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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Wednesday October 25, 2023, 02:23:38 PM Eastern
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October 25 vs Devils at Prudential Center
Time: 7:30
TV: TNT
Radio: 106.7 FM
Washington Capitals 1-3-1
PP% 6.3(30th) PK% 68.2(31st) Faceoff% 42.1(31st)
New Jersey Devils 3-1-1
PP% 44(1st) PK% 71.4(26th) Faceoff% 50.3(15th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Phillips 45
McMichael 24 - Kuznetsov 92 - Oshie 77
Milano 15 - Backstrom 19 - Wilson 43
Malenstyn 47 - Protas 21 - Mantha 39
Fehervary 42 - Carlson 74
Sandin 38 - van Riemsdyk 57
Alexeyev 27 - Jensen 3
Shepard 31
PP1: Ovechkin, Oshie, Kuznetsov, Strome, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Wilson, Phillips, Backstrom, Sandin
scratched:
Kuemper 35 - backup
Hāman Aktell - 4
Johansen - 46
Dowd 26 - upper body - day to day
IR:
Lindgren 79 - upper body
LTIR:
Pacioretty 67 - achilles
Edmundson 6 - hand
Devils anticipated lines:
Palat 18 - Hischier 13 - Bratt 63
Toffoli 73 - J Hughes 86 - Meier 96
Mercer 91 - Haula 56 - Holtz 10
Lazar 42 - McLeod 20 - Bastian 14
Siegenthaler 71 - Hamilton 7
Bahl 88 - Marino 6
Smith 2 - L Hughes 43
Schmid 40
Vanecek 41 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
François St. Laurent 8, Graham Skilliter 24
Scott Cherrey 50, Dan Kelly 98
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-visit-devils (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-visit-devils)
scoring summary
1st period:
Mantha(1) from Protas(1) at 6:37
Strome(3) from Ovechkin(3) and Wilson(3) 15:52
Milano(1) from Oshie(1) and Kuznetsov(2) at 17:28
2nd period:
Toffoli from Meier and Hughes at 4:31
Meier from Hughes and Toffoli at 5:19
Hischier from Bratt and Marino at 6:42
Toffoli from Hughes and Hughes at 10:01
3rd period:
Strome(4) PPG from Kuznetsov(3) and Carlson(4) at :18
McMichael(2) from Mantha(1) and Backstrom(1) at 2:09
Ovechkin(2) ENG unassisted at 18:25
Caps win 6-4
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Oh good, 7:30pm..
Let's go Shep!!
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Caps need to throw the kitchen sink at them again in the 1st. They are bound to start going in at some point.
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Fingers crossed that the hockey gods give us a little puck-luck tonight, I’m afraid we’re going to need it.
I’m still cautiously optimistic that we aren’t as bad as things look [all evidence to the contrary].
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Morning chaps. :wackysmile:
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evenin Lil
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Evenin Lil! Fam!
Yea, might as well go ahead and kill 2 birds.. Score 1st and lead a game this year. :cross:
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GOOOAAALLLL
ANTMAN
8-0
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What? No way. Mantha scored a fucking goal? :wackysmile:
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WOW!
AntMan! :banana:
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So …. Who had the Mantha square as the first Cap to give the team a lead in 2023-2024?
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So …. Who had the Mantha square as the first Cap to give the team a lead in 2023-2024?
It was me...I should win 5.75million for that square, yes?
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Embarrassing that we can’t get the puck out of our zone.
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Stromer!!!
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Made up for that embarrassment in our zone.
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GOOOAAALLLL
STROME
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What's this?
We've come to play today.
:banana: :banana:
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GOOOAAALLLL
MILANO
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Yea baby, this is more like it.
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8-0 Milly!
:banana: :banana: :banana:
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Son!! (Roland Martin reference, for you Yankee landlubbers) :rofl:
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holey moley.
I wander if this is due to embarrassment over yesterday's game?
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VTec is in net to start the 2nd
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:O=
:clown: :poop:
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:O= :O=
:clown: :poop:
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Oh shit - Caps gonna Caps.
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LOL Had the lead for 25 minutes anyway. :clown: :poop:
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call a timeout
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:clown: :clown: :clown:
:O= :poop:
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here we go again. :'(
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No worries, we have 75+ more chances to win one in regulation. :)
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That's like 4 of 7 games we've given up 3+ goals in a row. :rofl:
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:wtf:
:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop:
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Spencer wondering WTF he got himself into. lol
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that was the worst 20 minutes of hockey the Caps have played this season
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Sorry fellas, I'm done. Can't keep my eyes open.
:yawn: :yawn: :yawn:
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
STROME
tied at 4
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What a game of momentum. Can’t believe the Caps have come back.
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GOOOAAALLLL
MCMICHAEL
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GOOOAAALLLL
MILANO
Devils challenge.. offsides
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another PP
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:raised-eyebrow:
where did everyone go
:raised-eyebrow: :raised-eyebrow:
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Still here - still stunned the Caps showed up in the third. I thought for sure they’d mail it in after getting blown out of the building in the second.
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Whoop - whoop!! Ovi with the ENG!
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Fever with the check
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GOOOAAALLLL
OVECHKIN
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Fever with the check
Beautiful …. Clean … hit
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As a long term Cap fine Alta, I know you know this isn’t over just yet.
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the fat lady has sung tonight
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that was the best 40 minutes of Caps hockey this season
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Caps win 6-4
all 10 goals were scored on the same end of the ice
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Internet died just as we came back to life. :'( lol
Fever lit Hughes up!!
OVI!!!!!!!
Shepard should of tried to score.
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Lil is gonna be pissed she quit on the Caps tonight
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Lil is gonna be pissed she quit on the Caps tonight
8-0 Say it aint so. SAY IT!! :snicker:
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also, the Caps doubled the team goal total tonight
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Sorry fellas, I'm done. Can't keep my eyes open.
:yawn: :yawn: :yawn:
8-0 Damn Lil.. :'( :raspberry: :snicker:
Ok, Im out. See ya'll Friday!!
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Roland doesn’t hate yankees
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Sandin left the ice early in the 3rd, hopefully nothing serious
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Roland doesn’t hate yankees
Does too. :snicker:
Yea, hopefully Sandin isn't banged up too bad. Our D was swiss cheese to begin with. Now it's just gonna be swiss. lol
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https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1717381271385473180 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1717381271385473180)
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Bugger
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Wowza. I watched on about 2 hour delay so couldn't contribute during the game (and I know y'all missed that)
Anyway - nice to see the fellas score some goals, but Shephard didn't look so hot. Even in the first he seemed to react slowly. What is it with this team and goalies? Shephard looked damn good in the preseason.
Loved seeing Fever actually check someone. Kid can play and he's got pretty good wheels. Hughes can fly and Fever read it well and was able to keep up after pivoting and crush him. That was like the exclamation point on the night. I was just telling my son nobody hits anyone in this game anymore and BOOM...light him up Fever! More of that, please.
Saw Carlson actually hit someone at the blueline too...although he prolly just misread it and they collided by accident :snicker:
Strome is looking like the guy they paid him to be. I liked him last year but was a little surprised at the contract...but then when an I not. I wish they'd put Strome out in OT...with Willy or Milano or someone who wants to score. Ovie and Backy just too fucking slow for OT.
And big Tony Antman...surprised the goalie, himself, his line-mates, the bench, the coaches, the crowd, the fans at home, and everyone watching on TNT :lol: He had a three point night until they overturned Milano's goal.
I HATE that fucking offsides review shit. I have hated it since day one and will always hate it. It takes away from the game. Yes lineman miss the call sometimes...Play on - don't turn it into football where you can question every call. I mean we don't review OBVIOUS missed penalties. so why a missed offsides?
I hate the goal review too, but not as much as the offsides. I wouldn't hate the goal review if they got it right more often, but there is no consistency ever with that shit (unless your the Caps, then you know its NOT going your way)
I'll take the win. Sadly it appears we need to score 5 goals to win a game and I don't see this team averaging 5 goals a game often.
Go Caps
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Fortunately, NJ only showed up for one period of hockey. I thought Milano, in particular, had a very good game. Shepherd looked pretty bad. He was sloppy, out of position and way too ready to flop all over the ice. He's also too small. Small goalies are a problem unless they have superb technique.
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Saw Carlson actually hit someone at the blueline too...although he prolly just misread it and they collided by accident :snicker:
Ha! You got that right. It is actually embarrassing now to watch the style of play with the mutual agreement not to check. Sometimes, you can even see them let up so they don't actually put a hit on someone. The money has made these guy agree to a truce and it makes for a generally boring hockey game - part of the reason the Caps aren't selling out.
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Yeah I even saw Ovi take a bead on a guy an then just veer off...made me wonder if he had tweaked something. Saw it couple times in the game (this is couple games ago) and wondered if he was ailing...you know since he hadn't scored and all.
He's never been one to shy away from hitting a guy.
It's definitely a different game. Prolly cost Wilson millions cause he'd be worth hella more if the league would let him loose to play