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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Tuesday April 16, 2024, 12:53:08 PM Eastern
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April 16 vs Flyers at Wells Fargo Center
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 39-31-11
PP% 20.6(17th) PK% 78.9(18th) Faceoff% 46.6(30th)
Philadelphia Flyers 38-32-11
PP% 12.3(32nd) PK% 83.4(4th) Faceoff% 49.7(19th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - McMichael 24 - Oshie(A) 77
Protas 21 - Strome 17 - Wilson 43
Pacioretty 67 - Lapierre 29 - Milano 15
Malenstyn 47 - Dowd 26 - Aubé-Kubel 96
Fehervary 42 - Carlson(A) 74
Alexeyev 27 - McIlrath 52
van Riemsdyk 57 - Iorio 2
Lindgren 79
PP1:
PP2:
scratched:
Kuemper 35 - backup
Sgarbossa 23
Miroshnichenko 63
Johansen 46
Sandin 38 - upper body - day to day
Jensen 3 - upper body - week
LTIR:
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Bear 25 - player assistance - indefinite
Flyers anticipated lines:
Foerster 71 - Poehling 25 - Konecny 11
Tippett 74 - Frost 48 - Brink 10
Cates 27 - Couturier 14 - Hathaway 19
Farabee 86 - Laughton 21 - Atkinson 89
York 8 - Sanheim 6
Seeler 24 - Drysdale 9
Zamula 5 - Johnson 77
Ersson 33
Fedotov 82 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Kelly Sutherland 11, Eric Furlatt 27
Scott Cherrey 50, Steve Barton 59
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-need-tuesday-win-in-philly-to-clinch-playoff-berth (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-need-tuesday-win-in-philly-to-clinch-playoff-berth)
scoring summary
1st period:
Ovechkin(31) from McIlrath(1) and Oshie(13) at 18:08
2nd period:
Johnson from Zamula and Couturier at 12:29
3rd period:
Oshie(12) ENG from Dowd(10) at 17:00
Caps win 2-1
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Pilly needs 2 points to pass the Caps for the final wildcard spot. The Caps have the first tie breaker against Pilly.
Malenstyn did travel to Pilly with the team. No word yet if he’s available tonight. The team did not have a morning skate today.
Win or go play golf.
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Big game tonight. It all boils down to this game.
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Can't remember if Filly is fast or not? Those are the teams that give us fits.. If not, we should have a shot, barring :poop: puck luck or goaltending.
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At the 5:30 pregame presser, coach said Malenstyn is a game time decision.
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And Chucky gets the start. I guess they're in a bind, but that's back to back and 3 in 4 nights. Statistically speaking, that usually don't end well.
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We match up well but they have two days rest on us. 47 should play
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https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1780366341263749559 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1780366341263749559)
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Morning. :wackysmile:
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evenin..
Oshie hits the post early
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Time to see how much, if any, fight our guys have left in them.
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Evenin' Lil
Osh.. Can't buy a goal. :(
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looks like the zebras blew the whistle before it went in because they lost sight of the puck
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play is dead, no goal
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Dodged a bullet there. 😵
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:phew:
A ref blunder that actually goes our way. :lmao:
Pretty sure they're gonna make up for it soon enough....
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FFS Willy! :stupid:
Dude got his tee times booked already.
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I wouldn’t call it a ref blunder, they are supposed to blow the whistle when they lose sight of the puck. No one on the ice knew where it was until it bounced in.
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Feels like we robbed em' of one, but the puck hitting their player and the whistle makes sense that it's called dead.
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Pro needs to work on his skills in the off season. I think they expected more when they gave him almost 4 mil for 5 years.. He's a solid 4th liner at the moment. Hopefully he grows into a 2nd or 3rd.
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Tortz is such a thug.
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GOOOAAAALLLL
OVECHKIN
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OVI!!!!
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not the first NHL assist by McIlrath, he had one last season
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:banana:
BIG BOY SIGHTING. :hearts:
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Caps up by 1 after 1
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20 down, still alive!!
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Gonna get scrappy in the second, methinks.
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Great time for our Capt to end his scoring slump!
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Pro needs to work on his skills in the off season. I think they expected more when they gave him almost 4 mil for 5 years.. He's a solid 4th liner at the moment. Hopefully he grows into a 2nd or 3rd.
Ya - he has not progressed at all in the last 20 games. He was injured for a bit, so I am hoping that had something to do with it. They need to work him hard this off-season and get his hands better and get him to be more physical.
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20 down, still alive!!
Only 20? You need to lighten up on those mixers. :P
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Ya - he has not progressed at all in the last 20 games. He was injured for a bit, so I am hoping that had something to do with it. They need to work him hard this off-season and get his hands better and get him to be more physical.
How'd you get on with the links, the last game? any use?
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Only 20? You need to lighten up on those mixers. :P
it ain’t the mixers that give him problems, it’s that tobacco leaf with hairs on it
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Alexa looks stunning, as usual. Not sure I can take her too seriously in that frock though. :clown:
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Oh we're all in tonight. Bourbon, with hairs on it!! :raspberry: :snicker:
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Alexa looks stunning, as usual. Not sure I can take her too seriously in that frock though. :clown:
Hideous shoes. Her bunions must be playing up. :snicker:
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Alexa looks stunning, as usual. Not sure I can take her too seriously in that frock though. :clown:
If I had to guess, I’d say male on air personalities can get away with about half the wardrobe of females. But Joe B’s tie collection must be several hundred.
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If I had to guess, I’d say male on air personalities can get away with about half the wardrobe of females. But Joe B’s tie collection must be several hundred.
Commenting on hockey in a suit is fine, evening dress less appropriate imho. ;)
Alexahas to wear a diferent outfit every time, whereas male presenters only need half a dozen suits, max. Her wardrobe bill must be astranomical.
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Commenting on hockey in a suit is fine, evening dress less appropriate imho. ;)
Alexahas to wear a diferent outfit every time, whereas male presenters only need half a dozen suits, max. Her wardrobe bill must be astranomical.
yea, but when you are on air 200 nights a year, some outfits aren’t going to be all that great
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:poop:
:clown: :O=
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That kind of felt a little inevitable. :(
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:poop: One team doing all the threatening and as usual, it's not us. :-(
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Repeated sloppy passes are killing us.
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Caps need to get some momentum back
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What a beautiful save by Charly.🥹
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1 to 1 after 2
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40 down, starting to gasp for air. :wackysmile:
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The fact we are ending the season in "playoff hockey" fashion makes me happy no matter what happens it has been a great season for fans.
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Second half of that period was hard to watch. Our boys are looking tired and frazzled.
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Repeated sloppy passes are killing us.
Fatigue creeping in. How the fk does the NHL make teams play back to back games to end the season FK Bettman
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Time for Oshie to get to work in that locker room. :uh-huh:
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Fatigue creeping in. How the fk does the NHL make teams play back to back games to end the season FK Bettman
'Cos we're the Caps.
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Need Ovi and Willy to get their legs going - might be tough on back to backs on the last day of the season.
Who's gonna score the winner for us? I'm going with McMike!
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We SHOULD get a PP soon. I will say 15 with GWG
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Second intermissions take FOREVER! :yawn:
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Fatigue creeping in. How the fk does the NHL make teams play back to back games to end the season FK Bettman
(https://i.postimg.cc/7hg4TTrC/1713314505771-png.webp) (https://postimages.org/)
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:lmao: The eternal, blind optimism of Caps fans, in spite of all the evidence to the contrary, makes me happy to be one. :hearts:
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The final 20 minutes of the regular season coming up any minute now......
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I waited a good 15 minutes to post the Pilly goal while Toronto figured out who scored. They changed their mind after about 20 minutes.
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Here we go. This is where we find out what we're made of.
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Fatigue creeping in. How the fk does the NHL make teams play back to back games to end the season FK Bettman
the only way there should be a back to back is if both teams played the night before and had similar travel, anything else is just jackassed fuckery by the NHL
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Come on Micky, say something bad about one of our players already. We're counting on you! :cross:
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Fucking Oshi is spent.. Bro has the coordination of a 8 year old. :raspberry:
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They have a weak goalie. All we have to do is get to him.
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Pretty sure it's gonna be hard to score from our own end. :wackysmile: Team is gassed.. :-(
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(https://i.postimg.cc/vZ7pLdKK/sweating-bullets.gif) (https://postimages.org/)
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TVR is playing on his off side and is playing like crap. All our guys in our own zone are playing way too cute - just get the freakin puck out of the zone!!
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Fucking Oshi is spent.. Bro has the coordination of a 8 year old. :raspberry:
:lmao:
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They are protecting their goalie really well and not letting us get to him.
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Pilly needs 2 points in regulation, OT won’t get them anywhere
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no call on that trip
:raised-eyebrow:
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No call? Shocker! :-|
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Game 7 vibes all game ,..........
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The zebras owe us a fkn PP
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GOOOAAALLLL
OSHIE
ENG
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4 minutes.
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Pilly has been eliminated because Detroit got a point, going to OT
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8-0
Micky, I love you! :laughing:
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Welp, I've done all I can do!! The rest is up to them!! :wackysmile:
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:banana: :banana:
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Please hockey gods please!!!?
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Pilly doesn’t know they’ve been eliminated, still has an empty net
Caps still need 2 out of this
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Caps win
:)
:clap: :clap:
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Keep it in the boards for crying out loud!
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playoff bound
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WHOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
All bets are off.
:super: :koolaid:
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Last 20 games, need 11-8-1 ish to have a chance. Got 10-8-2 W3 and......
We're in ladies and gents!!! No way we should be a playoff team.. Lost every fucking body on the team and still made it in!! LOL!!!! :rofl:
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:raised-eyebrow:
I need some excitement here peeps
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The best part is that we get to play the Rags in the first round and send that loser Laviolette home early - again! That guy was a horrible coach for us that set our franchise back by years by refusing to develop and younger players.
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:raised-eyebrow:
I need some excitement here peeps
:goalie:
Chuck gonna get Ovi his 2nd Cup!!! :snicker:
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1st * of the game goes to Mickysticks. 8) ;) Good job that man.
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:goalie:
Chuck gonna get Ovi his 2nd Cup!!! :snicker:
half the battle is making the playoffs, anything could happen now, as unlikely as that may be
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CAPS are in the PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!
(https://i.postimg.cc/Kj1nxLwM/200-21.gif) (https://postimages.org/)
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1st * of the game goes to Mickysticks. 8) ;) Good job that man.
Hold the applause, just throw money!! :P
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Hold the applause, just throw money!! :P
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That's cold bruh.. Just sayin'. :snicker:
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Sweetest dreams tonight my luverlies. :hearts: :yawn:
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Caps also set a new all time NHL record by making the playoffs with the biggest negative goal differential ever at -37.
:-|
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Twenty 1 goal victories.. 8-0
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1780415932101230850
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Twenty 1 goal victories.. 8-0
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1780415932101230850 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1780415932101230850)
When st Louis won their SC the odds were similar
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Im drunk and stoned, but I don't care who ya are, you don't want to face Chuck in the playoffs!!!
https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1780417531276111994 (https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1780417531276111994)
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season contest between the Caps and Rags is 2-2
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What's crazy is, the Wings won and apparently Torts didn't know. So, pulling the goalie didn't really matter. Thanks Filly!!!! :snicker:
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What's crazy is, the Wings won and apparently Torts didn't know. So, pulling the goalie didn't really matter. Thanks Filly!!!! :snicker:
In his defense during a game you have to cut out distractions
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What's crazy is, the Wings won and apparently Torts didn't know. So, pulling the goalie didn't really matter. Thanks Filly!!!! :snicker:
Detroit didn't even need to win. As soon as their game went to OT, the Flyers were eliminated. He gifted the game to the Caps and screwed Detroit. If the Caps would have lost in any fashion, Detroit would now be in the playoffs.
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Detroit didn't even need to win. As soon as their game went to OT, the Flyers were eliminated. He gifted the game to the Caps and screwed Detroit. If the Caps would have lost in any fashion, Detroit would now be in the playoffs.
I just got back last night from a trip to San Diego to see my granddaughter, but I did keep track of the Caps while I was gone.
From what I've heard, Detroit tied their game about a minute before the Flyers went empty net, but the staff didn't know about that until it was too late. My feeling is, Detroit had only themselves to blame. If they had handled the Canadians instead of having to come from behind at the end of regulation, Philly would have likely known they were out of it and played it straight. But as long as they thought they were in contention (and with a Detroit loss, if they could have scored they were a Pittsburgh loss away from the playoffs) they had to try to go for it.
And besides, that situation was only appropriate karma for the scheduling disadvantage the Caps found themselves in going into Philly. Having to travel and play a back-to-back road game against at rested team as the last game of the season was a tough row to hoe.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfWrxhDuM9o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfWrxhDuM9o)
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I don’t know why your post did that, but kinda looked like you tried to copy and past the page instead of just the link. This website doesn’t like to post copy and paste stuff, and I’m pretty sure it’s a code problem. Beyond what we can fix.