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Title: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Friday April 22, 2022, 02:45:24 PM Eastern
April 22 vs Coyotes at Gilda River Arena
Time: 10:30
TV: NBCSW 
Radio: Caps Radio 24/7, 106.7 FM

Arizona Coyotes 22-49-5
Washington Capitals 43-23-11

Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin 8 - Kuznetsov 92 - Wilson 43
Johansson 90 - Backstrom 19 - Sheary 73
Mantha 39 - Eller 20 - Oshie 77
Larsson 22 - Dowd 26 - Hathaway 21

Fehervary 42 - Carlson 74
Orlov 9 - Jensen 3
van Riemsdyk 57 - Schultz 2

Vanecek 41

PP1: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson
PP2: Mantha, Wilson, Johansson, Schultz, Ovechkin

scratched:
Samsonov 30 - backup
McMichael 24
Johnsson-Fjallby 45
Kempny 6
Irwin 52

LTIR:
Hagelin 62 - eye
Snively 91 - wrist

Coyotes anticipated lines:
Schmaltz 8 - Hayton 29 - Boyd 72
Roussel 26 - Smith 13 - Kessel 81
Ladd 16 - McBain 22 - Galchenyuk 17
Imama 15 - Eriksson 21 - Carcone 53

Moser 62 - Stralman 86
Capobianco 75 - Gostisbehere 14
Dineen 54 - Kolyachonok 92

Vejmelka 70

tonight’s zebras:
Frederick L’Ecuyer 17, Pierre Lambert 37
Ryan Galloway 82, David Brisebois 96

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-reach-end-of-road-in-arizona/c-333278258 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-reach-end-of-road-in-arizona/c-333278258)

scoring summary
1st period:
Sheary(18) from Backstrom(25) and Schultz(18) at 11:33
2nd period:
no goals
3rd period:
Carlson(16) ENG from Dowd(14) and Sheary(23) at 19:24

Caps win 2-0
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: richkrt99 on Friday April 22, 2022, 03:24:52 PM Eastern
Whoop there it is!


 :banana: :banana: :banana:


Hope the Caps show up for this one.  Pretty meaningless except for trying to catch Shittsburgh.


Hens have pretty easy schedule left.  Caps, not so much.  Hens will likely win 3 of their last 4  (Detroit, Philthy, Edmonton, CBJ)..or maybe just two.
Caps would have to win two more games than the Hens to catch pass them....or 1 more win plus an OT.  Caps have Arizona, Toronto, Isles, Isles, Rangers
Caps currently 2pts behind Hens with tonight's game in hand.


Go Caps
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Friday April 22, 2022, 10:28:41 PM Eastern
Who won?  :raspberry:
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Friday April 22, 2022, 10:30:09 PM Eastern
Who won?  :raspberry:


the fishes you didn’t catch today  :wackysmile:
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Friday April 22, 2022, 10:41:31 PM Eastern
You cut me deep there bro..  :'( 
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Friday April 22, 2022, 10:43:44 PM Eastern
there’s a reason it’s called fishing, if it were easy it would be called catching
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Friday April 22, 2022, 10:48:54 PM Eastern
You know that's right! I'd of loaded the boat today though.. Windy and cloudy.. My buddy's back is fucked up or we'd of been out there!
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Friday April 22, 2022, 10:52:20 PM Eastern
how long have you been in fla?
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Surreylily on Friday April 22, 2022, 10:53:42 PM Eastern
Morning    :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:00:42 PM Eastern
25 years.


Mornin' Lil!
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:01:45 PM Eastern
wow, sometimes it’s better to be lucky
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:02:27 PM Eastern
Not sure how that stayed out. We looked pretty stout until that shitty PP..
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:02:31 PM Eastern
Mick, did you ever go up to Lake Erie in the spring for small mouth?
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:04:49 PM Eastern
GOOOOAAAALLLL
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Surreylily on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:07:00 PM Eastern
Whooo Hoooo!
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:07:09 PM Eastern
Nah, I've never been north of NYC fishing, except when I was like 10 years old. Never had the pleasure of fishing the Great lakes. Those tank smallies would be a fuckin blast though! I've caught some med/small ones in Va and Tn. they fight like hell!


Play Da Song!!! Sheary Baby!!
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:10:23 PM Eastern
morning Lil, try to stay awake this time  :snicker:
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:13:46 PM Eastern
Nah, I've never been north of NYC fishing, except when I was like 10 years old. Never had the pleasure of fishing the Great lakes. Those tank smallies would be a fuckin blast though! I've caught some med/small ones in Va and Tn. they fight like hell!


Play Da Song!!! Sheary Baby!!


I went up to Dunkirk NY three times for smallies in the spring. It’s highly dependent on water temp so you gotta have a flexible schedule, or a boss that really likes to fish. But you get there about two days before they start going to bedding and it is catching, damn near every cast.
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:19:41 PM Eastern
Yea, I have a friend who has family in upstate NY and he likes to rub it in when he visits.. (Right around spawn time)
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Surreylily on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:23:33 PM Eastern
morning Lil, try to stay awake this time  :snicker:


I'll try.  Not sure hoow ong I' ll last.....
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:54:23 PM Eastern
at least the zebras are reviewing it, the league must’ve gotten an earfull after yesterday
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:55:14 PM Eastern
Looks like 2-0 to me, but what do I know?
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Friday April 22, 2022, 11:57:34 PM Eastern
horse shit call
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Saturday April 23, 2022, 12:02:28 AM Eastern
I guarandamntee if that exact play happened and it resulted in the team putting it in their own net it would’ve counted.

Ain’t no fukin reason it shouldn’t count on the other end.
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday April 23, 2022, 12:19:36 AM Eastern
Feels like we're gonna need another goal before this one is over..
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Surreylily on Saturday April 23, 2022, 12:25:32 AM Eastern
This is the longest  intermsssion   E  V E  R
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Saturday April 23, 2022, 12:39:22 AM Eastern
third pp for the Caps…
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday April 23, 2022, 12:43:00 AM Eastern
We're just beggin for trouble here.. And they've not had a PP yet.
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Saturday April 23, 2022, 12:51:12 AM Eastern
that’s four pp’s
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Saturday April 23, 2022, 12:54:30 AM Eastern
the Caps have a weak pp tonight
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday April 23, 2022, 12:55:52 AM Eastern
We fuckin suck. Lol..
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday April 23, 2022, 01:06:32 AM Eastern
Thank ya Jesus..
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Saturday April 23, 2022, 01:06:43 AM Eastern
ENG CARLSON
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Surreylily on Saturday April 23, 2022, 01:07:22 AM Eastern
 :banana: :banana: :banana:
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: alta on Saturday April 23, 2022, 01:09:28 AM Eastern
Coyotes playing for pride, Caps acting like it’s a scrimmage, and Vtec gets a shutout  :huh:
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Surreylily on Saturday April 23, 2022, 01:10:24 AM Eastern
Good for Van the Man.    :clap:   


Sweet dreams.

Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday April 23, 2022, 01:12:21 AM Eastern
Ugly Fairly unattractive 2 pts, but we'll take em'!!  :wackysmile:


Good for VV!! Actually had a goalie steal us one for a change!!



See you guys Sunday night!!
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: BlackIce on Saturday April 23, 2022, 07:40:43 AM Eastern
Snoozefest, I guess - I haven't seen anything about the game other than comments that the Caps didn't seem to be working too hard.  Hard to believe that Vanacek stole anything when Arizona had only 19 shots, unless most of them were 10-bell chances.


I noted something interesting - despite what everyone in the hockey world seems to agree is mediocre goaltending, the Caps are one of three teams (along with Minnesota and Chicago) with 5 shootout victories.  I think, since the Caps have had 11 OTL of which at least 9 are losses in the OT period, that they have no more than 2 shootout losses.  Not a bad result for mediocre goaltending.


People say the only remaining drama is whether we can catch Pittsburgh.  But at this point the Caps are tied with Boston as well, though Boston has a game in hand (and 5 games in the last 7 days of the season, including 2 back-to-backs with travel).  If we were to pass Boston rather than the Pens in the standings, then wouldn't they play FLA and we play our Division winner?  Passing Pittsburgh means a 2/3 Metro matchup in the first round, which might be slightly preferable, but the way Florida is playing right now, avoiding them in the first round at all costs would seem to be the most important outcome.




Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday April 23, 2022, 10:14:56 AM Eastern
Hard to believe that Vanacek stole anything when Arizona had only 19 shots, unless most of them were 10-bell chances.


I guess "stole" is a little strong.. Whether it was luck or skill he did keep a few 10 bell chances out of the net. We'd of been toast against a more skilled team though. We put a bunch of shots on their tender, but nothing scary. Best shot of the night hit the post (Mantha) and some "nearly, just missed, almost" stuff. VV looked good for the full 60 minutes, which is a rare feat these days.
Title: Re: GDT #78 Caps at Coyotes @ 10:30
Post by: waynerivers on Sunday April 24, 2022, 02:23:05 PM Eastern
Vanacek looked much more under control than Samsonov.  Usually the less amount of movement, the better unless they're coming out to cut down angles.  Quire a few times this year, Samsonov has overcommitted so much to a move to one side that he's out of position and can't dig his skate in and get a push off to the other post.  Vanacek is guilty of that occasionally but looks much calmer in goal than Sammy.  They should stick with VV.


Big test tonight the way Toronto has pushed us around in two games.  This will tell us if anything other than 8th is realistic.