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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Tuesday December 31, 2024, 10:01:03 AM Eastern
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December 31 vs Bruins at Capital One Arena
Time: 12:30
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 24-10-2
PP% 21.7(15th) PK% 83(6th) Faceoff% 50.1(19th)
Boston Bruins 20-14-4
PP% 13.2(30th) PK% 76(25th) Faceoff% 52.8(5th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Protas 21
McMichael 24 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Mangiapane 88 - Eller 20 - Miroshnichenko 63
Duhaime 22 - Dowd 26 - Raddysh 16
Sandin 38 - Carlson(A) 74
Fehervary 42 - Roy 3
Chychrun 6 - van Riemsdyk 57
Thompson 48
Lindgren 79 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Chychrun, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Miroshnichenko, Dubois, Sandin
scratched:
Vrana 13
Alexeyev 27
McIlrath 52
LTIR:
Milano 15 - upper body
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Oshie 77 - lower back - season
Bruins anticipated lines:
Marchand(C) 63 - Lindholm 28 - Coyle 13
Geekie 39 - Zacha 18 - Pastrnak(A) 88
Lysell 21 - Frederic 11 - Brazeau 55
Koepke 45 - Kastelic 47 - McLaughlin 26
Zadorov 91 - McAvoy(A) 73
Wotherspoon 29 - Carlo 25
Lohrei 6 - Peeke 52
Swayman 1
Korpisalo 70 - backup
today’s zebras:
Francis Charron 3, Furman South 13
Tommy Hughes 65, Mark Shewchyk 92
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x3531 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x3531)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-close-out-2024-on-tuesday-vs-b-s (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-close-out-2024-on-tuesday-vs-b-s)
scoring summary
1st period:
Brazeau from Wotherspoon at 1:21
Protas(15) from Dubois and Wilson at 12:05
Chychrun(11) PPG from Strome and Carlson at 17:11
2nd period:
no goals
3rd period:
Protas(16) ENG from Wilson at 19:51
Caps win 3-1
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Who's bright idea was it to schedule a game in the middle of a work day? The Caps been playing New Years Day matinee for years. Why change it now?
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Who's bright idea was it to schedule a game in the middle of a work day? The Caps been playing New Years Day matinee for years. Why change it now?
College football playoffs, I'd imagine.
Picked up a bug somewhere.. Prolly out running around the lake over the weekend.. :-( Achy, weak, stuffy sniffly nose.. :sick: May not be around much during the game.
Go Ovi!!
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I think this is a splendid time for a game. ;D
Good afternoon everybody. :wackysmile:
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Miro in for Vrana is the only change besides the goalie
and Lacher is back in the booth
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College football playoffs, I'd imagine.
Picked up a bug somewhere.. Prolly out running around the lake over the weekend.. :-( Achy, weak, stuffy sniffly nose.. :sick: May not be around much during the game.
Go Ovi!!
Feel better soon buddy. :hearts:
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We never seem to do very well at early games and we seem to have lost our mojo against the Bruins. At least I wont be losing any sleep. :P
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:poop:
:clown: :O=
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::)
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Picked up a bug somewhere.. Prolly out running around the lake over the weekend.. :-( Achy, weak, stuffy sniffly nose.. :sick: May not be around much during the game.
Go Ovi!!
Theraflu and a glass of American Honey.
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GOOOAAALLLL
PROTAS
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:banana:
S'more like it.
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
CHYCHRUN
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:banana: :banana:
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Started off slow, but woke up, thankfully.
McMickey's been very quiet recently.
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Caps up 2-1 after one
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PK time
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I missed the bit on Gramps. :(
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nother pk . .
bullshit call
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That was a really good pk
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Our best period coming up... ;)
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Caps up 2-1 after two
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We're playing okay so far.
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Oh for FFS!
:suicide: :headbang:
Willy taking out Fever.
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nother pp . .
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:lmao:
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getting interesting
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McMike penalised for getting mobbed.
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C'mon fellas. Pull your finger out.
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empty net
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PROTAS
EMPTY NETTER
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:banana: :banana: :banana:
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Caps win 3-1
:)
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Great result.
HAPPY NEW YEAR peeps!
:hearts: :hearts: :hearts:
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Shocked we pulled that off, not being able to beat the gorilla in goal more than 2x in 8 (now 9) tries. Hope Fever is ok! Read Stromes lips as he was watching it on the jumbo, said "Oh my god". (For whatever reason) Hope its just loose teeth. :snicker:
Thursday at 7pm!!
Happy New Year Caps fam!!!
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The more Chicklets scores, the less likely we get him back next year. That dude's having a career year at the right time to get himself paid that's for sure
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The more Chicklets scores, the less likely we get him back next year. That dude's having a career year at the right time to get himself paid that's for sure
Well, look at it this way: Thank goodness we got Protas signed for 5 years at what all of a sudden looks to be a very reasonable number.
The dude looks like he's gone to the Ovechkin school of finding open space. His hands have improved, and his shot looks terrific. And it isn't just his scoring - he is an absolute beast at screening the goalie. And his unexpected successful rise to the top line makes everyone else fit into a comfortable position in the lineup for them. He may at this point be the most valuable all-around offensive player we have. And the point is, he's doing while playing on the #1 line, which gets the most attention from opponents.
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The more Chicklets scores, the less likely we get him back next year. That dude's having a career year at the right time to get himself paid that's for sure
Relax, we'll just sign him to a 12 year contract! :raspberry:
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Interesting that Ovi wasn't out there on the empty net time - even after they had a time out with 20 seconds left. I bet Carbs hears from management on that.
I saw PLD try and get the Rat as he was skating across and PLD was coming the other way - he lunged at him, but couldn't quite reach. It would have been a total cheap shot and a penalty, but I loved seeing the nasty come out in PLD!
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Interesting that Ovi wasn't out there on the empty net time - even after they had a time out with 20 seconds left. I bet Carbs hears from management on that.
I saw PLD try and get the Rat as he was skating across and PLD was coming the other way - he lunged at him, but couldn't quite reach. It would have been a total cheap shot and a penalty, but I loved seeing the nasty come out in PLD!
Carbery talked about not having Ovechkin on the ice in his postgame comments. He gave some general gobbledygook about the particular game/line matchup/position on the ice stuff. But I think the simple translation is that Ovie is not a great defensive player, so Carbery feels that he's going to put Ovie out there on a 5 on 6 when and only when he likes the matchup and game situation (maybe when the other side's best players have just come off the ice and need a rest?)
I've always said that you can tell a lot about who the coach trusts in tight situations by who is out there in crunch time at the very end of the game. Wilson is usually taking a shift in the last minute. Dowd was out there taking the face-off that led to the Protas ENG. And of course, Protas was out there.
Ovie gets his heavy minutes when the team is tied or behind coming down the stretch and needs goals. When the team is trying to protect in the late stages, Ovie doesn't see as much ice, and the ice he does see is when the coach thinks the situation is most advantageous for him to be out there. It's as simple as that.