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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Thursday November 02, 2023, 12:07:36 PM Eastern
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November 2 vs Islanders at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 4-3-1
PP% 12(26th) PK% 75(22nd) Faceoff% 45.2(30th)
New York Islanders 4-2-2
PP% 16(21st) PK% 79.3(14th) Faceoff% 53.9(4th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Wilson 43
Milano 15 - Kuznetsov 92 - Oshie 77
Mantha 39 - McMichael 24 - Phillips 45
Malenstyn 47 - Lapierre 29 - Protas 21
Fehervary 42 - Carlson 74
Sandin 38 - van Riemsdyk 57
Hāman Aktell 4 - Jensen 3
Kuemper 35
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Oshie, Kuznetsov, Carlson
PP2: ovechkin, Wilson, Phillips, Lapierre, Sandin
scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Johansen 46
Alexeyev 27
Backstrom 19 - hip - long term
IR:
Dowd 26 - upper body
LTIR:
Edmundson 6 - hand
Pacioretty 67 - achilles
Islanders anticipated lines:
Lee 27 - Horvat 14 - Barzal 13
Engvall 18 - Nelson 29 - Palmieri 21
Holmstrom 10 - Pageau 44 - Fasching 20
Martin 17 - Cizikas 53 - Clutterbuck 15
Pelech 3 - Dobson 8
Romanov 28 - Pulock 6
Aho 25 - Mayfield 24
Varlamov 40
Sorokin 30 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Jon McIsaac 2, Chris Schlenker 3
Libor Suchanek 60, Brandon Grillo 75
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-back-in-action-vs-isles (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-back-in-action-vs-isles)
scoring summary
1st period:
Pulock from Nelson and Palmieri at :22
Holmstrom from Fasching and Pageau at 10:41
2nd period:
Nelson from Engvall and Mayfield at 11:15
3rd period:
no goals
Caps lose 3-0
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Its nice to see our FO% back in the toilet after it was on the rise last year.
Im sure McMike at 3c and Lepew at 4c will help that statistic.
Go Caps
FWIW - I'm expecting an ass-whooping tonight
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It's a winnable game! Protect the houze and all that shit! :wackysmile:
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I agree that it’s winnable. The last game on Sunday Backy had a grand total of 12 minutes on ice. The team should be better now in some aspects. Probably worse in a few too.
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Evening chaps :wackysmile:
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Let's go Kuznetsov!! There's no more shadow to hide in! Step the fuck up man!!! :raised-eyebrow:
(I know he secretly reads our forum, so I gave him a pep talk) :smirk:
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8-0
:lmao:
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Awesome! 22 seconds in! :clown: :poop:
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:wtf:
great start, Caps got right where they want them
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PP time
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Ovi never gonna score a PP goal again. :'(
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Ovi never gonna score a goal again. :'(
fixed that for ya ;)
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Caps are "rocking the blue" How fucking stupid.
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:poop: :poop:
:clown: :O=
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Typical 1st period. Play decent, nothing to show for it, multiple goals down.
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PP time
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Another shit PP. Awesome. We're 1 GA from just hoping Ovi can score. :(
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Another shit PP. Awesome. We're 1 GA from just hoping Ovi can score. :(
Hey, the Caps are rolling, only giving the Isles 2 shots on goal through the first 16+ minutes and .....
oops ......
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Maybe Ted could spend $9mil on a decent goalie. :raspberry:
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Anyone remember us having an odd man rush this year? I can't recall any, tbh.
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Gotta hope Edmundson is ready soon. Our D is already horrendous, before we gave Aktell a sweater. Oh and Kuemper didn't make a single save that period. :O=
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should be a 5 on 3
:raised-eyebrow:
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Caps don’t look bad so far, but they’re not getting any bounces
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Maybe Ted could spend $9mil on a decent goalie. :raspberry:
Eh, I dunno. The first goal he didn't see because of effective screening, the second was point blank on a 2 on 1. He really didn't have much of a chance on either one.
But the good news is that, 4minutes into the 2nd period, he makes his first save of the night!!
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Another brilliant save by Kuemps. :clown: :poop:
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:snicker:
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:(
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officiating seems to be a bit one sided
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I mean, this is what it looks like when your only skills guys (who still have legs) are Strome, McMike and Wilson. That's really it. Kuzy just collects a paycheck. Ovi and Oshie are senior citizens. Mantha probably wondering how he still gets to play hockey for a living.
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hot goalie syndrome
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hot goalie syndrome
He's made 1 tough save. Team is so snake bit all they do is shoot at the chest or miss the net all together.
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We'll get 3 in the third. :-|
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4 :)
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4 :)
someone put something extra in your tobacco :huh:
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My link keeps freezing. Never a good sign. :-(
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My link keeps freezing. Never a good sign. :-(
No…that’s just the speed at which the Caps play :-|
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As far as I can tell…only the shutout remains to be determined
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Cat-like…
Not something you hear when peeps talking about Kuemper
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Man the bounces just not going Caps way. Looks like all the caps have holes in their sticks
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GOOOAAALLLL
OSHIE
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Boom
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fuck this
there is zero interference, Caps should get the goal and a PP
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Hah-hah. The caps curse stays alive.
No way is that interference
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absolute bullshit call
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Fuck this sport. They turning this into a fucking ticky tack farce
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Ooooh! A sign o life.
:banana:
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8-0 Wait... What?
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Was it for an off side back in the second period?
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Was it for an off side back in the second period?
probably. It makes more sense than interference
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I mean if you run over the goalie it’s interference, but this is ridiculous
They touched skates. It did not affect his ability to play the position
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I mean, they know the rules by now. Stay the fuck out of the paint. Old ass muthafucks can't score unless it bounces off 2 guys and you standing in the god damn paint, again. >:(
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Shutout
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Back to back shutouts
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That’s shutout, shutout
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Even Craig and Joe in on the shutout talk
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How is Aktell in the NHL? Dude is 25 and slower than Oshie. :rofl:
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awesome
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120 minutes at home against Metro opponents. 0 goals. And another game where Ovi is invisible. Fucking good times.. :O=
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Ouch.
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Night all.
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They've been down 2-0 in 6 of the 9 games played so far. :rofl:
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Real robust effort from our "Norris Trophy" d-man. He's comical. As for Oshie and Mantha, just release them. Guys from Hershey have to be better. Ovie on pace for 9 goals not counting empty netters which he shouldn't have too many of. (You need to be ahead)
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Im tellin ya, he's gonna have to play till he's 45 at this pace. I actually feel like he retires if he's not close at the end of 2026. Something's off in his game. He either said fuck it in the offseason and needs to play into shape, he's injured, or he's just out of gas. He's playing like Mantha. :-(
Oshie needs to read the same tea leaves Nicky did.
I really hope this is a system/snake bit situation they're in, but these guys aren't even scaring goalies. 90% of the shots either miss or hit square in the chest pad. Nobody possesses top 6 caliber NHL skills at the moment. Strome maybe, but we know he'll cool off.
I felt like Carlson should of just let Kuemper try and handle the breakaway and cover the other guy. But they both played the puck and left him wide open.
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I was thinking couple games ago...Don't these guys do any practice in the offseason? They miss shots wide about 50% of the time. I know they be sniping for corners and shit, but 50% off target is wonky for professional top level guys
And Oshie just looks bad at this point. Him back checking after falling down is like....who is that guy and why is he so gassed and 40' behind everyone else? He shouldn't be this exhausted and gassed 8-9 games into the season.
For skills competition - they gonna need oxygen rest stops half way round the rink in the fastest skater event for this team.
Who is our fastest skater at this point?