hronek 17
Maatta 2 - Oesterle 82

Husso 35
Nedeljkovic 39 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Chris Lee 28, Justin Kea 44
Derek Nansen 70, Mark Shewchyk 92

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-close-homestand-vs-detroit/c-338944234

scoring summary
1st period:
Perron from Rasmussen and Larkin at 7:30
Sundqvist PPG from Berggren and Veleno at 15:36
2nd period:
Dowd(6) from Ovechkin(16) and Gustafsson(11) at 15:35
Dowd(7) from Jensen(13) and Aubé-Kubel(3) at 15:46
3rd period:
Raymond from Copp and Maatta at 4:49
Gustafsson(4) from Eller(7) and Aubé-Kubel(4) at 5:59
OT:
Orlov(2) from Johansson(8 and Dowd(6) at 4:38

Caps win 4-3

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Fucale and Shepard were sent back to Hershey today, Kuemper will be the backup tonight. Dowd will be a game time decision.

[richkrt99]

Heard from Lavi at morning skate Oshie is "day to day" WTF ever that means these days.  All injuries are day to day until they end up on LTIR 

[Mickstix]

Day to day to get back, day to day to get injured again. Oshie is done bro. Last year he hurt himself raising his arm. This year skating. 

[Surreylily]

Morning chaps.   
Not sure Ill last very long tonight.   

[richkrt99]

Morning chaps.   
Not sure Ill last very long tonight.   

Like she's never heard them words before 

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[Mickstix]

Lol. Fucking onetime backhander upstairs. Not in a million years could one of our guys do that. 

[richkrt99]

Da fook?


What was that like 6 scoring chances to one?


And that is where Lindy is leaky - way up top from in close.


Not that that was Lindy's fault

[Surreylily]

Day to day to get back, day to day to get injured again. Oshie is done bro. Last year he hurt himself raising his arm. This year skating. 

I kind of object to this assessment of Oshie.
He's been consciously targetted for the last couple of years.  Slew foots, high sticks and elbows, lots of non calls.  Even if they are called, the two minutes doesn't exactly equate to the injury time off sustained.
Oshie is an elite player and if a team can eliminate him from the game, they will and if they have to sacrifice a mediocre player to do it, guess what?  They will and they have.
These were obvious intents to hurt injure or harm and should be properly addressed by the NHL!

Jus' sayin'

 

[Surreylily]

Meh!  That silly blue kit again.   

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[Mickstix]

I kind of object to this assessment of Oshie.

His longest stretches of being injured in the last 2 seasons have been non contact. (Im counting this one as a long one, as I predict he's out 4-6 weeks) But when guys start taking multiple non contact injuries, in close proximity, it's time to hang up the skates, unfortunately.


And more    Detroit is now a power house apparently. 

[Mickstix]

We're never gonna score another goal. It's official. 

[richkrt99]

Way to get up for this one fellas.  (more famous words Lil's heard)


Cmon fellas.  Wake up and whoop this farm club

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it’s pp time

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not a good 1st period for the Caps

[richkrt99]

It's almost like the Wings' goalie was expecting that PP shot from Ovi? 

[Surreylily]

Pretty rubbish so far.
I have commitments tomorrow, so peace out peeps.
I'd appreciate blow by blow accounts if you would?
 

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I’m not touching that one