GDT #78 Caps vs Hurricanes W 5-4

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April 10 vs Hurricanes at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:30
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7

Washington Capitals 49-19-9
PP% 23.1(14th)  PK% 81.5(6th)  Faceoff% 50.2(15th)
Carolina Hurricanes 46-27-4
PP% 18.6(24th)  PK% 84.9(1st)  Faceoff% 52.6(6th)

Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Raddysh 16
McMichael 24 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Mangiapane 88 - Eller 20 - Leonard 9
Duhaime 22 - Dowd 26 - Beauvillier 72

Sandin 38 - Carlson(A) 74
McIlrath 52 - van Riemsdyk 57
Fehérváry 42 - Roy 3

Lindgren 79
Shephard 31 - backup

PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Dubois, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Mangiapane,  , Sandin

scratched:
Frank 53
Alexeyev 27
Chychrun 6 - illness

injured:
Protas 21 - lower body
Thompson 48 - upper body

LTIR:
Milano 15 - upper body
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Oshie 77 - back - season

Canes anticipated lines:
Jarvis 24 - Aho 20 - Blake 53
Hall 71 - Roslovic 96 - Svechnikov 37
Martinook(A) 48 - Staal(C) 11 - Stankoven 22
Robinson 50 - Jankowski 77 - Jost 27

Slavin(A) 74 - Burns 8
Orlov 7 - Chatfield 5
Walker 26 - Morrow 56

Anderson 31
Kochetkov 52 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Mitch Dunning 20, Eric Furlatt 27
Jonathan Deschamps 80, Ryan Jackson 84

https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/04/48037/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-4-10-25/

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x5091

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-enter-final-five-thursday-vs-canes

scoring summary
1st period:
Stankoven from Svechnikov and Roslovic at 5:42
Blake from Jarvis and Burns at 7:14
Dubois(20) PPG from Mangiapane and Sandin at 18:06
2nd period:
Strome(26) PPG from Ovechkin at 10:50
Dowd(14) from Duhaime and Carlson at 16:51
Wilson(33) from McMichael at 17:29
3rd period:
Martinook from Burns at 4:42
Jarvis from Aho and Burns at 18:15
OT:
no goals
SO:
Dubois   ✅    Blake           ❎
Carlson  ❎    Svechnikov   ❎
Strome  ❎    Walker         ❎

Caps win 5-4

[richkrt99]

Caps need one point to clinch the Eastern Conference.  Well....technically 1pt would give us 108 and Toronto has 100pts with 4 games left (we have 42RW to their 39, and if we lost all 4 and Toronto won all 4 then i guess they win the tie-breaker with 43 RW) so....

Fuck it.  Win tonight of any kind clinches the Conference.

Playoff teams are all but set at this point. Possible, but don't expect any changes to the WC teams at this point.

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Mathematically speaking, the final wild card spot in the East is still in contention. But realistically it’s not.



Puck drop is expected at about 7:45
 

7:50

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Chychrun out, illness, McIlrath in.

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Morning.   

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evenin


 

[Rey Capalpatine]

I wonder if tonight's game will be as intense as their last game?

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PK time

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cheesus, Lindy had no idea where that was

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I wonder if tonight's game will be as intense as their last game?

most of that was in the 3rd period, if anything happens tonight I kinda expect the same. With the possible exception of Chatfield

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and there it is

Duhaime vs Chatfield
5:00 each for fighting

[Rey Capalpatine]

[Surreylily]

Duhaime   

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no penalty, which I don’t disagree with

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that call I disagree with


 

[Rey Capalpatine]

What the hail is that rule? Incidental contact supposedly rules out a goal no matter who pushes them in.  Talk about rubbing salt in the wound.

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PP time

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PP GOOOAAALLLL

DUBOIS

[Rey Capalpatine]

Just what the doctor ordered!  🤑😀