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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Thursday January 30, 2025, 04:55:19 PM Eastern
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January 30 vs Senators at Canadian Tire Center
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports 2
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 34-11-5
PP% 22.7(11th) PK% 84.7(2nd) Faceoff% 50.8(14th)
Ottawa Senators 26-20-4
PP% 22.2(14th) PK% 78.9(17th) Faceoff% 51.9(7th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Wilson(A) 43
Protas 21 - Dubois 80 - McMichael 24
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
Lindgren 79
Thompson 48 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Chychrun, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Dubois, Mangiapane, Sandin
scratched:
Vrana 13
Alexeyev 27
McIlrath 52
LTIR:
Milano 17 - upper body
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Oshie 77 - back - season
Sens anticipated lines:
Tkachuk(C) 7 - Stützle 18 - Giroux(A) 28
Perron 57 - Norris 9 - Batherson 19
Greig 71 - Pinto 12 - Amadio 22
Highmore 15 - Ostapchuk 38 - Gaudette 81
Sanderson 85 - Zub 2
Chabot(A) 72 - Hamonic 23
Kleven 43 - Matinpalo 33
Forsberg 31
Meriläinen 1 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Eric Furlatt 27, Chris Lee 28
Shandor Alphonso 52, Ryan Daisy 81
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/01/47190/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-1-30-25/ (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/01/47190/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-1-30-25/)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x5224 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x5224)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-finish-trip-in-ottawa (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-finish-trip-in-ottawa)
scoring summary
1st period:
no goals
2nd period:
Greig PPG from Perron and Chabot at 4:08
McMichael(18) from Dubois and Roy at 7:43
Norris penalty shot at 17:37
Pinto SHG from Norris and Sanderson at 18:15
3rd period:
Strome(14) PPG from Carlson and Ovechkin at 7:58
Sanderson PPG from Giroux and Stützle at 10:38
Ovechkin(23) PPG from Protas and McMichael at 13:01
Strome(15) from Ovechkin and Wilson at 14:31
OT:
Chabot from Pinto and Norris at 1:46
Caps lose 5-4
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Game time and no one is here???
Caps already assured the 3 wins I was hoping for on this trip, so in my mind they're playing with house money tonight.
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ain’t game time yet, probably going to be another 30 minutes until puck drop
game is on monumental 2
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Hate when home makes the news like it did last night. :'( Prayers to all who are/were affected!
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ain’t game time yet, probably going to be another 30 minutes until puck drop
game is on monumental 2
OK, this is what happens when you get old. When it was 6:00 I thought it was 7:00!!!
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Time for Mr Ovechkin and Mr McMike to do something!! :raised-eyebrow: Ovi needs to move his feet. McMike needs to, something..
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OK, this is what happens when you get old. When it was 6:00 I thought it was 7:00!!!
:snicker:
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Well Ovi is doing something....Sitting in the box killing Too many men penalty
We have to lead the league in that penalty this year...its crazy
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Morning. :wackysmile:
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PK time
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nother PK . .
5 on 3 for 23 seconds
lame zebras
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well thats a total horseshit call. Too many men...Protas had one foot on the bench and one on the ice...FN BS...
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Where's the Caps lines Alta? :P
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nearly got a shorty
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Where's the Caps lines Alta? :P
:hopslam:
working on it
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:hopslam:
working on it
:raised-eyebrow:
Check the GDT. Sens lines are there, but not ours.
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Ta.
Willy on the first line. Guess Carbs got impatient with McMike.
Watcha sillybrating?
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linesman dicking around with the faceoff again, as if trying to get a certain outcome
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scoreless after one
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:raised-eyebrow:
Check the GDT. Sens lines are there, but not ours.
And who the fuck are the Cats? :rofl:
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Some good pressure for a while.
Ref's a dick.
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Watcha sillybrating?
me?
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That 2nd too many men was horse :poop: . Just sayin..
Think we scared the goalie once that period. Need to pick it up!
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And who the fuck are the Cats? :rofl:
:huh:
you already hitting those special cigarettes
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:huh:
you already hitting those special cigarettes
I am! :snicker: Title still says Cats at Senators though. :raspberry:
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no it doesn’t, you crazy
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me?
Is it your Bday?
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no it doesn’t, you crazy
:rofl: Cheatin Bastad!!
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Alta's lost it. :lmao:
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Is it your Bday?
nope
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nope
Is it your dog's Bday?
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PP time
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Is it your dog's Bday?
The one in my avatar? Close, but a month off. The one I have now I have no idea. He was an adult when I got him, age unknown.
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We look slow and sluggish. Ovi looks laboured. It looks like too much effort. >:(
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nother PK . . .
these zebras are something
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:bs:
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:poop:
:clown: :O=
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Maybe that will wake us up a bit.
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nother PP . .
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:banana:
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GOOOAAALLLL
MCMICHAEL
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The slacker McMike, no less. :uh-huh:
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nother PP . . .
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oh fer three
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:O= :O=
:clown: :poop:
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goal is challenged for interference
NO GOAL
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No goal.
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PP time . . . .
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that ain’t no penalty shot
fucking zebras
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:O= :O=
:clown: :poop:
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:O= :O= :O=
:clown: :poop:
zebras have given momentum to Ottawa
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To be fair, they've dominated this period. :(
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Caps down 3-1 after two
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2 shorties in the same PP. :rofl:
Low fuel light been on all game. They ran out. :clown: :poop:
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I'm running on fumes. :yawn:
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nother PK . . . . .
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Not even worth mixing another drink for.. Worst game of the year candidate.
Saturday 7pm.
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Not even worth mixing another drink
da phuk is wrong with you
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I'll give it 2 more minutes.
Then it's ICE WATER!!! :raised-eyebrow: :snicker:
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nother PP . . . . .
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
STROME
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nother PK . . . . .
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:O= :O= :O= :O=
:clown: :poop:
:poop:
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nother PP . . . . . .
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Frank is out on PP1, I hadn’t noticed this earlier in the game
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nother fukin penalty shot
these zebras fucking suck
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
OVECHKIN
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GOOOAAALLLL
STROME
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4-4 after three, extra minutes needed
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:O= :O= :O= :O= :O=
:clown: :clown: :clown: :clown: :clown:
:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop:
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Caps lose 5-4
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You poor guy, alta. You've been all alone on this page.
Caps fortunate to gut out a point in this one - even 7 out of 10 points on the trip is a definite win. 7 standings points in 5 games projects to about 115 points for the season.
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Well I'll be darned. Ovi scored and they stole a point!
Not sure what was going on in OT. Send out Dowd for an O zone draw, he loses it. Then at the other end, he completely forgets they're 3 on 3 and leaves his man? :huh: Oof..
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Ya - I've been calling for Carbs to start Dowd in OT to get the faceoff and thought he would be really good. Turns out Carbs knows more about hockey than I do.....
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Well, the good thing about this game was that it got some key guys going again - McMike and Strome. And getting a goal from Ovi always helps. They are gonna have a stinker every now and then, but I thought the did just fine in 5 on 5 and ended up with 7 out of 10 points on the trip. Not bad.
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What a great comeback to steal a point. Our stellar away record continues.
We need some sort of Ref review. There was some creativitly. More Picasso than Gainsborough and TWO penalty shots? 8-0
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Wow...what a stinker. I mean the first 2 periods the Caps looked like they were skating in slush...totally out of sync, couldn't get out of there own way, couldn't make a pass, everything they did was a beat behind. The looked really, really, really SLOW.
Now...on the bright side, and in perspective...end of a long and grueling road trip which does take its toll. They just didn't have it last night, yet they managed to sack up and steal a point in the third period.
3 great things happened though: McMike scored, Strome scored, Ovi scored. Four things...We actually had a coach's challenge, goalie interference call go our way for once.
Also, hard to get the team in sync with the amount of PK/PP - just crazy. I think was was only one 5 on 5 goal all night? Strome I think.
Ovie looked like the slowest skater on the ice all night. At least he can still shoot, but he's a liability alot of the time.
Lastly...WTF was with the penalty calls...and the 2 Penalty shots...FFS the first one the guy did not even have the puck - how in the blue fuck can that be a penalty shot. Second one.....Protas hustles his ass off, gets back and taps the guys stick...not sure its even a penalty, much less a penalty shot.
Three teams played last night....Caps, Sens, and Refs. All had impact on the game.
Considering the Caps only played one period of hockey and come from 2 goals down in the third, I'm satisfied with this outcome.
Hope they rest up and bring their A game for Saturday vs the Jets.
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I thought it was interesting that, in his postgame comments, Carbery was surprisingly positive about the team. He pointed out the screwups, sort of matter-of-factly, but complimented their effort to come back in that last 12 minutes and their 5 on 5 play in general. He didn't say much about Lindgren, but this looked like one of those nights where you could say the goalie was good in a game where he allowed 5 goals. He helped hold the team in there, and there was really nothing he could do on any of the goals they scored. I think the comments Carbery made are another reason the team and the organization are so thrilled with him - he knows when to be more blunt with his comments and when to back off because of the context.
Is it a surprise that Ovie would look like the slowest player on the ice? At 39 years old, coming back from a broken leg, what else is to be expected? I'm a little concerned about Ovie breaking the Gretzky record now, even with next year still on his contract. I could easily see him scoring, say, only another half dozen goals or so in the remainder of the regular season, THEN possibly having a relatively long run in the playoffs, and coming back after a short summer, at age 40, still needing a dozen goals or so to break the record. Father Time IS undefeated. It is always possible that his play could go off a cliff next year and he wouldn't get there.
Saturday's game is going to be REALLY tough. Winnipeg is top-notch, they'll be focused because they and the Caps are front-runners for home ice advantage throughout the playoffs, and the first game back after a road trip actually feels like the last game of the trip - it's travel to another venue, which just happens to be home ice.
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i agree...i was surprised at Carberry...I expected him to be very unhappy as the team did look like warm doo-doo the first 2 periods. He really seams like the real deal, and has all the tools both on and off the ice. He is certainly leading this team to unexpected success this season beyond my wildest expectations.
Ovi...yeah I'm not expecting him to burn anyone with speed, but he needs to manage his shifts better. He was on for a (shitty) power play for the full PP and had an opportunity to get off with less than 10 seconds left as we transition thru neutral...instead he stayed on then got hemmed in the d-zone for another full minute where he was a total liability. He can still shoot the puck and score, but his board work is terrible - he needs to realize how to help his team. I'm not knocking him, he IS the great 8, but he just needs to manage time a bit better to provide the best opportunity to score.
Carbs is certainly cutting his ice time down, which i think is smart, but i was surprised last night how much time he was on the ice at the end of the game. It's great when he scores though - really does help drive this team.
Yes, Winnipeg will be tough. Hope the boys flew home last night so they have a more normal day today.
Oh, and Protas is a full-on stud - that dude hustles all over the ice. Man what a player he as made himself to be, and he uses his size and reach to his advantage. He's great on the boards, good speed, plays hard both ways, and found a scoring touch for sure. Loving his play. What a fucking steal he is at 3.3 mil LOL.
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Is it a surprise that Ovie would look like the slowest player on the ice? At 39 years old, coming back from a broken leg, what else is to be expected? I'm a little concerned about Ovie breaking the Gretzky record now, even with next year still on his contract. I could easily see him scoring, say, only another half dozen goals or so in the remainder of the regular season, THEN possibly having a relatively long run in the playoffs, and coming back after a short summer, at age 40, still needing a dozen goals or so to break the record. Father Time IS undefeated. It is always possible that his play could go off a cliff next year and he wouldn't get there.
A few people wrote him off at the beginning of this season and he tore it up, untill the injury. There is no reason that the same won't be true next year and he can still pick it up for the rest of this season. It's not as if he's down at the bottom of the team in scoring. Where is he exactly?
Carbs is being very clever in managing Ovi's minutes.
When Ovi has a target to aim for, he'll go for it. That's his mentality. He did have a slump, but that was when his dad died. Yes, he is slowing down and pain hurts more the older you get. That's not going to stop him.
Have some faith people. This is Ovi we're talking about. :hearts:
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What concerns me more about Ovi is his stick work has really been off. He misses passes and fumbles pucks way more than normal and most of his shots are off a bit. I expected his skating to be poor after the injury but I wasn't expecting the poor stickwork. Maybe that goes together with the skating and he will benefit from the rest that is coming up for the stupid tournament they are doing.
Let's just hope that he gets rested up and goes on a tear after that so he only needs 6 or 8 next year.
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Lets hope he goes to Dubai for the 3 week rest 8)
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I found it amazing how slow they looked all game, then Ovi scored and all of a sudden they were faster. Visibly faster. Not sure how that happens, when the whole team is skating in sand, then all of a sudden they all pick it up? Weird.. Also, Ovi just needs a Camel ride. Been writing him off every year for the last 4 or 5 it seems. They don't call him the Great8 for nothin'!! ;) Barring another major injury, he'll retire with 900+, I have no doubt.
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I found it amazing how slow they looked all game, then Ovi scored and all of a sudden they were faster. Visibly faster. Not sure how that happens, when the whole team is skating in sand, then all of a sudden they all pick it up? Weird.. Also, Ovi just needs a Camel ride. Been writing him off every year for the last 4 or 5 it seems. They don't call him the Great8 for nothin'!! ;) Barring another major injury, he'll retire with 900+, I have no doubt.
I think it'll be tough for Ovi to get 19 in 31 games left the way he's looked lately unless he can throw in some 2 goal games. He would have made it easily without the injury. That really derailed his season.
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I think it'll be tough for Ovi to get 19 in 31 games left the way he's looked lately unless he can throw in some 2 goal games. He would have made it easily without the injury. That really derailed his season.
I think (hope) he'll get 8-10 more this year.