GDT #36 Caps vs Jets @ 7pm

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December 23 vs Jets at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: NBCSW
Radio: 106.7 FM

Washington Capitals 18-13-4
PP% 21.6(19th)  PK% 80.4(80.4(11th)  Faceoff% 48.5(21st) 
Winnipeg Jets 21-11-1
PP% 23.5(11th)  PK% 81.1(7th)  Faceoff% 46.9(26th)   

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
Alexeyev 27
Snively 91

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

Jets anticipated lines:
Barron 36 - Scheifele(A) 55 - Kuhlman 20
Connor 81 - Dubois 80 - Gagner 89
Eyssimont 23 - Lowry(A) 17 - Harkins 12
Gustafsson 19 - Stenlund 28 - Johnson-Fjallby 71

Morrissey(A) 44 - DeMelo 2
Dillon 5 - Pionk 4
Heinola 14 - Capobianco 77

Rittich 33
Hellebuyck 37 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Francis Charron 6, Kelly Sutherland 11
Libor Suchanek 60, Jonathan Deschamps 80

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-jets/c-339136426

scoring summary
1st period:
Ovechkin(21) from Strome(19) and Sheary(10) at 18:22
2nd period:
Milano(5) from Sheary(11) and Ovechkin(19) at 12:46
3rd period:
Dowd(8 from Hathaway(5) and Gustafsson(13) at 3:49
Stenlund from Kuhlman and Johnson-Fjallby at 9:59
Ovechkin(22) from Kuznetsov(23) at 19:00

Caps win 4-1

[Mickstix]

What's the weather lookin' like up nawf?? They gonna do this or what?

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As long as both teams are in town it should be fine, it’s cold but it’s dry.

[waynerivers]

I think Ovie pots #801 tonight.  He's due again.

[Mickstix]

What a god awful PP. Even worse then the first one.    Bout 20 seconds of zone time. lol

[Mickstix]

801!!!

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GOOOAAALLLL

OVEEEECHKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN

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GOOOAAALLLL

MILANO

[Mickstix]

Pretty solid through 40. Still haven't seen a replay of Charlie's short handed save. Thought for sure that was goin in. Too bad the PP sucks all night.

[Mickstix]

Wonder where the Lass and Hillbilly are? 

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looks like Carlson will miss the rest of the game, that looked like it hurt

[Mickstix]

Holy shit that didn't look good at all. Carlson took that straight in the side of the face. Instant blood. Glad he got up and skated to the room on his own. Joe said it was a 90+ MPH slapper. 

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GOOOAAALLLL

DOWD

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802


 

[Mickstix]

The Gr802!! He didn't want to do it, but they left him no choice! lol


Merry Christmas Caps Fam!! Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!!

Catch you guys Tuesday!! 

[BlackIce]

I really wish this particular goal hadn't been an empty-netter.  I'd like to see him reach milestones with goals in straight-up play.  But now it would seem that there are only two goals left to reach - if he could somehow get to 50 goals this season it would be his 10th, breaking the all time record.  And then there is 894.

[Mickstix]

Hope he's ok. 


https://twitter.com/VogsCaps/status/1606492149264125952

[waynerivers]

I really wish this particular goal hadn't been an empty-netter.  I'd like to see him reach milestones with goals in straight-up play.  But now it would seem that there are only two goals left to reach - if he could somehow get to 50 goals this season it would be his 10th, breaking the all time record.  And then there is 894.

I agree.  #802 shouldn't have been an empty netter, IMO.  Call me a purist.  In fact, I'd be happy if he didn't have any empty netters from here on out.  Gretzky had 56 empty net goals and Ovie has 54 now.  We don't need people carping about the record because he has 60-65 empty net goals.  That aside, the Caps are rolling and it's nice to really anticipate games again.  Now, they need to win the division games.

[BlackIce]

Wayne, this is such a tough call.  If Kuzy had taken the goal when Ovie fed it to him that would have been fine.  Problem is, if Ovie dithers with the puck or just shoots it away not to score, and Winnipeg takes it down the ice and scores, then there's a tight game in the waning seconds that shouldn't be.  So what is Ovie supposed to do?


I'm not really a fan of trying to pull the goalie early when a team is multiple goals behind.  Play it straight, try to get within one goal, THEN pull the goalie.  This seems like a more and more common occurrence lately, which leads to more ENG.  Ovie's had 6 of them in the last few weeks - probably an aberration, but you're right, it doesn't look good.