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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Friday January 05, 2024, 04:43:27 PM Eastern
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January 5 vs Hurricanes at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 18-12-6
PP% 13.7(28th) PK% 81.1(12th) Faceoff% 46.7(28th)
Carolina Hurricanes 21-13-4
PP% 27.3(4th) PK% 83.1(8th) Faceoff% 51(12th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Kuznetsov 92 - Wilson 43
Pacioretty 67 - Strome 17 - Lapierre 29
Protas 21 - McMichael 24 - Mantha 39
Malenstyn 47 - Dowd 26 - Aubé-Kubel 96
Fehervary 42 - Carlson(A) 74
Edmundson 6 - Bear 25
van Riemsdyk 57 - Jensen 3
Kuemper 35
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Kuznetsov, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Bear
scratched:
Shepard 31 - backup
Alexeyev 27
Phillips 45
Sandin 38 - illness
IR:
Milano 15 - upper body
Oshie 77 - upper body
Lindgren 79 - upper body
LTIR:
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Canes anticipated lines:
Svechnikov 37 - Aho 20 - Teravainen 86
Noesen 23 - Kotkaniemi 82 - Necas 88
Martinook 48 - Staal 11 - Jarvis 24
Bunting 58 - Drury 18 - Lemieux 28
Slavin 74 - Burns 8
Skjei 76 - Pesce 22
Orlov 7 - Chatfield 5
Kochetkov 52
Ranta 32 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Trevor Hanson 14, Brandon Blandina 39
Scott Cherrey 50, Kiel Murchison 79
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-clash-with-canes (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-clash-with-canes)
scoring summary
1st period:
Dowd(5) from Aubé-Kubel(5) and Malenstyn(5) at 7:06
Strome(14) PPG from Ovechkin(17) and Carlson(19) at 16:29
2nd period:
Svechnikov from Aho at 5:17
3rd period:
Jarvis from Ponomarev and Orlov at 3:23
Svechnikov PPG from Aho and Burns at 12:41
Burns PPG from Svechnikov and Aho at 13:59
Orlov SHG EN unassisted at 18:11
Ponomarev from Kotkaniemi at 19:01
Caps lose 6-2
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Oof, just noticed that Jensen and TVR make more money than any of our D guys, not named Carlson. :huh:
Jensen 4.05 MILLION DOLLARS
TVR 3 MILLION FUCKING DOLLLLAAARS
:O=
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Morning chaps
:wackysmile:
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Evenin' Lil. :hearts:
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:banana:
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If Im not mistaken, Orly looked a little emotional there after the salute.
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Aaaawwwww. That was a nice tribute to Orlov. 8)
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https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1743428631815147653 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1743428631815147653)
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oh, and..
GOOOAAAALLLL
DOWD
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If Im not mistaken, Orly looked a little emotional there after the salute.
he looked like he was about to unsnap his lid to wipe his face but left it on
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he looked like he was about to unsnap his lid to wipe his face but left it on
He swiped the eyes as they cut to break too. lol
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
STROME
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Another power play and a SCORE!
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500 apples for Carly? Carlson-Ovi-STROMER!!
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Carlson finally gets his 500th assist
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That was purdy.
:banana: :banana:
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Alexa doesn’t look like she just spent several days in the Caribbean.
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A couple of sloppy plays. Decent first, overall.
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:O=
:clown: :poop:
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And so it begins.. :clown: :poop:
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Ice is 4 feet deep in our end.. Need to relieve the tilt here or it'll be tied.
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Pacs and Protas both miss 10 bellr's
Is Kuznetsov a healthy scratch or something? Literally haven't seen him.
* Actually did see him once. Made a shit pass early.. Haven't seen him since.
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6 shots in the 1st, 4 in the 2nd. :wackysmile: :(
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Is Kuznetsov a healthy scratch or something? Literally haven't seen him.
10:35 TOI after 2, so says the nhl
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6 shots in the 1st, 4 in the 2nd. :wackysmile: :(
Ouch. :suicide:
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10:35 TOI after 2, so says the nhl
Blasphemy
Guess he's just been hiding.
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These intermissions seem to last forever. :yawn:
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Oh well.. Promising start then :clown: :poop:
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:O= :O=
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:poop: :poop: :poop:
:clown: :O=
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fukin Kuzy
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:clown: :clown: :clown: :clown:
:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop:
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We'll win another game before the years up, I almost guarantee it! :clown: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop:
The invisible man shows up.. :clown:
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Oh dear. :-(
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GOOOAAALLLL
ORLOV
SHORTY
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:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop:
fuck this
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Ugh.
Night all. :yawn:
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:bad:
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:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: lol
Edmundson turning out to be a liability too. Kuemper no help. Shitty D. No O. :clown: 15 minute effort. :poop:
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:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: lol
Edmundson turning out to be a liability too. Kuemper no help. Shitty D. No O. :clown: 15 minute effort. :poop:
All season this team's record has been better than their stats and better than what one's eyes would tell you the team is.
It seems as though the majority of our losses, we get blown out. Our victories are nail-biters/overtime games. Are we going to try too continue to walk that tightrope for the rest of the season? Or is what the team seems to really be going to catch up with us, and we sink toward the bottom of the standings?
As Pontius Pilate would ask, "What is truth?"
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We have no primary scoring. We've lost 4 superstars in 1 year. 5 if you count Carlson. Our best prospect is McMike, who at the moment shows potential to be a top 6 forward. But that's 4, 5, 6. Can he turn into a top line C? 50/50 at best. Our D is mid. Unless we jump out to the ultra rare 3-4 goal lead, our goalies either stand on their head or we lose.
Hopefully we sell at the deadline, sink and get a good draft pick and Ovi can somehow get 25 goals. Somehow.. Then see what's available in the offseason with hopefully a ton of cap space and draft picks.