GDT#72 Capitals @ Lightning 7:00pm Sat Mar 16, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SUN

[ArJunaZ]

               
                             
             

  Game 72:  91-42-22-7 (PTS-W-L-OT)   Streak - W1
  Thu Mar 14, 2019      Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning
  Place:  Amalie Arena
  Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
  TV: NBCSWA, NHLN, SUN
  Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Caps Radio 24/7
  NHL.COM for Live Box Score
  Last Game: Thu March 14 Capitals Won 5-2 against Flyers
  Next Game: Tue Mar 19, 7:30 pm ET Capitals @ Devils

8-Ovechkin	92-Kuznetsov	43-Wilson
13-Vrana	19-Bäckström	77-Oshie
62-Hagelin	20-Eller	10-Connolly
65-Burakovsky	18-Stephenson	72-Boyd

6-Kempny	74-Carlson
9-Orlov	2-Niskanen
44-Orpik	3-Jensen

70-Holtby (starter)

1-Copley

                                                      -- SCRATCH --         

23-Jaskin

26-Dowd

29-Djoos

                                               -- INJURED RESERVE --         

                                            -- 1st Powerplay Unit -- 

92-Kuznetsov

19-Bäckström

77-Oshie

8-Ovechkin

74-Carlson

                                         -- 2nd Powerplay Unit --         

13-Vrana

20-Eller

43-Wilson

2-Niskanen

9-Orlov

  Referees:   Kendrick Nicholson (#30),    Kevin Pollock (#33)
  Linesmen:   Derek Amell (#75),    Greg Devorski (#54)



                                          LIGHTNING LINEUP
                        Ondrej Palat -- Steven Stamkos -- J.T. Miller
                      Tyler Johnson -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
                      Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Mathieu Joseph
                        Adam Erne -- Cedric Paquette -- Yanni Gourde
                 
                                 Victor Hedman -- Mikhail Sergachev
                                    Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
                                    Braydon Coburn -- Jan Rutta
                                 
                                    Andrei Vasilevskiy (starter)
                                    Louis Domingue

Scratched: Ryan Callahan, Danick Martel
Injured: Dan Girardi (lower body), Anton Stralman (lower body)






1st Period
08:35  Bolts GOAL Johnson, assists Point & Kucherov   1-0 TBL
10:33  Bolts GOAL Killorn, unassisted   2-0 TBL
12:06  GOAL 74-Carlson, assist 92-Kuznetsov   2-1 TBL
15:56  Bolts GOAL Killorn, assists Cirelli & Joseph   3-1 TBL

2nd Period
07:33 PP GOAL 8-Ovechkin, assists 77-Oshie & 74-Carlson   3-2 TBL

3rd Period
02:45  Bolts GOAL Cernak, assists McDonagh & Palat   4-2 TBL
12:56  GOAL 8-Ovechkin, assists 9-Orlov & 10-Connolly   4-3 TBL
19:13  Bolts EN GOAL Killorn, assist Kucherov   5-3 TBL
19:58  Bolts EN GOAL Gourde, unassisted   6-3 TBL

FINAL:    6-3 TBL






By Peter Hassett March 16, 2019 2:39 pm
Caps at Lightning pregame: Fight test

Headline photo: NHL Tonight

The Washington Capitals have won seven of their last eight games, but that means nothing if they can’t beat the best. So here comes the best. The boys are in Tampa today to visit the best team in the NHL and maybe also the best team of the last two decades. The Bolts have the league’s leading point-scorer, a coach who should win the Jack Adams, and enough depth to punish teams who underestimate them. This is going to be a big test for the Caps.

The game begins at 7 PM, and fans who are taking their significant others out to Wine Kitchen for their birthday dinners can sneakily stream the game from their phones using the My Teams App. Chris Cerullo will have recap duty and also basically temporary dictatorial powers over all of RMNB, so look out.

[ArJunaZ]

 

Islanders lost to the Red Wings today! It seems the Caps are not the only team that play down to their opponent at times.

Also, the Penguins got crushed by the Blues today.

Flyers lost to the Leafs last night pretty much eliminating them from playoffs.

[Mickstix]

"The boys are in Tampa today to visit the best team in the NHL and maybe also the best team of the last two decades."  


Please.. We about to thump these fools!!! 

[ArJunaZ]

Tampa be like WTF!!!!   

[Pavel095]

"The boys are in Tampa today to visit the best team in the NHL and maybe also the best team of the last two decades."  


Please.. We about to thump these fools!!! 

It would be nice to show them their place as we have done in last season playoffs 

[BlackIce]

Now the Caps get into the crux of their tough end-of-the-season schedule.  The big evening factor with the Caps relative to the teams behind them is that they haven't played Tampa yet, and have 3 games with them in the next two weeks.  Two of them are at Tampa, and the 3rd is at home, but it is the 2nd of their last back-to-back of the season, and they will be at a rest disadvantage because Tampa will not have played the previous night.  So these 3 are going to be difficult to say the least.


But the 3 teams right behind them all lost in the last 24 hours, so it's as if they all threw away the first of these 3 potential chances to make up ground on the Caps.

[ArJunaZ]

Back to Back???

     

[Surreylily]

Evening chaps.

[ArJunaZ]

Evening chaps.

Howdy!

[ArJunaZ]

Good start so far.  I believe our boys are up for this battle.

[ArJunaZ]

Where is everybody tonight?

[ArJunaZ]

 

Holts could have had that

[Pavel095]

 

[Pavel095]

WTF with Holtby tonight?

[ArJunaZ]

 

I KNEW Holtby made a mistake coming around behind the net at that time.

[DC_1908]

Watch Wilson get about 5 games for that

[Surreylily]

Whoooopsie!   

[ArJunaZ]

I must say that I credit Holts with giving them 1.5 goals so far. Not a good start for him.

[waynerivers]

This sucks.  You have to play a heavy forecheck game against these guys.  Playing careful will be about a 7-0 loss.

[Pavel095]

Holtby looks nervous so far..