GDT #51 Caps vs Penguins @ 7pm

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January 26 vs Penguins at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: NBCSW
Radio: 106.7 FM

Washington Capitals 25-19-6
PP% 20.3(20th)  PK% 81.6(7th)  Faceoff% 49.8(17th)
Pittsburgh Penguins 24-15-8
PP% 22.2(16th)  PK% 81.2(9th)  Faceoff% 52.2(8th)

Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Oshie(A) 77
Mantha 39 - Kuznetsov 92 - Sheary 73
Milano 15 - Backstrom 19 - Johansson 90
Aubé-Kubel 96 - Eller 20 - Hathaway 21

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

Kuemper 35

PP1: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Johansson, Gustafsson
PP2: Sheary, Strome, Kuznetsov, Orlov, van Riemsdyk

scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Protas 59
Alexeyev 27
Wilson 43 - lower body - day to day

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

Pens anticipated lines:
Guentzel 59 - Crosby(C) 87 - Rust 17
Zucker 16 - Malkin(A) 71 - Rakell 67
McGinn 23 - Blueger 53 - Carter 77
O’Connor 10 - Poehling 25 - Heinen 43

Dumoulin 8 - Letang(A) 58
Pettersson 28 - Petry 26
Joseph 73 - Ruhwedel 2

DeSmith 1
Tokarski 40 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
TJ Luxmore 21, Ghislain Hebert 22
Andrew Smith, Kyle Flemington 55

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-clash-with-penguins/c-340424318

scoring summary
1st period:
Ovechkin(32) PPG from Kuznetsov(35) and Orlov(14) at 6:00
2nd period:
Heinen from O’Connor and Dumoulin at 2:37
3rd period:
Johansson(13) from Backstrom(4) and Milano(14) at 5:17
Rust from Guentzel and Crosby at 12:52
OT:
no goals
SO:
Oshie         ❎     Rikell   ✅
Kuznetsov ✅     Crosby ❎
Backstrom ✅     Malkin ❎

Caps win 3-2

[richkrt99]

Caps been saving up for this one (I hope)


Hope to see a good ole Penquin whooping tonight.


Maybe the bounces will go our way and some of those passes will accidently get tipped and directed toward the net.


Go Caps.

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musical lines, again. What can go wrong 

Willy is technically a game time decision

Sheary will play his 500th game tonight

[Mickstix]

Well, Rich has me felling good about our chances. He mentioned "hope" twice and "accidently tipped in" once. Sounds like a plan! 

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it’s official, no Willy tonight

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pp time

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PP  GOOOAAALLLL 

OVECHKIIIIIIIIN

[Mickstix]

"Big Boo Boo"


OVI!!

[Mickstix]

Nice PK! I thought Lard was in the box? Nearly got a shorty.

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Nice PK! I thought Lard was in the box? Nearly got a shorty.

Hathy got the penalty. 20 is close to 21 from the press box

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wow, I think that’s the second faceoff penalty I’ve ever seen

[Mickstix]

wow, I think that’s the second faceoff penalty I’ve ever seen

Yep. I remember one on us for double violation, iirc? But never seen a hand on puck penalty, from a draw.

[Mickstix]

Where's the hillbilly and lass? 


Good 1st period. Looks like one of those rare games where we come out looking like we give a shit. D still sucks but Kuemper been on point so far.

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decent 1st from the Caps

[Mickstix]

Every time they show the stats, we're getting "out blocked" on shots by a large margin. Think we might try and adopt that theory since our D isn't very good.


Is blocking shots a skill or just a "want to" type of thing? Either way, we don't "want to". lol

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[Mickstix]

Maybe don't hit the penguin logo in his head every shot.. Hard to score goals that way. 

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the 2nd period was akin to watching a chess match


 

[Mickstix]

the 2nd period was akin to watching a chess match


 

Yep, the Washington Pawns. 

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GOOOAAALLLL

JOHANSSON