GDT #54 Caps at Kraken L 5-1

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January 27 vs Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena
Time: 10:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7FM, Caps Radio Network

Washington Capitals 25-21-7
PP% 16.8((26th) PK% 77.8(22nd) Faceoff% 49.7(19th)
Seattle Kraken 23-19-9
PP% 22.4(10th) PK% 71.6(31st) Faceoff% 47.3(27th)

Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Dowd 26 - Frank 53
Protas 21 - Sourdif 34 - Wilson(A) 43
McMichael 24 - Strome 17 - Leonard 9
Duhaime 22 - Lapierre 29 - Beauvillier 72

Chychrun 6 - Carlson(A) 74
Fehérváry 42 - van Riemsdyk 57
Chisholm 47 - McIlrath 52

Thompson 48
Lindgren 79 - backup

PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Leonard, Chychrun
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Frank, Sourdif, Carlson

scratched:
Milano 15
Roy 3 - lower body - day to day
Sandin 38 - lower body- day to day

IR:
Dubois 80 - lower body

Kraken anticipated lines:
Kakko 84 - Beniers(A) 10 - Eberle(C) 7
Schwartz 17 - Stephenson 9 - Tolvanen 20
Catton 27 - Wright 51 - McCann 19
Melanson 63 - Gaudreau 89 - Winterton 26

Dunn 29 - Larsson(A) 6
Lindgren 55 - Montour 62
Evans 41 - Oleksiak 24

Grubauer 31
Daccord 35 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Tom Chmielewski 18, Jordan Samuels-Thomas 37
Kiel Murchison 79, Joe Mahon 89

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-trip-continues-tuesday-in-seattle

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x5834

https://scoutingtherefs.com/2026/01/50954/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-1-27-26/

scoring summary
1st period:
no goals
2nd period:
McCann PPG from Eberle and Stephenson at 1:15
McCann from Beniers and Lindgren at 10:09
Eberle from McCann and Larsson at 17:54
3rd period:
Ovechkin(22) (819) PPG from Leonard and Chychrun at 2:30
Evans from Gaudreau at 13:12
Beniers from McCann and Montour at 16:27

Caps lose 5-1

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Wilson, Roy and Sandin are being listed as game time decisions for minor injuries. Not sure what’s wrong with Wilson and Roy, but Sandin only played in the 1st period last game because he hurt something. Chisholm is also being called a game time decision, not sure if that’s injury or illness because he has been a healthy scratch the past couple games.

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Roy and Sandin are out, lower body, day to day for both

[Mickstix]

Our lack of finishing ability is beyond embarrassing.    Everybody on the ice is a 3rd/4th line hustler.

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PK time

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tied at zero after one


Caps still gotta kill 1:30 of pk time to start the 2nd

[Mickstix]

The Washington High Sticks strike again! lol See if they can kill it off after intermission. They should be the best PK team in the league with all the practice they get. 

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I wonder how high we could pick in the draft? Have to look at the standings. This team is cooked. I see maybe 10-12 more wins out of the 29 left.

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[Mickstix]

Yay, another penalty! 

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nother pk . .

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PP time

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[Mickstix]

 

[Mickstix]

At least after tonight we'll be back to normal time    for a couple months.

[Mickstix]

 

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Caps down 3-0 after two

[Mickstix]

Yea, Carbery's lost the room. We'll be having "team only" meetings soon, then after the Olympics they'll respond or he'll be fired. They should be looking to trade anyone they can. Wilson, Chychrun, Leonard would be the only ones off the table for me.

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I’d keep the goalie tandem as well. They can only get better with a proper D in front of them.


I wonder if some of this has to do with management appearing ready to extend Carlson.

[Mickstix]

Yea, I should of added Thompson. Not sure on Chuck. He makes 3m for 2 more years. If anyone was interested, I'd at least listen. Not sure what's up, but they don't have any heart. Thinking Carlson could be the future can't help. lol