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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Thursday March 23, 2023, 04:52:54 PM Eastern
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March 23 vs Blackhawks at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: NBCSW
Radio: 106.7 FM
Washington Capitals 33-31-8
PP% 21.3(15th) PK% 82.7(5th) Faceoff% 50.2(17th)
Chicago Blackhawks 24-40-6
PP% 16.6(28th) PK% 76.6(20th) Faceoff% 53.3(4th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Wilson 43
Milano 15 - Backstrom 19 - Oshie 77
Mantha 39 - Kuznetsov 92 - Smith 16
Protas 59 - Dowd 26 - Sheary 73
Carlson 74 - Fehervary 42
Sandin 38 - Jensen 3
Alexeyev 27 - van Riemsdyk 57
Kuemper 35
PP1: Ovechkin, Oshie, Strome, Backstrom, Carlson
PP2: Wilson, Smith, Sheary, Kuznetsov, Sandin
scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Aubé-Kubel 96
Irwin 52
IR/LTIR:
Brown 28 - knee
Hagelin 62 - hip
Blackhawks anticipated lines:
Reichel 27 - Kurashev 23 - Athanasiou 89
Johnson 90 - Dickinson 17 - Raddysh 11
Katchouk 14 - Khaira 16 - Anderson 15
Hardman 86 - Entwistle 58 - Robinson 53
C Jones 82 - S Jones 4
Tinordi 25 - Murphy 5
Kaiser 44 - Zaitsev 22
Khudobin 31
Stalock 32 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Eric Furlatt 27, Carter Sandlak 47
Brad Kovachik 71, Jonny Murray 95
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-hawks/c-342588512 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-hawks/c-342588512)
scoring summary
1st period:
Sheary(14) unassisted at 10:15
Mantha(11) from Ovechkin(30) and Kuznetsov(40) at 10:33
2nd period:
Dowd(13) from Protas(10) at 1:27
Backstrom(6) PPG from Strome(37) and Carlson(14) at 8:12
3rd period:
Carlson(9) PPG from Backstrom(11) and Strome(38) at 1:04
Zaitsev from Dickinson and Johnson at 3:08
Ovechkin(41) unassisted at 14:56
Caps win 6-1
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As expected, Carlsson has been sent back to Hershey with the activation of Carlson. Fucale has also been sent back.
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I was hoping to see Fucale in net.
So the Hawks are THE worst scoring team in the entire NHL (barely behind Columbus) so let's see if we can keep the GA to less than 5 this game.
Kuzy with Mantha and Smith. Woah! watch out for those snipers....serious scoring threat there.
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Wish he'd just put 8-19-77 on a line and short shift/wait for a PP. Those 3 are just slow as molasses, unfortunately. Good for an offensive zone draw and a quick backtrack if needed, while fresh. But 5v5 it can get ugly if we do any defending for any length of time. Whatever.. Go Ovi!! :)
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Evening chaps. :wackysmile:
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chaps :smirk:
the home crowd seems awfully quite
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GOOOAAALLLL
SHEARY
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SHEARY BABY!
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chaps :smirk:
the home crowd seems awfully quite
Awfully quite what? :snicker:
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GOOOAAALLLL
MANTHA
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ANTMAN
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that high stick on Willy looked like it was accidentally on purpose
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that high stick on Willy looked like it was accidentally on purpose
So'd the one on Carlson.
Ok fans, we're nearly even after 1. :raspberry: :snicker:
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An okay first, but lots of mistakes.
Not holding my breath after the last game.
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GOOOAAALLLL
DOWD
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DOWDER
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Their goalie is even more leaky than ours. :lmao:
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
BACKSTROM
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Now BACKUS
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Our guys trying to prove something after that last debacle, it seems.
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We need to ease off of those stupid dumb arse penalties. Looks like we keep trying to let them back in the game.
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
CARLSON
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Welcome back Dylan.
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:poop:
there goes the shutout
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Ovi should be racking up the goals this game, not the PIMs
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GOOOAAALLLL
OVECHKIN
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THERE'S MY BOY!
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I have high hopes for this game. :P
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Well that was a bit more fun to watch.
Sweet dreams peeps. :hearts:
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Saturday night should be fun! Couple medium to bad teams, pretending they still have a shot!! :)
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Saturday night should be fun! Couple medium to bad teams, pretending they still have a shot!! :)
The entire rest of the season is going to be really telling. One more non-playoff team on the schedule; the rest is against teams directly above them in the standings and fighting for the playoffs/playoff position. The Caps SHOULD lose most of these remaining games, but in reality, they are as close to a playoff spot as they are to the 10th draft slot, which is what I was hoping for and almost expecting a couple of weeks ago.
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Always fun to win and nice to see some guys score. Ovi had nice breakaway at the end....don't see that very often anymore.
It is Chicago though, so I'm not getting up over this game. Like BlackIce said...the remainder of the games will be telling. We are just good enough to compete on a game to game basis and get wins about half the time, but not enough to string a series of wins together even against average teams.
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I predict we'll get run out of the building at least half the games remaining. Maybe with Carly back we can win the other half, but it's doubtful.
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As long as we win Saturday, I think I will be happy. Hens are due for a Caps-whooping