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January 18 vs Penguins at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 30-10-5
PP% 23.4(10th) PK% 83.9(3rd) Faceoff% 50.5(16th)
Pittsburgh Penguins 19-20-8
PP% 27(4th) PK% 79.2(16th) Faceoff% 51.8(8th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - McMichael 24
Protas 21 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Raddysh 16 - Eller 20 - Frank 53
Duhaime 22 - Dowd 26 - Mangiapane 88
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, Dubois, Mangiapane, Sandin
scratched:
Vrana 13
Alexeyev 27
McIlrath 52
LTIR:
Milano 15 - upper body
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Oshie 77 - lower back - season
Pens anticipated lines:
Rakell 67 - Crosby(C) 87 - Rust 17
Bunting 8 - Malkin(A) 71 - Beauvillier 72
O’Connor 10 - Hayes 13 - Tomasino 53
Lizotte 46 - Glass 19 - Acciari 55
Pettersson 28 - Letang(A) 58
Grzelcyk 24 - Karlsson 65
Graves 27 - Pickering 38
Blomqvist 30
Nedeljkovic 39 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Garrett Rank 7, Mitch Dunning 20
Brandon Grillo 75, Matt MacPherson 83
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/01/47012/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-1-18-25/ (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/01/47012/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-1-18-25/)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x3803 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x3803)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-clash-with-pens (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-clash-with-pens)
scoring summary
1st period:
Chychrun(13) from Protas at 7:42
2nd period:
Protas(19) from Dubois and McMichael at 12:08
3rd period:
Rust from Crosby and Rakell at 11:29
Dubois[8] PPG from McMichael at 17:50
Duhaime(6) ENG from Wilson and Dowd at 18:30
Caps win 4-1
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They really should of bumped this up to a 3-5pm start.. :-(
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Shepherd sent back to Hershey, Lindgren activated.
Tonight is the 800th career game for Wilson. Time moves way too fast.
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Ok, got the game room tv set up in the living room. Gonna be double fisting it tonight! Can't miss the Skins game. Probably get rolled by Detroit, but been nearly 20 years since a playoff win. Probably 30+ since they won 2. Can't miss it!!
That's crazy Willy is playing game 800 tonight. Where does the time go.. :'(
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Morning. :wackysmile:
Gutted I missed the end of the last game. Hopefully I'll do better tonight. :cross:
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Willy gots a hair up his rear to start
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Pilly beat the Devils in regulation this afternoon
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GOOOAAALLLL
CHYCHRUN
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:banana:
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"Florida man enters hockey game, scores goal" :raised-eyebrow:
Evenin' Lil. :wackysmile:
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A steady start.
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Caps up by 1 after one.
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PP time
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GOOOAAALLLL
PROTAS
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:banana: :banana:
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Caps should get a plus off of this
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Knee on knee.. that should be game
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bullshit call
nother 2:00 PP . .
but still a bullshit call
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Good lad Fever!
I thought this game was a little too sedate.... :snicker:
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A goal in both the first two periods and a pp to start the 3rd.
Now I just have to survive the second intermission.........
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A goal in both the first two periods and a pp to start the 3rd.
Now I just have to survive the second intermission.........
on this side of the pond I’d recommend a Red Bull and vodka
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Caps up 2-0 after two
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on this side of the pond I’d recommend a Red Bull and vodka
Bit late to go shopping now.
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Bit late to go shopping now.
you’ve got to plan ahead for these things
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Mick
I’m having a hard time watching men play a sport wearing yoga pants
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nother PP . . .
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a couple good looks, but no dice
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Mick
I’m having a hard time watching men play a sport wearing yoga pants
??? :huh:
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nother PK . .
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:poop:
:clown: :O=
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Dagnammittt!
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nother PP . . . .
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GOOOAAALLLL
DUBOIS
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:banana: :banana: :banana:
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empty net
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GOOOAAALLLL
DUHAIME
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:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
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Caps win 4-1
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Sweet, sweet dreams tonight peeps ;D
Goodnight. :yawn:
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Caps get two days off, next game Tuesday at 9pm
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Caps took care of business!! Skins up 10 at the half!! :raised-eyebrow:
Tuesday 9pm. 8-0 :raised-eyebrow:
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And the beat goes on.
Caps piling up standings points rapidly. Now the next challenge -- a tough 5-game Western Conference road trip. Let's see what happens here. This is a time where the team could get knocked off its high horse a bit. I could stomach 2-3, would like 3-2. Well, I mean, I'd LIKE 5-0, but this train has to slow down a bit at some point.
We're now into the second half of the season, and arithmetic starts to build up in the Caps' favor. The Caps have built up their lead over 46 games; if anyone is going to catch them, they are going to have to make up the entire standings gap IN 10 FEWER GAMES. And every ONE game that the Caps can maintain or build their lead from here on, the teams chasing them have TWO fewer games to make up the difference. If the Caps maintain their lead through the next game, game 47, then anyone wanting to catch them has to do it in 35 games, or 12 fewer.
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Skins Win!!! 45-31 8-0
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Skins Win!!! 45-31 8-0
while wearing yoga pants
:snicker:
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Smashing day for Washington sports today!
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while wearing yoga pants
:snicker:
:raised-eyebrow: Thems yoga shorts boy! NFC Championship game yoga shorts!! :raspberry:
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And the beat goes on.
Caps piling up standings points rapidly. Now the next challenge -- a tough 5-game Western Conference road trip. Let's see what happens here. This is a time where the team could get knocked off its high horse a bit. I could stomach 2-3, would like 3-2. Well, I mean, I'd LIKE 5-0, but this train has to slow down a bit at some point.
We're now into the second half of the season, and arithmetic starts to build up in the Caps' favor. The Caps have built up their lead over 46 games; if anyone is going to catch them, they are going to have to make up the entire standings gap IN 10 FEWER GAMES. And every ONE game that the Caps can maintain or build their lead from here on, the teams chasing them have TWO fewer games to make up the difference. If the Caps maintain their lead through the next game, game 47, then anyone wanting to catch them has to do it in 35 games, or 12 fewer.
Be careful BlackIce, we don't want them winning the Presidents trophy! That would be the kiss of death!!
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I was really thinking about the Metro Division and the Conference, Beagle. Pres. Trophy is another kettle of fish - we've got nothing on the West teams.
Although there's really no reason to sweat whether or not the Caps win the division. It gets you home ice advantage the first couple of rounds, but the Caps have basically the same record at home and on the road this season, so it isn't clear that home ice advantage would be worth anything in the playoffs.
An interesting thing about this team is that, at this point, Ovechkin is sort of "just another guy." We're already starting to see glimpses of what the team will be like without him in the future.
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Well, I just hope we don't end up playing Ottawa in the first round - they were a good, tough team.
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I personally don't "hope" for any particular match-up to occur or be avoided.
(1) I don't know who will be on top of their game or not come playoff time.
(2) Really good teams don't care who their opponent is. They play who is in front of them, and what happens, happens.