GDT #34 Caps vs Predators @ 7pm

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December 30 vs Predators at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7

Washington Capitals 17-11-5
PP% 11.8(30th) PK% 82.7(10th) Faceoff% 47.2(28th)   Nashville Predators 19-16-1
PP% 20.3(17th) PK% 76.3(25th) Faceoff% 48.9(22nd)

Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Kuznetsov 92
Phillips 45 - Lapierre 29 - Wilson 43
Protas 21 - McMichael 24 - Mantha 39
Malenstyn 47 - Dowd 26 - Aubé-Kubel 96

Sandin 38 - Carlson(A) 74
van Riemsdyk 57 - Bear 25
Edmundson 6 - Jensen 3

Shepard 31

PP1:
PP2:

scratched:
Kuemper 35 - backup
Alexeyev 27
Fehervary 47 - upper body
Lindgren 79 - upper body

IR:
Milano 15 - upper body
Oshie 77 - lower body

LTIR:
Pacioretty 67 - achilles
Backstrom 19 - hip - season

Preds anticipated lines:
Forsberg 9 - O’Reilly 90 - Nyquist 14
Parssinen 75 - Novak 82 - Sherwood 44
Trenin 13 - Sissons 10 - Evangelista 77
Smith 36 - McCarron 47 - Tomasino 26

McDonagh 27 - Josi 59
Lauzon 3 - Carrier 45
Fabbro 57 - Schenn 2

Askarov 30
Saros 74 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Eric Furlatt 27, Beau Halkidis 48
Libor Suchanek 60, CJ Murray 68

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-preds-to-close-out-23

scoring summary
1st period:
Evangelista from Fabbro and Novak at 2:44
Josi from Nyquist and O’Reilly at 6:55
Malenstyn(3) from Dowd(2) and van Riemsdyk(6) at 10:25
2nd period:
Ovechkin(7) from Strome8) and Protas(15) at 14:59
3rd period:
no goals
OT:
no goals
SO:
Kuznetsov  ❎    Nyquist   ✅
Ovechkin    ❎    O’Reilly   ✅

Caps lose 3-2

[Mickstix]

Kuzy not even a center anymore. 

[Surreylily]

Morning chaps.

 

[Mickstix]

 
game over

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[Surreylily]

Here we go.   

[Mickstix]

Just realized, we're now the team that gets to play the Harlem Globetrotters every game. 

[Mickstix]

 

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cheesus


 

[Mickstix]

Yay! One found it's way in.

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GOOOAAALLLL

MALENSTYN

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Nashville played last night as well, they aren’t skating like it

[Surreylily]

A sign of life.

 

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Willy …

[Surreylily]

Nashville played last night as well, they aren’t skating like it

Lets hope it catches up with them later in the game.   

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Caps have picked it up

[Mickstix]

More push back than I expected.  Top 2 lines need to do something.

[Surreylily]

That could have been worse.

[Mickstix]

Jebus we suck. Ovi can't even


Nevermind. OVI!!!!

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GOOOAAALLL

OVECHKIIIIN