GDT #35 Caps at Penguins @ 7:30

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January 2 vs Penguins at PPG Paints Arena
Time: 7:30
TV: ESPN+, Hulu
Radio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7

Washington Capitals 17-11-6
PP% 11.5(30th)  PK% 82.1(11th)  Faceoff% 47(29th) 
Pittsburgh Penguins 18-13-4
PP% 13.4(27th)  PK% 82.9(9th)  Faceoff% 55.3(1st) 

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

Fehervary 42 - Carlson(A) 74
Edmundson 6 - Bear 25
Sandin 38 - Jensen 3

Kuemper 35

PP1:
PP2:

scratched:
Shepard 31 - backup
Alexeyev 27
van Riemsdyk 57
Lindgren 79 - upper body - day to day

IR:
Milano 15 - upper body - “week to week”
Oshie 77 - upper body - “day to day”

LTIR:
Pacioretty 67 - achilles - “within the next week”
Backstrom 19 - hip - season

Pens anticipated lines:
Guentzel 59 - Crosby 87 - Rakell 67
Smith 19 - Malkin 71 - Rust 17
O’Connor 10 - Eller 20 - Puustinen 48
Harkins 43 - Acciari 55 - Carter 77

Pettersson 28 - Letang 58
Graves 27 - Karlsson 65
Joseph 73 - Ruhwedel 2

Jarry 35
Nedeljkovic 39 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Mitch Dunning 20, Kendrick Nicholson 30
Andrew Smith 51, Derek Nansen 70

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-open-2024-vs-pens

scoring summary
1st period:
Wilson(11) from Sandin(9) and Bear(1) at :55
Malenstyn(4) from Dowd(3) at 11:16
Fehervary(2) from Strome(9) and Lapierre(4) at 13:02
Ovechkin8) PPG from Sandin(10) and Mantha(6) at 19:18
Rakell from Karlsson and Joseph at 19:56
2nd period:
Crosby PPG from Guentzel and Malkin at 9:11
Guentzel from Crosby and Rakell at 18:54
3rd period:
no goals

Caps win 4-3

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The only question I’m seeing on projected lines is Jensen or TvR on the third pairing.

[richkrt99]

Jensen as a scratch is unusual.  He's pretty much an iron man...doesn't miss many games during the year.

was perusing Caps website and...Carbs said @4:30 TVR is out

[Surreylily]

Morning chaps.
 

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Good start.

 

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On the bright side..


GOOOAAALLLL

WILSON




downside is the laptop decided to do an automatic update, got it on the radio

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[richkrt99]

HAHA....Crybaby offsides....NO GOAL!!!!!!!

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finally got a link to work, it’s about 1 minute behind the radio


 

[Surreylily]

THERES MY BOY!

 

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GOOOAAALLLL

OVECHKIIIIIIIIIIIIN

[richkrt99]

AND OVI scores oN PP in SHittsburgh


a big FU to you Shittsburgh

[richkrt99]

FFS - 4 seconds left in the period 

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[Surreylily]

I can safely say I wasnt expecting that tonight.   

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I can safely say I wasnt expecting that tonight.   

nobody was, but they gotta play another 40 minutes

[richkrt99]

Yeah, but the Caps are boss at playing a full 60 minutes 

[Mickstix]

Ovi scored. W