GDT #18 Caps at Utah W 6-2

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November 18 vs Utah Hockey Club at Delta Center
Time: 9:00
TV: Monumental Sports 2
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7

Washington Capitals 12-4-1
PP% 15.4(27th)  PK% 86(4th)  Faceoff% 47.8(27th)
Utah Hockey Club 7-7-3
PP% 15.9(25th)  PK% 75.4(25th)  Faceoff% 54.3(2nd)

Capitals anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Protas 21
McMichael 24 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Vrana 13 - Eller 20 - Mangiapane 88
Duhaime 22 - Dowd 21 - Raddysh 16

Chychrun 6 - Carlson(A) 74
Sandin 38 - Roy 3
Fehervary 42 - van Riemsdyk 57

Lindgren 79
Thompson 48 - backup

PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, McMichael, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Dubois, Mangiapane, Vrana, Chychrun

scratched:
Lapierre 29
Alexeyev 27
McIlrath 52

IR:
Milano 15 - upper body

LTIR:
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Oshie 77 - lower back - season

Utah anticipated lines:
Keller 9 - Bjugstad 17 - Schmaltz 8
Maccelli 63 - Cooley 92 - Guenther 11
Kerfoot 15 - Hayton 27 - Crouse 67
McBain 22 - Stenlund 82 - Carcone 53

Sergachev 98 - Määttä 2
Cole 28 - Lamoureux 10
Välimäki 4 - Kesserling 7

Ingram 39
Vejmelka 70 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Wes McCauley 4, Cody Beach 32
Joe Mahon 89, Travis Toomey 90

https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/11/46304/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-11-18-24/#WSHvsUTA

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-seek-sweep-in-salt-lake-city

scoring summary
1st period:
McBain from Stenlund and Cole at 3:05
Strome(6) unassisted at 7:46
Dowd(5) from Duhaime and Raddysh at 7:56
Ovechkin(14) from Mangiapane at 11:05
2nd period:
Ovechkin(15) PPG from Carlson and Strome at 5:38
Bjugstad from Schmaltz and Keller at 11:44
3rd period:
Duhaime(4) from van Riemsdyk and Eller at 7:30
Protas(7) from Mangiapane at 9:56

Caps win 6-2

[Mickstix]

Relocated Arizona Coyotes to Utah Hockey Club..  Trap game much? 




Bored thoughts until gametime. So, they're just a relocated team.. But how did Seattle Kraken come about? I don't remember the NHL fleecing a player from each team (like they did for Vegas) for them?  Or where they just a relocated/rebranded team too?

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Seattle was formed exactly like Vegas was. Teams learned how to protect their players better for the Seattle draft.

[Mickstix]

I don't even remember it? Who'd they take from us? How did teams protect better? So many questions... 

[richkrt99]

A win tonight will propel the Caps over NJ and Carolina into 1st place in the division and lead in the entire east - putting them 2nd in all the NHL behind only Winnipeg.
Devils and Canes both idle tonight, and face each other tomorrow, so our Division lead will be short lived, but DAMN, Caps are 4th in the NHL at the moment and move into 2nd with a win.  Oh damn, Winnipeg lost 2 in a row? 
WTF is happening?  someone pinch me.

[Surreylily]

Morning.   
 

[Surreylily]

Here's hoping Lindy is awake from the start and doesn't give away his customary early goal.

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back to back, but it’s light travel, only a one hour flight between Vegas and Salt Lake

[Mickstix]

Yep.. 

[Surreylily]

 

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[Surreylily]

Their goalie has an awfull GAA stat tho.

[Mickstix]

PK 

[Ozzies09tc]

Two posts too early

[Mickstix]

Stromer!!!

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GOOOAAALLLL

STROME

[Mickstix]

Dowder!!

[Surreylily]

 

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GOOOAAALLLL

DOWD

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Micks feed is ahead tonight instead of behind