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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Thursday January 26, 2023, 04:46:04 PM Eastern
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January 26 vs Penguins at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: NBCSW
Radio: 106.7 FM
Washington Capitals 25-19-6
PP% 20.3(20th) PK% 81.6(7th) Faceoff% 49.8(17th)
Pittsburgh Penguins 24-15-8
PP% 22.2(16th) PK% 81.2(9th) Faceoff% 52.2(8th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Oshie(A) 77
Mantha 39 - Kuznetsov 92 - Sheary 73
Milano 15 - Backstrom 19 - Johansson 90
Aubé-Kubel 96 - Eller 20 - Hathaway 21
Gustafsson 56 - van Riemsdyk 57
Orlov 9 - Jensen 3
Irwin 52 - Fehervary 42
Kuemper 35
PP1: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Johansson, Gustafsson
PP2: Sheary, Strome, Kuznetsov, Orlov, van Riemsdyk
scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Protas 59
Alexeyev 27
Wilson 43 - lower body - day to day
IR/LTIR:
Dowd 26 - lower body
Brown 28 - knee
Hagelin 62 - hip
Carlson 74 - face/ear
Pens anticipated lines:
Guentzel 59 - Crosby(C) 87 - Rust 17
Zucker 16 - Malkin(A) 71 - Rakell 67
McGinn 23 - Blueger 53 - Carter 77
O’Connor 10 - Poehling 25 - Heinen 43
Dumoulin 8 - Letang(A) 58
Pettersson 28 - Petry 26
Joseph 73 - Ruhwedel 2
DeSmith 1
Tokarski 40 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
TJ Luxmore 21, Ghislain Hebert 22
Andrew Smith, Kyle Flemington 55
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-clash-with-penguins/c-340424318 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-clash-with-penguins/c-340424318)
scoring summary
1st period:
Ovechkin(32) PPG from Kuznetsov(35) and Orlov(14) at 6:00
2nd period:
Heinen from O’Connor and Dumoulin at 2:37
3rd period:
Johansson(13) from Backstrom(4) and Milano(14) at 5:17
Rust from Guentzel and Crosby at 12:52
OT:
no goals
SO:
Oshie ❎ Rikell ✅
Kuznetsov ✅ Crosby ❎
Backstrom ✅ Malkin ❎
Caps win 3-2
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Caps been saving up for this one (I hope)
Hope to see a good ole Penquin whooping tonight.
Maybe the bounces will go our way and some of those passes will accidently get tipped and directed toward the net.
Go Caps.
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musical lines, again. What can go wrong ::)
Willy is technically a game time decision
Sheary will play his 500th game tonight
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Well, Rich has me felling good about our chances. He mentioned "hope" twice and "accidently tipped in" once. Sounds like a plan! :snicker:
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it’s official, no Willy tonight
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pp time
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
OVECHKIIIIIIIIN
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"Big Boo Boo"
OVI!!
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Nice PK! I thought Lard was in the box? Nearly got a shorty.
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Nice PK! I thought Lard was in the box? Nearly got a shorty.
Hathy got the penalty. 20 is close to 21 from the press box
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wow, I think that’s the second faceoff penalty I’ve ever seen
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wow, I think that’s the second faceoff penalty I’ve ever seen
Yep. I remember one on us for double violation, iirc? But never seen a hand on puck penalty, from a draw.
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Where's the hillbilly and lass? :huh:
Good 1st period. Looks like one of those rare games where we come out looking like we give a shit. D still sucks but Kuemper been on point so far.
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decent 1st from the Caps
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Every time they show the stats, we're getting "out blocked" on shots by a large margin. Think we might try and adopt that theory since our D isn't very good.
Is blocking shots a skill or just a "want to" type of thing? Either way, we don't "want to". lol
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:poop:
:clown: :O=
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Maybe don't hit the penguin logo in his head every shot.. Hard to score goals that way. :O=
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the 2nd period was akin to watching a chess match
:yawn:
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the 2nd period was akin to watching a chess match
:yawn:
Yep, the Washington Pawns. :raspberry:
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GOOOAAALLLL
JOHANSSON
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:poop: :poop:
:clown: :O=
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Another :clown: :poop: goal.
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Fart noise. OT. :-\
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yea, I don’t like OT with this team
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pp time
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cheesus man, this team is giving me palpitations
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Caps win the shoot out
:clap:
:banana: :banana: :banana:
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Yay.
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Shouldn't of given them a point.
See ya Sunday at 5pm.. :)
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Kuemper needed to be better on both goals but at least we got 2 points. On another topic, the Caps should make a run at Bo Horvat. He'd be a real big upgrade to the forward corps and is young enough to be productive for years, not just as a last gasp at winning a SC, something which isn't happening with the current crew.
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I watched late...and of course my DirecTV recorded it on the wrong channel again. It keeps recording on the premium NHL channels which I don't have.
I SET the fucking thing to record on 642 NBCSN-Washington, yet when game starts it jumps to the Hens broadcast on NHL 751 or WTF ever channel it is.
SO....I got to watch live from about the beginning of the 3rd.
I agree....Kuemper out of position a bit on the 2nd goal, and seeing a replay - could have been better on the 1st too. He is normally a bit better in positioning.
Shocked we survived the OT - helps when you get a PP. Nice shootout goals and Kuemps redeemed himself allowing just one (and stopping that Fucking Crybaby Crosby and that Ogre/Frankenstein experiment Malkin)
Nice to get the win, but THAT being our FIRST SO win of the season is a little depressing. Couldn't really afford to give Shitsburgh the point, but at least we hung on for 2
Ovie and Mojo score - our two goal leaders on this team :-|