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GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 06:02:08 PM Eastern »

               
                         

                 Sat Dec. 30 New Jersey Devils  vs.  Washington Capitals
                 Time: 7:00 p.m.
                 TV: NBC Sports Washington, MSG+
                 Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Capitals Radio 24/7
                 
New Jersey Devils                50-22-9-6    Last Game: Lost 4-3 against Sabers
                 Washington Capitals            49-23-13-3  Last Game: Won 4-3 against Bruins


                    8-Ovechkin        19-Bäckström       
25-Smith-Pelly
                  13-Vrana              92-Kuznetsov        77-Oshie
                 
10-Connolly         20-Eller                  43-Wilson
                  18-Stephenson     83-Beagle         
      39-Chaisson   

                               9-Orlov                2-Niskanen
                             29-Djoos              74-Carlson
                             44-Orpik               
4-Chorney
 
                                     31-Grubauer
                                     70-Holtby (starter)

                                  -- SCRATCH --
                                   
65-Burakovsky
                                   22-
Bowey
                                     
                                 -- INJURED --


                           -- 1st Powerplay Unit --
             77-Oshie            19-Bäckström     92-Kuznetsov
                        8-Ovechkin           74-Carlson
                               
                          -- 2nd Powerplay Unit --
            39-Chaisson         20-Eller            13-Vrana
                       2-Niskanen            9-Orlov
       

               Referees:  Tom Chmielewski (#18)  Wes McCauley (#4)
               Linesmen:  Brad Kovachik (#71),  Lonnie Cameron (#74)

 


By Isabelle Khurshudyan  December 30 at 12:39 PM

Washington Capitals left wing Andre Burakovsky (65) won’t be in the lineup on Saturday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)As the Washington Capitals host the New Jersey Devils in a game with first place in the Metropolitan Division at stake, skilled forward Andre Burakovsky will be a healthy scratch for the first time this season.
“I think like anything it’s an earned right,” Trotz said. “We need Andre to get his game to the next level, put some urgency. There’s nothing that puts more urgency into a player than not being in the lineup. We’ve seen that in the past with guys we’ve sat out.”
This is a frustrating chapter in what’s been a frustrating season for Burakovsky, whom the team had high expectations for this year. After the Capitals parted with top-six forwards Marcus Johansson and Justin Williams, Washington tabbed Burakovsky, 22, as a player who could increase his production to replace some of the lost goal-scoring from Johansson and Williams.
But Burakovsky struggled to start the season, broke his left thumb in October, and aside from one two-goal performance in Dallas, Burakovsky has been largely ineffective. He has three goals and five assists through 19 games, and Burakovsky has now been a healthy scratch in each of his first four seasons in the NHL. Perhaps the Capitals had hoped the 2013 first-round pick would be past the point where that’s necessary by now. He’s known for being streaky, regularly going through long slumps without a goal.
“I think with every player you hope that,” Trotz said. “All the details, all the consistency, you shouldn’t go 20 games without a point or a goal or whatever. There’s times when we played him and he probably shouldn’t be in the lineup. So I think we’re past that a little bit. We’ve got to force him to get to the next level, and sometimes it’s a little bit of tough love, sometimes it’s getting the player to realize how much being on the ice means to him. There’s no entitlement. He’s a veteran player now. He’s a young veteran player that we expect to be real good.”
  [Caps don’t take many shots, but they’re trying to make them count]
Rookie defenseman Madison Bowey will also be a healthy scratch on Saturday night. “He can be a little bit better in some areas,” Trotz said. Defenseman Taylor Chorney will be in the lineup instead.
With Burakovsky out, forward Tom Wilson will take his place on the third line with center Lars Eller and winger Brett Connolly. In a lineup shake-up, Trotz promoted forward Devante Smith-Pelly to the top line with Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom. Jakub Vrana will take Burakovsky’s spot on the second power-play unit.
The Devils have played two fewer games than the Capitals, and they have one more point (50) than Washington (49) in a Metropolitan Division that’s separated by just 10 points from top to bottom. As December games go, Saturday’s is a significant one.
“I think we just know that whoever wins is in first place at the end of the night,” defenseman Brooks Orpik said. “I think that’s more of what we’re looking at and trying to get some separation from all of the teams. It kind of seems that whenever we win, every other team wins in the Metro. It’s a little frustrating that way, and I don’t think it’s going to change much as we go. I think it’s going to be like that the whole year. Maybe that’ll be good because it’ll kind of push us to the end of the season.”
Said Trotz: “I don’t think anybody expected them to be where they are, but they’ve earned that right. They’ve outplayed people and they’ve won more games than most teams in the league. They’ve got a really good team game. Systematically, they’ve bought into structure. They’ve got a high work ethic, they’ve got a high skill level and speed, and they’ve got a buy-in. They’re bought in. They’re all buying in on their decision-making. They’re all buying in on their work ethic. They’re all buying in on all that stuff. They got off to a great start and it’s sort of built their confidence and their nerve and they’re a good hockey team.”
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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #1 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 07:13:14 PM Eastern »
Willy!!!!
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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #2 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 07:14:17 PM Eastern »
Just settled in to watch the game and we’re already up 1-0.    Three goals better than the first two minutes of the Bruins game.   Sweet play by Djoos. 

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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #3 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 07:14:38 PM Eastern »
this is the best start in 5 games, so far
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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #4 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 07:17:46 PM Eastern »
Nice play by Djoos. And good to see guys going to the net

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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #5 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 07:20:41 PM Eastern »
Alright ..... now it’s a Caps game.   Kicking back in the recliner ...... nice adult beverage ...... 65" HDTV ...... Joe B back on the call instead of the NBC morons ...... and Brooks Orpik has gotten his requisite penalty over with.    Let’s play!

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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #6 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 07:28:21 PM Eastern »
Wow - that was as pretty as it gets. 

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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #7 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 07:28:51 PM Eastern »
Be careful what you ask for America; you just might get it.

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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #8 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 07:33:01 PM Eastern »
Very nice. We all complain about the Caps passing too much. That may have been another example but it worked.

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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #9 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 07:33:27 PM Eastern »
nice little standing o for MoJo during the break
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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #10 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 07:35:22 PM Eastern »
they have already reverted to pass first shoot second
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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #11 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 07:42:48 PM Eastern »
there is the standard 2 goal lead let off
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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #12 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 07:46:13 PM Eastern »
Orpik got lost out there

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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #13 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 08:15:54 PM Eastern »
did anyone tell OV they had the PP???


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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #14 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 08:17:13 PM Eastern »
Be careful what you ask for America; you just might get it.

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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #15 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 08:19:53 PM Eastern »
what a joking puck, I don’t know how they scored on that lackluster of a pp
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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #17 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 08:32:23 PM Eastern »
I swear these zebras just make up shit
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Re: GDT#40 Devils @ Capitals Dec 30, 2017 7:00pm EST NBCSPW
« Reply #18 on: Saturday December 30, 2017, 08:32:57 PM Eastern »
That looked like a punch from Orpik. 

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