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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Tuesday January 31, 2023, 01:55:15 PM Eastern
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January 31 vs Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: NBCSW
Radio: 106.7 FM
Washington Capitals 26-20-6
PP% 20.6(19th) PK% 81.3(8th) Faceoff% 49.7(19th)
Columbus Blue Jackets 15-32-3
PP% 16.5(28th) PK% 76.7(21st) Faceoff% 47.7(26th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Sheary 73
Johansson 90 - Backstrom 19 - Oshie(A) 77
Milano 15 - Kuznetsov 92 - Mantha 39
Aubé-Kubel 96 - Eller 20 - Hathaway 21
Gustafsson 56 - van Riemsdyk57
Orlov 9 - Jensen 3
Irwin 52 - Fehervary 42
Lindgren 79
PP1: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Johansson, Gustafsson
PP2: Strome, Sheary, Kuznetsov, Orlov, van Riemsdyk
scratched:
Kuemper 35 - backup
Protas 59
Alexeyev 27
Wilson 43 - day to day - lower body
IR/LTIR:
Dowd 26 - lower body
Brown 28 - knee
Hagelin 62 - hip
Carlson 74 - face/ear
Blue Jackets anticipated lines:
Gaudreau 13 - Jenner(C) 38 - Laine 29
Johnson 91 - Sillinger 34 - Marchenko 86
Foudy 19 - Roslovic 96 - Bemstrom 52
Robinson 50 - Kuraly 7 - Olivier 24
Gavrikov 4 - Peeke 2
Berni 75 - Gudbranson 44
Bayreuther 15 - Bjork 47
Korpisalo 70
Merzlikins 90 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Garrett Rank 4, Pierre Lambert 37
Justin Johnson 57, Ryan Galloway 82
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-finish-trip-in-columbus/c-340604570 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-finish-trip-in-columbus/c-340604570)
scoring summary
1st period:
Hathaway(8 from Eller(9) and Jensen(20) at 5:06
van Riemsdyk(5) from Aubé-Kubel(5) at 14:28
Peeke from Laine at 14:40
2nd period:
van Riemsdyk(6) from Kuznetsov(36) and Gustafsson(21) at 8:26
Robinson from Olivier at 11:03
3rd period:
Gaudreau from Bayreuther at 12:44
OT:
Kuznetsov(7) from Johansson(14) and Gustafsson(22) at :26
Caps win 4-3
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Well...it's Columbus, so....Maybe....
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Wonder if we can break the 2 goal ceiling tonight? :wackysmile:
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Wonder if we can break the 2 goal ceiling tonight? :wackysmile:
I'm thinking about that over/under bet Alexa keeps trying to push us on every game.
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not even 1:30 in and they take a penalty ::)
she’s married and way to young for you old man
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GOOOAAALLLL
HATHAWAY
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:clown: reffing so far in the 1st.
We're lucky Hathy got one, cause the rest of these fucks can't score to save their life.
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GOOOAAALLLL
VAN RIEMSDYK
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:O=
:clown: :poop:
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all of a sudden Columbus has energy
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Glad we out "bounced" em' that period. Otherwise we look like dog :poop:
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GOOOAAALLLL
VAN RIEMSDYK
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great puck control from Kuzy
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:poop: :poop:
:clown: :O=
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:clown: :poop: :clown:
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We look absolutely fucking hideous. :rofl: 3-2 Caps after 2..
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this fukin team…
:poop: :poop: :poop:
:clown: :clown: :clown:
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Hey look, a skills guy. With skills.. :clown: :poop:
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:stirringupshit:
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Lucky stolen point. Don't see any way we get 2. :)
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GOOOAAALLLL
KUUUUZZNETSOOOV
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8-0
:)
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Finally! Hope they take these 10 days and learn how to play hockey again. :raspberry:
See ya around!
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I know I fell asleep, but did I dream that KUZY scored in OT :huh:
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He probably didn't want to, and/or had his eyes closed, but yes. He did score in OT. Willed it right passed the ol' armpit. :wackysmile:
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He probably didn't want to, and/or had his eyes closed, but yes. He did score in OT. Willed it right passed the ol' armpit. :wackysmile:
He TRIED to hit the goalie in the chest, but he missed!! ;D
The goal was sort of funny. The goalie extended his arm as if he were going to make a blocker save, and the puck went right where his arm had been.
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He TRIED to hit the goalie in the chest, but he missed!! ;D
The goal was sort of funny. The goalie extended his arm as if he were going to make a blocker save, and the puck went right where his arm had been.
Yeah, what BlackIce said...tried hitting the crest and missed. I the first time I saw it, I thought he sniped the top corner, but on replay saw it did indeed go under the pit right by the body. He had a lot more net to shoot at to the left, but whatev.....Kuzy actually SHOOTS the puck and scores anytime, much less OT, I'll take it.
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Rich, your comment about Kuznetsov sent me to the statistics, and restarted a thought process I hadn't addressed in awhile.
One thing I have noticed in the past is that shooting percentage in the NHL can be a weirdly variable statistic. You think you know who the most dangerous players and teams are, but players AND teams can go through unexplained scoring droughts, where nothing seems to go in, for whatever reasons. And then the next season, right back to normal. And conversely, a player or team can have a hot streak, and it CAN last for an entire season. Shooting percentage seems to be one of those statistics where notable outliers occur pretty often.
Kuzy hasn't scored much this season, and when I took a look at his statistics I sort of expected to see some kind of feedback loop, where for whatever reason, loss of confidence, laziness, whatever, his shot totals would be down. It wasn't that way at all - Kuzy's shots per game are almost exactly on his career average. But his shooting percentage this year is a terrible 5.8 percent, about half his career average and FAR below any of his previous seasons. Actually, Kuzy has been a pretty consistent shooter throughout the years, so this season for him has been one of those extreme outliers. If he had shot at his career average percentage he'd have 13 or 14 goals at this point and in line for his usual 20-goal season total. So far, it appears that it has been one of those freakish years for him.
I notice that LaViolette has cut his minutes recently. I wonder if other parts of his game has suffered as much as his scoring?
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Yeah, and playing on the fourth line doesn't help Kuzy's scoring chances. Even with Kuzy's skill, if he's on a line with Hathy and A-K, he's not as likely to score, and his scoring chances are likely to be a little more restricted. I know Lavy want's a scoring punch on every line, but Kuzy is a waste at 4c. I don't know if it's punishment or just where the card shuffle put him, or an attempt to even things out, but it isn't producing much of a threat.
Whole team is down on goals except for Ovie. Hathy and Dowd and such are pulling their weight, but not really expecting 20g out of them.
I'd like to see Kuzy wake up and get some solid line mates and score 30g a season, and about 80 assists.
Same goes for Willy. I know this year is an off year, but we need that dude to score. His physical presence ain't what it used to be just in the way the league plays now.
Shockingly, Backy has looked better in his return than the last couple years, and certainly better than I ever expected from him again. Good on him for all the hard work and tribulations. I expected he was pretty much done.
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I know Lavy want's a scoring punch on every line, but Kuzy is a waste at 4c.
Lavi needs to find a scoring punch on A line. Then he can worry about every other line.