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Game 9: 10-4-2-2 (PTS-W-L-OT)
Thursday October 25, 2018 Washington Capitals @ Edmonton Oilers
Place: Rogers Place
Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
TV: NBCSWA, SN1, SNE, SNO
Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Capitals Radio 24/7
NHL.COM (https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2018020142) for Live Box Score
Last Game: Mon October 22, Capitals Won 5-2 against Canucks
Next Game: Sat October 27, 4:00pm ET Capitals @ Flames
8-Ovechkin 92-Kuznetsov 25-Smith-Pelly
18-Stephenson 19-Bäckström 77-Oshie
13-Vrana 20-Eller 10-Connolly
65-Burakovsky 26-Dowd 23-Jaskin
9-Orlov 2-Niskanen
6-Kempny 74-Carlson
44-Orpik 29-Djoos
70-Holtby (starter)
1-Copley
-- SCRATCH --
79-Walker
72-Boyd
22-Bowey
-- INJURED RESERVE --
-- SUSPENDED --
43-Wilson (11 games left??)
-- 1st Powerplay Unit --
77-Oshie 19-Bäckström 92-Kuznetsov
8-Ovechkin 74-Carlson
-- 2nd Powerplay Unit --
13-Vrana 10-Connolly 20-Eller
2-Niskanen 9-Orlov
Referees: Marc Joannette (#25), Ian Walsh (#29)
Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons (#58), Steve Barton (#59)
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1st Period
16:28 Oilers PP GOAL Bouchard, assists Yamamoto & Rieder 1-0 EDM
2nd Period
10:06 Oilers SH GOAL Nugent-Hopkins, unassisted 2-0 EDM
12:21 GOAL 65-Burakovsky, assists 26-Dowd & 74-Carlson 2-1 EDM
3rd Period
09:16 Oilers GOAL 39-Chaisson, assists Rieder & Larsson 3-1 EDM
18:43 Oilers EN GOAL McDavid, assists Nugent-Hopkins & Talbot 4-1 EDM
FINAL: 4-1 EDM
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By Samantha Pell October 25 at 6:30 AM
Evgeny Kuznetsov has become a lethal threat on the Capitals power-play unit
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Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov has five power play goals this season, leading the NHL. (Anne-Marie Sorvin/USA Today Sports)
EDMONTON — Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov stood just outside the right circle in the second period of Monday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks and waited. With the Capitals on a power play in a 1-1 tied game, all eyes were on the opposite side of the ice, where captain Alex Ovechkin hovered above the left circle.
But as Capitals defenseman John Carlson corralled a pass at the point from Ovechkin, instead of giving it right back to the team’s star player, he zipped it over to Kuznetsov, who planted and sneaked a blazing one-timer past Canucks goalie Anders Nilsson.
“Sometimes you just have to shoot, and you know, like you guys think I’m telling [expletive], but it’s lucky shot,” Kuznetsov said. “It’s a pretty lucky shot for me.”
Lucky shot or not, it was Kuznetsov’s fifth power-play goal of the season — tops in the NHL— and is illustrative of how dangerous the Capitals' power play, ranked first in the league, can be with Kuznetsov setting up on the opposite side from Ovechkin. With teams' penalty kill focused on Ovechkin’s coveted left circle, it leaves Kuznetsaov free to claim his own “office” on the right.
[The Caps think Evgeny Kuznetsov is one of the NHL’s best, but he just wants to have fun (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/10/12/caps-think-evgeny-kuznetsov-is-one-nhls-best-he-just-wants-have-fun/?utm_term=.e85e2e587a93)]
The early season success of the duo has been enough for some to draw comparisons with the Tampa Bay Lightning’s tandem of center Steven Stamkos and winger Nikita Kucherov, who both like to one-time it from their respective circles. The Lightning scored 66 power-play goals last season; Stamkos and Kucherov accounted for 23 of them.
But while Tampa’s one-two strategy works for their personnel, Capitals goalie Braden Holtby doesn’t believe Washington will abandon its usual setup. And if Kuznetsov continues to score from the other side, that’s just an added bonus.
“He’s obviously extremely smart and usually every year he finds more and more areas to create goals,” Holtby said. “. . . When teams start cheating, Kuz is going to expose them just like Nick has over the years. To have those two [Ovechkin and Kuznetsov] on the same side, that’s pretty dynamic.”
Last season, Kuznetsov had a 41-game stretch without a power-play goal from late November through February. In his last 40 games, including the playoffs and the last eight regular season games, Kuznetsov has scored 11 power-play goals and has put up twice as many shots on net while on the power play during that span.
“I feel like if you have a guy like Ovi on the power play, I feel like you have to pay more attention to his shot,” Kuznetsov said. “But at the same time, it does open up for us some plays, and if you even have an extra half a second [for the goalie] to make a decision, that is huge.”
When asked if he had made a more concentrated effort to shoot this season, Kuznetsov laughed and replied with a smirking grin: “Ah no, it’s accidental.”
Capitals Coach Todd Reirden said the team’s power-play unit started working on trying to get “a little less predictable” last year during the playoffs and continued that work this summer. With how the power play is set up under Reirden, all the players on the power play are in their usual spots, but in trying to change their methodology, they’ve added different plays and different faceoff situations.
“It’s been a real difference maker for us this year,” Reirden said.
[Capitals’ John Carlson to Alex Ovechkin power-play connection keeps maturing (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/10/21/capitals-john-carlson-alex-ovechkin-power-play-connection-keeps-maturing/?utm_term=.ecd0fae2768e)]
Carlson, who has grown accustomed over the years to putting the puck on a tee to Ovechkin on the left side during the power play, says he believes goalies still “don’t respect” Kuznetsov or Nicklas Backstrom as shooters.
“[It’s] because they like to dump it off to [T.J. Oshie] and me and Ovi,” Carlson said. “You know, those are more of the shooters on the power play, but you know if [Kuznetsov] is going to be shooting it like he did in the last year and now into this year, it is big for us to catch goalies leaning back looking for where the puck is going to go next and surprise them a little bit.”
Backstrom and Carlson are tied atop the NHL’s leader board with eight power-play points apiece. Ovechkin is tied for third with seven.
With the Capitals playing against Edmonton on Thursday night at Rogers Place, Kuznetsov will continue to build off his power play production in a faceoff against arguably the league’s best player: Connor McDavid, the Oilers' 21-year-old star. Through seven games, McDavid has five goals and a total of 13 points; Kuznetsov also has 13 points on the season.
In the Oilers' last game, against the Pittsburgh Penguins, McDavid recorded a goal, an assist and eight shots on goal in a 6-5 overtime loss playing opposite Sidney Crosby.
“[McDavid] is one of the best players, if he’s not the best right now,” Kuznetsov said. “It is always nice to see the young guys play well like that and then go one-on-one, it’s so fun to watch. I hope more players do that.”
Read more on the Capitals:
Is the Roxy Flu shot? Infamous NHL dive bar seems to have fallen out of players' favor. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/10/24/is-roxy-flu-shot-infamous-nhl-dive-bar-seems-have-fallen-out-players-favor/?utm_term=.888c89cfa087)
For NHL goalies, league’s new pad restrictions are a real pain (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/for-nhl-goalies-leagues-new-pad-restrictions-are-a-real-pain/2018/10/22/065bae7b-7cbd-4241-b62a-c5a29568db6c_story.html)
On heels of Canada legalizing marijuana, Orpik, Capitals keeping an open mind (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/10/22/heels-canada-legalizing-marijuana-orpik-capitals-keeping-an-open-mind/?utm_term=.773cf4095f65)
John Carlson is coming off a career year. What’s next? More awards consideration. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/10/18/john-carlson-is-coming-off-career-year-whats-next-more-awards-consideration/?utm_term=.0fa33f3b21f3)
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radio is 99.1 again, there is collage football on 106.7 tonight
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YAWN!
Morning all.
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Sup guys!
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Dont want to give Mcdavid chances like that.
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我希望NHL專員死於性病。
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Carlson had better play some defense tonight, this team can score
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Carlson had better play some defense tonight, this team can score
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it's a PPG !!!!
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Nice screen by Oshie!
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I think one of our guys deflected that past Holtby. I dont think Holtby saw it either. Wow our pk really sucks.
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We'll get that one back.
Pretty clean game so far.
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That was a sloppy period by both teams. Too many icings and offsides. I look for both teams to play better in the second period. Again a player scores his 1st NHL goal against the Caps. It seems like that happens every other game the Caps play.
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That was a sloppy period by both teams. Too many icings and offsides. I look for both teams to play better in the second period. Again a player scores his 1st NHL goal against the Caps. It seems like that happens every other game the Caps play.
Well the odds do go up when you give up 5 goals per game.
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Well the odds do go up when you give up 5 goals per game.
The Caps PK has to get better period. That is our biggest problem. I am not sure what the solution is.
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The Caps PK has to get better period. That is our biggest problem. I am not sure what the solution is.
I think our forwards need to be more aggressive. They are sitting back.
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not looking good tonight, I might have to stop fighting my eye lids
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714 GOAL!
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Stupid fucking sling shot play.. :wackysmile:
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Oh dear. That was just embarrassing. :O=
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I hate that stupid drop pass they use on the pp. Hopkins was waiting for it and Carlson didnt even look.
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step back from the edge of the volcano!
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LoL.. Lil saved Burt with the volcano thread!!
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Ha ha! Volcano boy must have red our posts....... :P
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LOL!
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I think Talbot got lucky. Stephenson shot it in his glove.
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Damn, that was a shift right there! Bummer the goalie won..
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Ha ha! Volcano boy must have red our posts....... :P
I'm still in shock that Bura scored. It was Dowd that made the play but the way things are going for Bura I'm surprised he didnt miss the net.
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joke
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Good lawd..
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6 and 65 must have accidentally swapped cereal bowls this morning.
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see, it's legal for other teams to commit fouls against the Caps
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Hmm.. That's 2 minutes there ref.. (Ō_ƆŎ)
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see, it's legal for other teams to commit fouls against the Caps
I know this is not news to you! (Ō_ƆŎ) Zebras still suck!
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see, it's legal for other teams to commit fouls against the Caps
I was just going to say that the refs will call that a penalty 99 out of 100 times. I guess that was the ONE that they let go. I'm surprised they let it go.
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Oshie better be hurt, ain't no way Bura deserves the top line
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That was a very sloppy seconds, :-(
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I hate that stupid drop pass they use on the pp. Hopkins was waiting for it and Carlson didnt even look.
Carlson has been great all season, but THAT really sucked. In fact, most of the play by our boys tonight has been uninspired. A good third and they can still grab the points, but so far they have looked like they don't really care all that much.
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Happy to see that the Smith-Pelly experiment on the top line seems to be over. I am not sure who they should put there, maybe Vrana but this is where not having Wilson really hurts. Also I am not sold on Stephenson being on the second line. He has not shown that he is a top six forward, he belongs in the bottom six.
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Carlson has been great all season, but THAT really sucked. In fact, most of the play by our boys tonight has been uninspired. A good third and they can still grab the points, but so far they have looked like they don't really care all that much.
They have been using that drop pass on the pp for awhile now. It was only a matter of time before it cost us. Hopkins knew it was coming and waited for it. Poor decision by Carlson. I dont like the play to begin with. That's on coaching as well.
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They have been using that drop pass on the pp for awhile now. It was only a matter of time before it cost us. Hopkins knew it was coming and waited for it. Poor decision by Carlson. I dont like the play to begin with. That's on coaching as well.
It's a copycat league. Most of the teams use that because it allows the "slingshot" and a player building up a lot of speed to do a solo entry into the attacking zone. The Caps don't need it. Like the Oilers with McDavid, Kuzy can do it just by taking the puck end to end.
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and DSP starts the 3rd on line 1
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this was a problem a couple years ago, the linesman kept dicking around dropping the puck as if they were trying to effect the outcome of the faceoff. Looks like it's happening again.
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Nice hit by DSP, glad it wasn't Willy, he'd of been fucked
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Refs seeking attention.. Drop the fucking puck!!
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These officials are a fucking joke.
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Holtby is definitely keeping us in this game.
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These officials are a fucking joke.
是的，這些官員是一個他媽的笑話。 :O=
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This team has been piss poor tonight. No drive and no desire. Didn’t want to play and just sat back all night.
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Chiasson the sniper? Didn't they say he had 2 the other night? Saw him on PP2.. :smirk:
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Holtby is definitely keeping us in this game.
His GAA sucks because the D has not been good. Kempny very disappointing so far.
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This team has been piss poor tonight. No drive and no desire. Didn’t want to play and just sat back all night.
It was obvious from the first puck drop, which is why I have barely watched the game out of the corner of my eye.
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This has been a waste of a night to be honest.
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I suspect it has been a two Quaalude night.
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Pfft.. 3.5-1 ?? :wackysmile:
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The last goal was a nice shot by Chaisson. The dmen backed in and gave him a clean shot.
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These refs suck balls. A bunch of bullshit calls and PPs are 4 or 5-1. Garbage. And the leagues rules are idiotic.
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What was that one for? Reirden pissed!!
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Chiasson the sniper? Didn't they say he had 2 the other night? Saw him on PP2.. :smirk:
I wanted us to sign Chaisson but for some reason they let him go.
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another great day for the Caps. Willy gets fucked by Buttman and just to make sure there is no doubt the jackass zebras are fucking the Caps on the ice
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Between our own sloppy play and the ridiculous reffing, I wish I hadn't bothered either.
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I wanted us to sign Chaisson but for some reason they let him go.
Wasn't pretty enough.
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This really has been a shitty game on many levels.
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Djoos has to start improving as well.
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Marc Joannette is :poop: O'Helloran II.
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I think our forwards need to be more aggressive. They are sitting back.
Our PK looked really good when Burakovsky and Kuzy were out there the puck was in the Oiler end more than in our end. Kuzy and Burakovsky were very aggressive.
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Ruined my fucking night.
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Oh well.. Catch ya'll next one!
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they've gotta win two in row sooner or later
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Good night all. Better luck (and effort) next time! Remember, Saturday at 4pm I think
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That was rubbish, even without the refs interference.
Night all.
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1st Period
16:28 Oilers PP GOAL Bouchard, assists Yamamoto & Rieder 1-0 EDM
2nd Period
10:06 Oilers SH GOAL Nugent-Hopkins, unassisted 2-0 EDM
12:21 GOAL 65-Burakovsky, assists 26-Dowd & 74-Carlson 2-1 EDM
3rd Period
09:16 Oilers GOAL 39-Chaisson, assists Rieder & Larsson 3-1 EDM
18:43 Oilers EN GOAL McDavid, assists Nugent-Hopkins & Talbot 4-1 EDM
FINAL: 4-1 EDM
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heh sounds like i missed a hell of a game.
Another 4, well 3+ empty net, goals against game, with an elite goalie in net, this roosters combined defensive skills and acumen is embarrassing and disgraceful.
There where plenty of opportunities to get quality replacements for Beags, Wilson, and Chaisson. Even some at Hershey, but hey more goals against means we need to play pond-hockey/videogames for the fans right Monemental?
I’m also starting to question Reidon, either he’s doing what GMBetaMale tells him, or worse he doesn’t have much control over this roster, worse yet, his system just sucks.
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Well I started watching the game about hour late so avoided these boards.....made it through the first period, fell asleep somewhere in the second....woke up for the last 10 minutes.
Looks like falling asleep was the better choice.
Have we NOT won two games in a row yet? :(