GDT #58 Caps at Hurricanes @ 8pm

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February 18 vs Hurricanes at Carter-Finley Stadium 
Time: 8:00
TV: ABC/ESPN+
Radio: 106.7 FM

Washington Capitals 28-23-6
PP% 20.5(21st)  PK% 81.5(9th)  Faceoff% 49.8(18th)     
Carolina Hurricanes 36-10-8
PP% 19.9(22nd)  PK% 81.5(8th)  Faceoff% 53(4th) 

Caps anticipated lines:
Milano 15 - Kuznetsov 92 - Wilson(A) 43
Sheary 73 - Backstrom(A) 19 - Johansson 90
Mantha 39 - Strome 17 - Oshie 77(A)
Hathaway 21 - Eller 20 - Aubé-Kubel 96

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

Kuemper 35

PP1: Backstrom, Strome, Johansson, Oshie, Gustafsson
PP2: Mantha, Wilson, Kuznetsov, Sheary, Orlov   

scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Snively 91
Protas 59
Alexeyev 27

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

Canes anticipated lines:
Svechnikov 37 - Aho 20 - Jarvis 24
Teravainen 86 - Kotkaniemi 82 - Necas 88
Martinook(A) 48 - Staal(C) 11 - Fast 71
Noesen 23 - Stastny 26 - Stepan 21

Slavin(A) 74 - Burns 8
Skjei 76 - Pesce 22
DeHaan 44 - Chatfield 5

Andersen 31
Raanta 32 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Justin St.Pierre 12, Frederick L’Ecuyer 17
James Tobias 61, Ryan Daisy 81

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-clash-with-canes-under-lights/c-341176724

scoring summary
1st period:
Kotkaniemi from Teravainen and Necas at 2:11
2nd period:
Stastny from Chatfield and Martinook at 5:47
Necas PPG from Burns and Kotkaniemi at 8:48
Teravainen from Necas and Andersen at 11:17
3rd period:
Wilson(3) from Milano(15) and Fehervary(7) at 10:32

Caps lose 4-1

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https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1627037335329329153

[Mickstix]

Didn't realize Mojo was actually in doubt, but good to see he and Willy in the lineup! Don't believe either one will make a difference but who knows.


Bottoms up!!

[Mickstix]

Jeez, they aren't gonna drop the puck anytime soon are they? 

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I didn’t MoJo was questionable either, did you hear why?

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It took a couple try’s, but I’ve got the video synced to the radio broadcast. I’m not interested in listening to ABC call this one.

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[justwincaps]

Ouch - this is hard to watch.   Not just that Carolina scored, it;s just hard to see the puck.   

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that’s the second pp, maybe they can make this one look respectable


 

[Mickstix]

We're not good at hockey. 

I didn’t MoJo was questionable either, did you hear why?

He took a fall or something, late last game.

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not that it’s an excuse for the Caps, but the puck seems pretty bouncy tonight

[Mickstix]

It's hockey, you'd think we could get lucky or something, every once in a while. 

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[justwincaps]

Oy - gonna be tough to come back from this.   

[Mickstix]

Guess that'll about do it. 

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maybe the replay sucked, but I didn’t see a high stick there

[Mickstix]

Could of been a glove or stick. He went down like a sack of potatoes though, so you know it must of been bad. 


BTW, the Caps have scored 8 goals!! In February. 


 

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Carolinas goalie got an assist on that cluster

[Mickstix]

Watch, Mantha will get a garbage time goal, now that we're thoroughly getting our ass kicked.