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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Saturday December 14, 2024, 04:54:55 PM Eastern
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December 14 vs Sabres at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 20-6-2
PP% 20.9(17th) PK% 83.5(5th) Faceoff% 50.4(17th)
Buffalo Sabres 11-14-4
PP% 14.1(30th) PK% 80.7(14th) Faceoff% 49.3(21st)
Caps anticipated lines:
McMichael 24 - Strome(A) 17 - Raddysh 16
Protas 21 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Lapierre 29 - Eller 20 - Mangiapane 88
Duhaime 22 - Dowd 26 - Miroshnichenko 63
Fehervary 42 - Carlson(A) 74
Sandin 38 - Roy 3
Chychrun 6 - van Riemsdyk 57
Thompson 48
Lindgren 79 - backup
PP1: Strome, Wilson, McMichael, Chychrun, Carlson
PP2: Dubois, Raddysh, Mangiapane, Miroshnichenko, Sandin
scratched:
Vrana 13
Alexeyev 27
McIlrath 52
IR:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - lower body
LTIR:
Milano 15 - upper body
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Oshie 77 - lower back - season
Sabres anticipated lines:
Peterka 77 - Thompson 72 - Tuch 89
Benson 9 - Kulich 20 - Cozens 24
Greenway 12 - McLeod 71 - Zucker 16
Malenstyn 29 - Krebs 19 - Aubé-Kubel 96
Johnson 33 - Byram 4
Samuelsson 23 - Power 25
Gilbert 8 - Clifton 75
Luukkonen 1
Reimer 47 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Mitch Dunning 20, TJ Luxmore 21
Derek Nansen 70, Kilian McNamara 93
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/12/46591/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-12-14-24/ (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/12/46591/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-12-14-24/)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-tangle-with-sabres (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-tangle-with-sabres)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x6206 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x6206)
scoring summary
1st period:
Zucker from Greenway and McLeod at 1:36
Wilson(12) PPG from Carlson and McMichael at 17:09
2nd period:
Wilson(13) PPG from Chychrun at 5:11
Kulich from Byram and Thompson at 7:24
3rd period:
Strome(19) from Carlson and Raddysh at 11:05
Chychrun(9) ENG from Carlson and Dubois at 18:30
Caps win 4-2
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Oh Lahwdy...not another Trap game, and this one at HOME!
Wake up LIL!
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New Jersey won this afternoon, they are now 1st in the metro. The Caps could fix that tonight.
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New Jersey won this afternoon, they are now 1st in the metro. The Caps could fix that tonight.
True Dat, but NJ has played 5 more games than the Caps too.
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New Jersey won this afternoon, they are now 1st in the metro. The Caps could fix that tonight.
Meaningless though, because the Caps have 5, count 'em 5, games in hand on NJ.
It may be time to start reconsidering our preconceptions about this team, with 1/3 of the season over and a significant stretch of games without Ovechkin behind us.
The team seems to have improved two glaring team weaknesses: They have pulled into the middle of the pack in PP% and face-off%, so they aren't getting overmatched in those areas as they were previously. And my (and perhaps others') thinking about our goaltending may have to be rethought. I have considered our goaltending as "eh, OK" but not really top-drawer, and it was a reason I was questioning whether we ought to push to add to the team to try to give us a better chance for a deep playoff run. But at this point in the season we are 5th in the league in fewest goals allowed, and our team save % of .904 is 7th in the league, and only slightly less than the .913 that leads the league. Scoring is up in the league, I think because of a combination of rules and goalie equipment changes, and so it appears that our goaltending, at least at this point, IS plenty good enough that it may not be a drawback at all in the playoffs. And I don't think there is any question at all that we lead the league in goaltender VALUE; i.e., performance relative to cap cost of our goaltending.
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:poop:
:clown: :O=
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GOD DAMMIT, WAKE UP MICK!!! Fn' TRAP GAME WARNING AGAIN!! :raised-eyebrow:
Lil, time to get up.. :hearts:
:poop: :-X
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Morning. :wackysmile:
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PP time
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
WILSON
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Goal for the good guys!
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:banana:
:lmao:
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1-1 after one
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Evenin' Lil.
Nice deflection Willy!
I was distracted earlier. What was the honor/celebration for, pre puck drop?
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nother pp
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Evenin' Lil.
Nice deflection Willy!
I was distracted earlier. What was the honor/celebration for, pre puck drop?
Part of the 50th anniversary thing this season
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
WILSON
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Wilson is running wild babies!!!
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:banana: :banana:
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Fever with a fight
8-0
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:O= :O=
:clown: :poop:
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PK time
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pk is over early
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Caps on a short pp here
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Oh crap Sandin is in a bad state now?
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not good.. Sandin stressed the right knee, hopefully it’s not bad
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Fever looked good throwin hands! Willy's on fire!! Need to avoid the injury bug..
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nother PK
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Fever looked good throwin hands! Willy's on fire!! Need to avoid the injury bug..
Fever has an attitude on the ice, apparently it’s his second fight
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2-2 after two
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Finish off the kill and see if we can win the 3rd..
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It appears Sandin is done for the night.
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and Sandin skates a shift
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GOOOAAALLLL
STROME
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STROME!!!!
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empty net …
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GOOOAAALLLL
CHYCHRUN
ENG
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empty net, again …
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Caps win 4-2
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I don't know what happened to tick off Fever, but I like it! I'm still waiting for Roy to pick up his physicality.
Protus again had a strong game and that line is tough to play against.
Nice game by Carlson. I have to say he is playing well this year.
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Solid 3rd period for another DUB!!
Only 3 more w/o Ovi!! :huh: Rich thought 4, Ice 5. Alta picked sometime this season. :raspberry: :snicker:
Monday night in Dallas! 8pm
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sometime before or after Christmas
:raspberry:
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PK - %100
PP - %66
Faceoff - %45
Caps are 11-3-1 after allowing the 1st goal
:huh:
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Hot Damn these Caps are something else.
Nice to see Sandin return....he's not my top D pick, but his game has improved greatly this year (someone else said this last game or so)
I think the spreading out of the D responsibilities (and minutes) has helped improved Carlsons game. He doesn't have to worry about doing everything or too much and its helped his play.
Thompson is 12-1-2. That's a crazy record for any goalie, much less one making BARELY above the league minimum ($766,666 - league min is $750k)
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Thompson is 12-1-2. That's a crazy record for any goalie, much less one making BARELY above the league minimum ($766,666 - league min is $750k)
And to get snubbed for the 4 nations tournament. :raised-eyebrow: