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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Friday November 08, 2024, 02:03:40 PM Eastern
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November 8 vs Penguins at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:30
TV: ESPN+, hulu
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 9-3-0
PP% 9.3(32nd) PK% 85.4(8th) Faceoff% 47.5(26th)
Pittsburgh Penguins 5-8-2
PP% 20.5(14th) PK% 85.7(7th) Faceoff% 53.4(6th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Protas 21 - Strome 17 - Ovechkin(C) 8
McMichael 24 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Vrana 13 - Lapierre 29 - Mangiapane 88
Duhaime 22 - Dowd 26 - Raddysh 16
Fehervary 42 - Carlson(A) 74
Sandin 38 - Roy 3
Alexeyev 27 - van Riemsdyk 57
Lindgren 79
Thompson 48 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, McMichael, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Mangiapane, Lapierre, Dubois, Sandin
scratched:
McIlrath 52
Milano 15 - upper body - day to day
IR:
Chychrun 6 - upper body
LTIR:
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Oshie 77 - lower back - season
Pens anticipated lines:
Malkin 71 - Crosby 87 - Rakell 67
O’Connor 10 - Eller 20 - Glass 19
Bunting 8 - Acciari 55 - Puljujarvi 18
Beauvillier 72 - Lizzotte 46 - Puustinen 48
Grzelcyk 24 - Letang 58
Pettersson 28 - Karlsson 65
Graves 27 - Shea 5
Blomqvist 30
Nedeljkovic 39
tonight’s zebras:
Wes McCauley 4, Brian Pochmara 16
Libor Suchanek 60, Michael Cormier 76
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/11/46215/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-11-8-24/#PITvsWSH (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/11/46215/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-11-8-24/#PITvsWSH)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/the-great-eight-and-quest-for-eight-straight (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/the-great-eight-and-quest-for-eight-straight)
scoring summary
1st period:
Karlsson from Malkin and Crosby at 3:11
Bunting from Karlsson at 6:59
Sandin(1) from McMichael at 8:22
2nd period:
Mangiapane(4) from Vrana and Lapierre at 6:04
3rd period:
Malkin from Rust and Letang at 10:28
Acciari ENG unassisted at 19:39
Caps lose 4-2
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Chychrun is being ruled a game time decision.
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Guess they're banking that no forwards stub a toe between now and game time? Very odd that Milano's injured and they sent Scarb back to Hershey? :huh:
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It was an odd move. If they haven’t recalled anyone today I expect it tomorrow for the game in St Louis.
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Meh, they could play with 3 forward lines if had to...they do about 90% of the time anyway.
:pointdown: (note the comma)
So the game broadcast says ESPN+, Hulu. That to me says its on both. Or could just be my wishful thinking. I sure hope so....cuz that would mean I can watch it, and that my sons girlfriend has finally brought something of value to my household :snicker:
Hens give up shit ton of goals this year. Hope we stomp them but good
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My son bet a parlay on Caps the other night. Ovie to score, Strome with a point, and Ovie gets 3 shots.....won $150 on a $10 bet
Now he's betting on tonight - Ovie to score goal, Crybaby to score goal, and Both to have 4 shots on goal :lol: . Yeah good luck buddy.
And another thing... How come you spell full with two L's, but Wishful and thankful only have one?
(yes, i am bored)
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Meh, they could play with 3 forward lines if had to...they do about 90% of the time anyway.
:pointdown: (note the comma)
So the game broadcast says ESPN+, Hulu. That to me says it’s on both.
NHL and Caps dot com say it’s both, through the use of the comma.
Caps play tonight and tomorrow night. I’m sure they’d rather not put that much time on the the top three lines tonight. Otherwise it probably wouldn’t matter.
and that’s some pretty slick work with the space bar
:snicker:
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And another thing... How come you spell full with two L's, but Wishful and thankful only have one?
(yes, i am bored)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxnipgv4cZM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxnipgv4cZM)
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Hard to believe this is 20 years between the Goat and Crosby. Looking forward to a great game and having 6 goals between the two, with Crosby getting 2 to get to a simple 600 and OV with 4 more!
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Hmm, should I bust bubbles now, or wait till game time.. :wackysmile:
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Im afraid they misused the comma. HULU "basic" only carries ESPN and the games on ESPN +
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Morning :wackysmile:
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Evenin' Lil!
TF time they actually gonna drop the puck?? :raised-eyebrow: Looks like another 50 yr anniversary celebration?
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Hard to believe this is 20 years between the Goat and Crosby. Looking forward to a great game and having 6 goals between the two, with Crosby getting 2 to get to a simple 600 and OV with 4 more!
I don’t expect another dualing hat trick anytime soon
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:clown: :poop:
PP looks good, still no dirt. :(
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great tv coverage so far
:clown: :poop:
:O=
>:(
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:clown: :poop: :poop:
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Oh dear.
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They played last night too. :wackysmile:
0-2 in the first 7 minutes. 2 goals on 3 shots. Yay.
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Sandin!! Got 1 of em back!
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GOOOAAALLLL
SANDIN
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:banana:
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nother pp
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Caps down 2-1 after one
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Im not overly worried just yet.
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We're getting outplayed. Lots of chasing pucks around in our own zone. Carbs need to get in their ear, wake em' up!
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Hmm, should I bust bubbles now, or wait till game time.. :wackysmile:
:pointdown:
Im afraid they misused the comma. HULU "basic" only carries ESPN and the games on ESPN +
Well nanny nanny boo boo it is on Hulu :raspberry:
So I’m watching on the big screen
But OMG…SO many commercials and if yiu pause it and then FF, you still have to watch the commercials. That’s some BS if paying for the damn service
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GOOOAAALLLL
MANGIAPANE
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:banana: :banana:
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Yeah baby.that’s something we didn’t see much of last year was so many odd man rush breakaway goals
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How much left on Dowds contract? He’s definitely lost a step. Either that or he’s ailing with something this year
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They better not be giving that shit away for free on HULU!! :rofl:
Was that Jake with the dime backhand to Mange??? Sweet play!
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Much better compete that period! FN goalie battle. Wish we'd of banked another before the horn.
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2 to 2 after two
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Nice second. Much better movement by caps. Could have had 4-5 goals there, but Lindy made some 10-bellers there too
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We gonna spank them in the 3rd. And what happened to our big body checks? I can’t remember a game where we punished with the body. That has always thrown shittsburgh off their game.
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Why did it take me 20 years to realize Crybaby Crosby is not 6’ tall?
He’s 5’-11
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I have a good feeling about the 3rd period.
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We keep giving them chances with our sloppy passing. :-(
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I hear how good PLD is playing, but.. Bro needs to put something in the net. Lots of mula in that contract.
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I have a good feeling about the 3rd period.
Not no more. :(
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:clown: :poop: :poop: :poop:
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Fucking Shrek scores
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Oh well. Fuckin :goalie:
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Just imagine if Caps could win a game due to their PP
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Well…you would HAVE to imagine it.
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dafuk
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Waiving the white flag with 3 mins to go? :( Never works. We have no Oshi, Kuzy, Nicky's to pull this shit off anymore.
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fuuuck
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Bah humbug!
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Caps lose 4-2
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Can't beat a shitty Pens team at home.. Them on 2nd of back to back. :clown: :poop:
See if we're about to have a reality check tomorrow at 7pm..
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The constant chip and chase didnt work tonight.
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Night all. :yawn:
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Welp, it was a fun game to listen to on the radio. The jackass that is Buttman thinks it’s a good idea to have a marquee matchup be subjected to a limited audience.
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:raised-eyebrow:
I’m about tired of listening to Ray Ferraro. He’s about as big on Shittsburgh as that fucking penis head
The way these guys are talking up shittsburgh you’d think they were on a winning tear
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I agree on PLD needing to score - and I would like to see him get a lot nastier. When he came into the league, he was feared.
Also agree Dowd has slowed but he still gives his all.
I'm worried about Strome. He looked really, really slow. There were a couple times he was skating back for defense that I though he was going to collapse. Maybe he has an injury.
Overall, they were due for a mediocre game - just wish it wasn't against the Pens. On a good note, after the first couple of goals, Charlie played excellent.
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Hung over, my head hurts, and we got schooled by a tired Shitburgh team, at home. :-(
I don't know much back story on any of our new guys. PLD was feared when he came up? Haven't seen a single thing that looks scary about him. What does Roy supposed to bring to the table? He's a penalty machine so far and the D looks 0% better with him in. I miss Mcllrath in the lineup. We look soft. Wilson started the season with his hair on fire. Disappeared since. Hopefully Chicky is back tonight. He was contributing! Chuck looked good again, but that won't matter if he keeps taking "L's".. Thompson has a franchise winning streak going into tonight. I can only guess how that turns out. :-\ Tune in at 7pm for more good/positive news! :snicker:
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Time to make Thompson the #1. The rotation thing is wearing thin. McIlrath should never be a healthy scratch. We need his physicality. The PP is now worst in the league. They won't keep winning if that doesn't change. Dubois is starting to remind me of Mantha; lots of skating around with no production.
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Lindy makes some sparkling saves last night. He did his part to win this game. We couldn't get past their hot goalie - sad how often this happens.
However....my complaint with Lindy is always the same...he goes down too early and plays small in net.
The second goal was a nice tip-in on a sort of break up the ice - a nasty tip over his shoulder, and typically I am not putting any blame on the netminder here...EXCEPT, if Linday stays up and not been crouched down so much, it would have hit him in the chest or shoulder.
Its like he compresses and bends over to be as compact as possible, likes he's preparing for a punch to the gut. I realize he's trying to cover along the ice, but he squats way to lower with his upper body. He has excellent reflexes, but I think it is his compact style that irks me. (Maybe needs to move out from the net on this one too)
It was a good play and excellent tip, and it was by no means a bad goal - would have been an excellent save if he'd stopped it...but I but the Hens netminder would have stopped that, simply by his size and positioning.
Also what pissed me off about this goal was we had control of the puck in the O-zone and Dowd cleared it around the net and up the boards to....NOBODY..WTF? (it was like he was trying to clear the zone) WE cleared the zone for them... We had 3 guys hustle back and kind of almost had it decent coverage (Mangi stumbled a bit, and Fever (I think) was a half step behind trying to catch Bunting...but Hens should have never got to the net with it. It was bad all around ending with a goal. I guess that's no different than many goals, but I'd like a ten bell save from Lindy now and then that was headed toward the top half of the net, not just the ones along the ice
Lindy made some sparkling saves, some 2-3 in a row, but everyone one of those was along the ice where he gets them with his flippers. He's excellent down low. It's the snipes over his shoulder that usually do him in. I'm sure that's true of most goaltenders, but Lindy gives too much to shoot at up top - especially for his 6'-2" size. He just plays very small in net and todays shooters are better - I am surprised and concerned that this doesn't happen more often. Go back and watch all the shots vs Lindy in slow mo and see how much room there is up top to shoot at...on a REGULAR basis
Sorry - didn't mean to make this about Lindy. Loss can't be hung on him, but goaltending is definitely one of our weaknesses currently...not bad...just average, and you aint going anywhere important riding average goaltending.
I'm really not putting this loss on Lindgren, but there were many examples in this game with his positioning or style which tells me we cannot succeed with the current goal tending. It's like hes excellent like 89% of the time, but we need it 92% of the time
Maybe part of my angst with the goaltending is I played hockey (badly) for 10+ years and its so disheartening, such a let down, when your goalie lets one in, and I still feel that when Im watching the games. You work and work and work, things going your way, and then this one fucker doesn't do his part. Not his fault, but for criminy sakes man, just saves us when we need it most.
That and I HATE LOSING TO THE FUCKING SHITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Anyway.
Go Caps