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February 21 vs Red Wings at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: NBCSW
Radio: 106.7 FM
Washington Capitals 28-24-6
PP% 20.2(20th) PK% 81.3(10th) Faceoff% 49.8(19th)
Detroit Red Wings 26-21-8
PP% 21.6(15th) PK% 78(18th) Faceoff% 48.7(22nd)
Caps anticipated lines:
Milano 15 - Kuznetsov 92 - Wilson(A) 43
Mantha 39 - Strome 17 - Oshie(A) 77
Sheary 73 - Backstrom(A) 19 - Johansson 90
Eller 20 - Dowd 26 - Hathaway 21
Orlov 9 - van Riemsdyk 57
Fehervary 42 - Jensen 3
Gustafsson 56 - McIlrath
Kuemper 35
PP1: Wilson, Backstrom, Kuznetsov, Oshie, Gustafsson
PP2: Strome, Sheary, Mantha, Johansson, Orlov
scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Aubé-Kubel 96
Alexeyev 27
Irwin 52
IR/LTIR:
Brown 28 - knee
Hagelin 62 - hip
Carlson 74 - face
Red Wings anticipated lines:
Bertuzzi 59 - Larkin 71 - Kubalik 81
Rasmussen 27 - Copp 18 - Fabbri 14
Berggren 52 - Veleno 90 - Perron 57
Vrana 15 - Suter 24 - Sundqvist 70
Walman 96 - Seider 53
Chiarot 8 - Hronek 17
Maatta 2 - Hagg 38
Husso 35
Hellberg 45 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Tom Chmielewski 18, Steve Kozari 40
CJ Murray 68, Brad Kovachik 71
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-take-on-wings/c-341313218 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-take-on-wings/c-341313218)
scoring summary
1st period:
Hagg from Bertuzzi and Maatta at 10:16
Suter SHG at 14:22
Wilson(4) PPG from Gustafsson(27) and Backstrom(5) at 15:57
2nd period:
no goals
3rd period:
Suter unassisted at 6:24
Caps lose 3-1
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This mornings practice had no line rushes, instead they worked on the pp.
Dowd is a game time decision. But, if he’s activated someone needs to be sent down to Hershey. That someone is likely to be Protas since he’s waivers exempt.
https://twitter.com/HeleneStJames/status/1628075394460004368 (https://twitter.com/HeleneStJames/status/1628075394460004368)
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Protas was sent to Hershey, which means Dowd should be in
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Dowd back will help with the goal scoring drought (especially with Eller on his wing) :wackysmile:
How long has Vranna been back with the Wings? Good to see him playing again.
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Caps are chasing Hens, Panthers and the Islanders for a WC spot.
Detroit AND Buffalo could both pass the Caps in the standings with wins tonight.
Oof.
The good news is Detroit is about as anemic as the Caps at scoring goals. Detroit has three less goals on the year than the Caps (but also have played three fewer games)
GO CAPS. We due for some bounces and puck luck and we've got just the right opponent it could happen!
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Think it's Vrana's 1st game back in the NHL.
Guess they needed to sell a few more weagles.. :clown:
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Morning chaps :wackysmile:
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Mornin Lil
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I take it we're in the licorice allsorts kit? :wtf:
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Special K trying to get pregnant. Can't keep his knees together........ :raspberry:
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funking joke
fire Lavi
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LoL. 2-0 with a shorty! Team is trash.. :clown: :poop:
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Maaaan they like having a pop at Oshie! :bad:
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funking joke
fire Lavi
and Forsythe and GMBM....................
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goooaaaallll
the big Willy tipped it
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Pull Kuemper now...
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Willy! Probably 80% luck but fuck it..
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Whoo hooo!Willy sighting!
:banana:
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Willy! Probably 80% luck but fuck it..
Absolutely. But you have to be in the right place to generate that sort of luck. 8)
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Not the best start. Could have been worse.. Could have been a lot better.
K looking dodgy so far tonight.
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Alan May needs to lay off that boot polish. ::)
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K and Charlie both looking dodgy here, the more the season goes on. Goalie coach likes to break goalies, or so I've heard.
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it’s another pp
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K and Charlie both looking dodgy here, the more the season goes on. Goalie coach likes to break goalies, or so I've heard.
He's doing a pretty good job of that.
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::)
https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1628202701073928192 (https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1628202701073928192)
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We're allergic to momentum. No matter what we do, we just go back to "ho hum" style play.
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this league needs to get some consistency on what’s a follow through
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:yawn: It's hard work watching this.
I could be doing something far more productive, like sleeping.
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this league needs to get some consistency
Fixed that for ya. ;)
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12 shots on goal through 40 minutes. For a team that can't score and you know the coach is preaching to shoot the puck. = They've tuned him out. Glad it's the last year of his contract. He gone!
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12 shots on goal through 40 minutes. For a team that can't score and you know the coach is preaching to shoot the puck. = They've tuned him out. Glad it's the last year of his contract. He gone!
I hope you're right. :cross:
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:clown: :clown: :clown:
:O= :poop:
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Ballgame :) Nice play Kuzy!
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Some decent zone time. Couldn't finish. Less than a minute and they score.
:stirringupshit: :stirringupshit: :stirringupshit:
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Last time they lost 5 in a row in regulation? 2014
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not sure how much more I can take tonight.When wil they realise those "set pieces" DO nOT WORK
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You're relieved of duty Lil.. See ya Thursday, hopefully Ovi will be back and score a goal! That's the ONLY thing this team has to look forward to.
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You're relieved of duty Lil.. See ya Thursday, hopefully Ovi will be back and score a goal! That's the ONLY thing this team has to look forward to.
I hear ya. :( :( :(
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This team is so formulaic, even I can see what they're going to do for the next few passes. :O=
We need someone with some initiative......
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Alan May.. “tough one to watch so far”
Was he referring to tonight? This month? This year? This season?
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Keystone Cops. :clown:
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Alan May.. “tough one to watch so far”
Was he referring to tonight? This month? This year? This season?
All of the above.
oh and tell him to stop dying his hair!
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that’s that, early tee times this season
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Not a single body in front of that net.
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That was rubbish.
On SOOO many levels.
I guess we played.... ehem, I use the word "played" :lmao: .... .... .... to get further up the draw this year huh
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Only thing to look forward to this season is Ovi.... maybe.
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FFS. The shorty on the major killed them. FWIW bad tip beat Kuemper on that.
Still...You have to score more than one to win most nights. Not sure WTH happened to our scoring.
The third goal went off Kuzy, but that is all on Jensen IMO - he put it right up the middle with THREE wings converging in on the slot. Go back and watch the replay - he had a Caps winger open on both sides at the boards and elected to go up the middle to Kuzy. Just dumb.
Nice to see Willy scoring. He has scored in both games back, yes? Oh wait....he is the ONLY Cap to score in the last two games
Four teams now ahead of Caps for WC spots. Buffalo 2 pts behind, but 4 games in hand. Even Ottawa is only 4 pts back and 3 games in hand on Caps. Caps could be chasing 6 teams ahead of them for a WILDCARD spot :wtf:
When was the last time the Caps did not make the playoffs?
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