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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Tuesday January 02, 2024, 03:56:25 PM Eastern
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January 2 vs Penguins at PPG Paints Arena
Time: 7:30
TV: ESPN+, Hulu
Radio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 17-11-6
PP% 11.5(30th) PK% 82.1(11th) Faceoff% 47(29th)
Pittsburgh Penguins 18-13-4
PP% 13.4(27th) PK% 82.9(9th) Faceoff% 55.3(1st)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Kuznetsov 92 - Wilson 43
Protas 21 - McMichael 24 - Mantha 39
Lapierre 29 - Strome 17 - Phillips 45
Malenstyn 47 - Dowd 26 - Aubé-Kubel 96
Fehervary 42 - Carlson(A) 74
Edmundson 6 - Bear 25
Sandin 38 - Jensen 3
Kuemper 35
PP1:
PP2:
scratched:
Shepard 31 - backup
Alexeyev 27
van Riemsdyk 57
Lindgren 79 - upper body - day to day
IR:
Milano 15 - upper body - “week to week”
Oshie 77 - upper body - “day to day”
LTIR:
Pacioretty 67 - achilles - “within the next week”
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Pens anticipated lines:
Guentzel 59 - Crosby 87 - Rakell 67
Smith 19 - Malkin 71 - Rust 17
O’Connor 10 - Eller 20 - Puustinen 48
Harkins 43 - Acciari 55 - Carter 77
Pettersson 28 - Letang 58
Graves 27 - Karlsson 65
Joseph 73 - Ruhwedel 2
Jarry 35
Nedeljkovic 39 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Mitch Dunning 20, Kendrick Nicholson 30
Andrew Smith 51, Derek Nansen 70
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-open-2024-vs-pens (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-open-2024-vs-pens)
scoring summary
1st period:
Wilson(11) from Sandin(9) and Bear(1) at :55
Malenstyn(4) from Dowd(3) at 11:16
Fehervary(2) from Strome(9) and Lapierre(4) at 13:02
Ovechkin8) PPG from Sandin(10) and Mantha(6) at 19:18
Rakell from Karlsson and Joseph at 19:56
2nd period:
Crosby PPG from Guentzel and Malkin at 9:11
Guentzel from Crosby and Rakell at 18:54
3rd period:
no goals
Caps win 4-3
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The only question I’m seeing on projected lines is Jensen or TvR on the third pairing.
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Jensen as a scratch is unusual. He's pretty much an iron man...doesn't miss many games during the year.
was perusing Caps website and...Carbs said @4:30 TVR is out
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Morning chaps.
:wackysmile:
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Good start.
:banana:
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On the bright side..
GOOOAAALLLL
WILSON
downside is the laptop decided to do an automatic update, got it on the radio
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:banana: :banana:
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8-0
:banana: :banana: :banana:
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HAHA....Crybaby offsides....NO GOAL!!!!!!! :clap:
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:lmao:
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finally got a link to work, it’s about 1 minute behind the radio
:poop:
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THERES MY BOY!
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
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GOOOAAALLLL
OVECHKIIIIIIIIIIIIN
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AND OVI scores oN PP in SHittsburgh
a big FU to you Shittsburgh
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FFS - 4 seconds left in the period :raised-eyebrow:
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:poop:
:clown: :poop:
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I can safely say I wasnt expecting that tonight. ;D
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I can safely say I wasnt expecting that tonight. ;D
nobody was, but they gotta play another 40 minutes
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Yeah, but the Caps are boss at playing a full 60 minutes :wackysmile:
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Ovi scored. W
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also.. with shitsburgh making that goalie change, this makes the 172 goalie OV has scored on. That’s 3rd all time. Patrick Marleau lit up 177. Jagr lit up 178.
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Why was K upset with Eller? Didnt see Eller do anything untoward. :raised-eyebrow:
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Why was K upset with Eller? Didnt see Eller do anything untoward. :raised-eyebrow:
replay showed Eller hooking Kuempers skate with his stick
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:poop: :poop:
:clown: :O=
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We'll be tied by the end of regulation. At best.
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Kuemper looks hurt
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Did I say regulation? This rate it'll be tied before the 3rd. Need to play some hockey.
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:poop: :poop: :poop:
:clown: :O=
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Pfft. :clown: :poop:
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Their 3rd goal was all Ovie lolly-gagging and letting Guentzel just stroll down in front of the net uncovered. Love Ovie, but, damn - play at least a little defense.
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Their 3rd goal was all Ovie lolly-gagging and letting Guentzel just stroll down in front of the net uncovered. Love Ovie, but, damn - play at least a little defense.
He has 1 burst per shift. After that he glides and half strides until they change. Everybody fucked that up though. Sandin goes after it and whiffs, Carlson, as usual, in the area and don't do shit. Is what it is. Sandin should be considered a healthy scratch. He's not added much of anything this year.
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Bet we're like 20% from the dot tonight.
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Bet we're like 20% from the dot tonight.
%48.8 through 40 minutes, according to the nhl
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Have we even had a lucky bounce scare their goalie since the 1st? :sick: Production be loooowwwwww..
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%48.8 through 40 minutes, according to the nhl
no way. lol
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oh boy… it’s another PK
:uh-huh:
:-|
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Yep, seen this movie too many times. Has a shitty ending.
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Faceoff % has dropped a bit in the last 10:00
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This is starting to get hard work now. :yawn:
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empty net boys
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:phew:
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Caps win in Shitsburgh.
and that bitch needs her ass kicked
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Miracle on ice. We played ZERO hockey after the 1st period. lol
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:phew:
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We beat Shittsburgh in their own barn. :clap:
Sweet dreams all.
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Winner Winner, Penguin for dinner!
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Caps finish the game %44.8 at faceoffs. Which isn’t bad against the #1 faceoff team.
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WIlly scores, Ovi scores PPG, Fever, Malenstyn.
All good things
woo hoo
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Caps finish the game %44.8 at faceoffs. Which isn’t bad against the #1 faceoff team.
Are they 1st? I knew Cindy was having a year at the dot. TV reminded us 3 or 4x
Oh well, got off the new year with 2 in Shittsburgh! Somehow, someway!! See ya tomorrow!! Another National TV game, 7:30pm :clown:
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We looked really tired after the 1st period and the ice seemed slow. Even McMike, looked like he was struggling. Kuzy played lousy again - just skates around and makes poor decisions - needs to be benched again.
Not sure yet about Bear. I was hoping he had more size, but I guess he fits their prototype. I'm with Mick on Sandin. He hasn't played well all year and makes some bad decisions as well.
Fever is just a stud!
If you had your choice of who Willy would give a beatdown to between Cindy and Malkin, who would you choose?
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If you had your choice of who Willy would give a beatdown to between Cindy and Malkin, who would you choose?
Sindey. He deserves it more.
Although, Fever does owe him, and I’d put my money on Fever.
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They definitely need to get healthy, so they can scratch Kuzy more often. He's either lazy or just cooked.
Fever is indeed our best D.
I'd rather see Willy beat up Malkin. He'd murder Crosby. Like, career end. lol
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Sammi just said Strome only played 11 something and none in the final 15. Hope it's not injury related. :cross:
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He played less than 1:30 in the 3rd..
https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/TV020576.HTM (https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/TV020576.HTM)
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Kuznetsov lead the forwards in TOI with 20+ Make it make sense :huh:
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He played less than 1:30 in the 3rd..
https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/TV020576.HTM (https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20232024/TV020576.HTM)
What the hell - arguably [maybe even not arguably] your best forward this year and he's stuck on the 3rd line with the Smurf and Lappy [am AHL center playing NHL winger]. Meanwhile, Kuzy gets yet another chance as #1 center? It's like we're rewarding Kuzy for not giving a shit.
Strome had only 3 shifts in the third period for a total of 90 seconds. Kuzy had 7 shifts with over 5 minutes of ice time. Why are we freezing out Strome? Hopefully he tweaked something to explain HCSC's decision. Otherwise I have no idea what he's thinking.
On the flipside, every time I watch someone else call a Caps game, I'm remind and thankful for Joe B. That crew last night [Weeks and B'gras - who I actually like in studio] were pretty bad calling the game. We're fortunate to have Joe B, Alan May, Alexa and Locker.
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I watched Carberry in couple interviews prior to game...maybe day after last game and again yesterday?..
Anyway, he mentioned Strome by name at least twice about him really struggling and having a bad game (previously). Not sure if that had something to do with his 3rd line assignment and playing time vs Hens or if it was more of just a match up thing or what. I don't think Strome is a superstar, and do believe he his playing above his true level when it comes to goals, but what I do like is he will SHOOT THE PUCK. Don't get me wrong, I like Strome, but I'm not ever expecting to see him score 40 goals or put up 100 pts in a season.
And I agree 100% on the announcers....we are so spoiled with Joe B, I can hardly stand to watch other NHL games. Joe just follows the game so well and actually calls the game. More like a radio play by play guy. Most guys....if you were to close your eyes and listen and not watch, you'd miss 80% of what goes on in the game. And Alexa is fantastic as well. She is awesome host, great talker, listens to what others are saying, stays on topic...and she is knowledgeable and really drives the show. She is very polished in her skill - its obvious she has studied and worked at her craft and she really smooths out the rough edges of some of the not quite great skills of some of the other guys. I think she really pulls it all together, and I actually enjoy the pregame/intermission/post game now. I used to just turn it off. I expect she will go on to bigger things at some point, but she is excellent at what she does. (The fact that eyeliner looks so much better on her is irrelevant, but a nice plus)