GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+

[alta]

Holtbeast with the shutout

[Surreylily]

These stupid late penalties, at the end of periods, really have to stop.      

[Surreylily]

Ooooh!  That was nice.   

[Mickstix]

Happy for Holts.. The rest of em' need to skate laps.

[Surreylily]

Yep.  Holts was good tonight.  As for the rest.... meh. 

Not the best game to stay up for.      But hey, it's two points.  We won.  And the PK was really good tonight.
Sweet dreams peeps.   

[ArJunaZ]

1st Period
02:40  GOAL 65-Burakovsky, assists 6-Kempny & 72-Boyd   1-0 WSH

2nd Period
None

3rd Period
04:35  PP GOAL 19-Bäckström, assists 74-Carlson & 92-Kuznetsov   2-0 WSH
19:01  EN GOAL 20-Eller, unassisted   3-0 WSH

FINAL:    3-0 WSH

[Mickstix]

Night peoples!

[alta]

except for the last two minutes where the shutout became a possibility, that was a boring game

[BarfingMonkey]

where did you find this?

Craigslist, it was still up before the game.

[BlackIce]

except for the last two minutes where the shutout became a possibility, that was a boring game

I was there, and yuh, it was a meh game for the most part.


Caps gave away two clean breakaways in the first 5 minutes, but Holtby had the answers or the game might have been quite a bit different.


And that had to be the WORST 5 on 3 PP I've ever seen.  I don't think the guys completed a single pass on it.  What a disaster.


Backstrom's goal was ALL Carlson.  Backstrom just put his stick on the ice, Carlson found a tiny seam and hit it.  The replays showed what a narrow window he had to make that pass.

[BlackIce]

And note that the cupcake part of the schedule (if there is any such thing in the NHL) is over.  The last 14 games are murderous.  As much as the Caps look to be in decent shape at this point, nothing is a given.

[Mickstix]

And note that the cupcake part of the schedule (if there is any such thing in the NHL) is over.  The last 14 games are murderous.  As much as the Caps look to be in decent shape at this point, nothing is a given.

They've got a 10 point lead on Columbus.. It'd take coach firing type epic loss, coupled with towering inferno hot streak by CBJ, to miss the dance now..

[DC_1908]

They've got a 10 point lead on Columbus.. It'd take coach firing type epic loss, coupled with towering inferno hot streak by CBJ, to miss the dance now..

While it would de difficult for them to miss the playoffs, the worrisome thing is matchups.  A hot CBJ, who despite never winning a playoff series, would be an absolute poison pill for us in the first round.   


The biggest thing to pay attention to is seeding and to hope NYI, Boston, TBL, and CBJ/hot 8th seed team wear each other out before we play em.