GDT #78 Caps at Canadiens @ 7pm

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April 6 vs Canadiens at Bell Cantre
Time: 7:00
TV: NBCSW
Radio: 106.7 104.5 FM

Washington Capitals 34-34-9
PP% 21.4(15th)  PK% 82.6(6th)  Faceoff% 50.2(17th)
Montreal Canadiens 30-42-6
PP% 16.9(28th)  PK% 72.9(30th)  Faceoff% 48.6(25th)

Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Wilson 43
Milano 15 - Backstrom 19 - Protas 59
Sheary 73 - Kuznetsov 92 - Smith 16
                  Dowd 26 - Aubé-Kubel 96

Fehervary 42 - Carlson 74
Sandin 38 - Jensen 3
Irwin 52 - Alexeyev 27

Kuemper 35

PP1:
PP2:

scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Mantha 39 - lower body - day to day
van Riemsdyk 57 - upper body - day to day
Oshie 77 - upper body - day to day

IR/LTIR:
Brown 28 - knee
Hagelin 62 - hip

Habs anticipated lines:
Harvey-Pinard 49 - Suzuki 14 - Armia 40
Gurianov 25 - Drouin 27 - Gallagher 11
Pitlick 32 - Evans 71 - Hoffman 68
Pezzetta 55 - Tierney 67 - Ylonen 56

Matheson 8 - Barron 52
Edmundson 44 - Wideman 6
Schueneman 64 - Kovacevik 26

Montembeault 35
Primeau 30 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Kelly Sutherland 11, Peter MacDougall 38
Julien Fournier 56, Mark Shewchyk 92

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-visit-habs/c-343164830?tid=299819628

scoring summary
1st period:
Strome(20) from Jensen(23) and Ovechkin(32) at 5:30
2nd period:
Suzuki SHG from Edmunson and Matheson at 3:42
Armia SHG from Matheson and Evans at 7:52
Gallagher from Drouin at 9:23
Armia from Matheson and Suzuki at 11:15
3rd period:
Backstrom(7) PPG from Strome(40) and Carlson(18) at 14:27
Armia from Harvey-Pinard at 16:58
Hoffman from Evans at 19:42

Caps lose 6-2

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Oshie and van Riemsdyk are out tonight, both listed as upper body

[richkrt99]

I expect the Caps to win tonight, but WTF knows.  Even though it was almost a certainty weeks ago, it has to be a let down to officially be out of the race.


Nothing to play for as this game is meaningless to the entire NHL

[Mickstix]

Mantha out too. Lower body.

[Surreylily]

Morning fellas   

[Surreylily]

Who scored?

[Surreylily]

YAY WILLY!   

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GOOOAAALLLL

STROME


FIGHT

WILLY

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Pizetta dropped the gloves first but Willy gets the 2 minute instigator, plus a 5 for fighting and a 10 minute misconduct. Pizz only got a 5 fighting.


    

[Surreylily]

It's Kelly Sutherland.  Nuff said.   

[Mickstix]

Come on Kuemper!         

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Caps have the lead after the 1st..

 

[Surreylily]

Habs are tetchy tonight.

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Caps give up a shorty
 

[Surreylily]

      
What a clusterfuck!

[Surreylily]

NO!  NO!  DON'T SHOOT!  DON'T SHOOT!

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another shorty


 

[Surreylily]

k is being more Special than usual tonight....

 

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HABS SCOOOORE


 

[Surreylily]

I think  I read earlier that the Hbs hadn't scored in 141 minutes,    untill tonight.