GDT #50 Caps at Avalanche @ 9pm

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January 24 vs Avalanche at Ball Arena
Time: 9:00
TV: NBCSW
Radio: 106.7 FM

Washington Capitals 25-18-6
PP% 20.5(19th)  PK% 81.6(7th)  Faceoff% 49.8(17th) 
Colorado Avalanche 25-17-3
PP% 24.5(9th)  PK% 76.6(20th)  Faceoff% 45.8(29th)

Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Aubé-Kubel 96
Milano 15 - Kuznetsov 92 - Wilson 43
Mantha 39 - Protas 59 - Sheary 73
Johansson 90 - Eller 20- Hathaway 21

Gustafsson 56 - van Riemsdyk 57
Orlov 9 - Jensen 3
Irwin 52 - Fehervary 42

Kuemper 35

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

scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Alexeyev 27
Backstrom 19 - non covid flu
Oshie 77 - wife is giving birth(#4)

IR/LTIR:
Dowd 26 - lower body
Brown 28 - knee
Hagelin 62 - hip
Carlson 74 - face/ear

Avalanche anticipated lines:
Lehkonen 62 - MacKinnon(A) 29 - Rodrigues 9
Nichushkin 13 - Compher 37 - Rantanen(A) 96
Cogliano 11 - Newhook 18 - O’Connor 25
Englund 88 - Meyers 59 - Blidh 36

Toews 7 - Johnson 6
Girard 49 - Hunt 17
MacDermid 56 - MacDonald 26

Georgiev 40
Francouz 39 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Justin St Pierre 12, Connor O’Donnell 41
Brandon Gawryletz 64, Devin Berg 87

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-conclude-trip-in-colorado/c-340331002

scoring summary
1st period:
Lehkonen from MacKinnon and Toews at 8:57
2nd period:
Cogliano from MacDermid and O’Connor at 2:04
Sheary(12) from Fehervary(6) and Mantha(15) at 4:48
Newhook from O’Connor and Girard at 15:39
3rd period: 
Ovechkin(31) from Strome(25) at 9:44

Caps lose 3-2

[richkrt99]

 


not even gonna say anything about what time it is
ehr...um, nvm

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Backy out, Protas in

[Mickstix]

Hmm.. They'll never find that chemistry as long as the lineup changes every game. Yay us! 

[capsfanpdx]

ESPN+ NHL coverage is total shit! (tech implementation, not broadcast)

[Mickstix]

Bummer that it looks like they already have more energy w/o Oshie and Nicky. Individually those guys haven't looked too bad, but they just don't create much energy or chemistry anymore.

[capsfanpdx]

why is out passing so atrocious recently?

[Mickstix]

Welp, there's the story of our January.. We get a chance, hit the post. They get one, back of the net. 

why is out passing so atrocious recently?

It was looking really good. Then we got "healthy".

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Mantha gave the Aves goalie a snow shower on the Protas chance, I thought that wasn’t allowed anymore

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Caps training staff better pass out some little blue pills, because the pp is limp

[Mickstix]

Yea, be neat if the Caps had someone who could score a goal once in a while. Everybody looks like they have 2 left feet/hands. Ovi gonna end the year with like 36 goals. lol

[Mickstix]

 

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GOOOAAALLLL

SHEARY

[Mickstix]

Sheary baby!!

[Mickstix]

Gonna have to see if Sheary can handle a 35 minute shift.   

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finally a good shift

[capsfanpdx]

We need serious help on D....................   even 9 and 42 look bad these days.

[Mickstix]

Wilson down the tunnel. 

[Mickstix]

Ballgame.. Catch ya Thursday!