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March 3 vs Senators at Capital One Arena
Time: 6:30
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 38-14-8
PP% 23.7(9th) PK% 82(5th) Faceoff% 50.4(17th)
Ottawa Senators 30-25-4
PP% 23.3(10th) PK% 77.1(20th) Faceoff% 52.7(5th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Protas 21
McMichael 24 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Mangiapane 88 - Eller 20 - Frank 53
Duhaime 22 - Dowd 26 - Raddysh 16
Sandin 38 - Carlson(A) 74
Fehérváry 42 - Roy 3
Chychrun 6 - van Riemsdyk 57
Thompson 48
Lindgren 79 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Raddysh, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Frank, McMichael, Mangiapane, Chychrun
scratched:
Vrana 13
McIlrath 52
LTIR:
Milano 15 - 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
Gregor 73 - Gaudette 81 - Highmore 15
Sanderson 85 - Zub 2
Chabot(A) 72 - Jensen 3
Hamonic 23 - Matinpalo 33
Ullmark 35
Forsberg 31 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Jon McIsaac 2, Brandon Schrader 34
Andrew Smith 51, Ryan Gibbons 58
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/03/47553/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-3-3-25/ (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/03/47553/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-3-3-25/)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x9413 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x9413)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-tangle-with-sens (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-tangle-with-sens)
scoring summary
1st period:
McMichael(22) from Fehérváry and Dubois at 1:41
Dubois(15) from McMichael and Sandin at 3:34
2nd period:
Wilson(27) PPG from Dubois and Strome at 6:53
Pinto from Sanderson and Giroux at 12:18
3rd period:
Giroux PPG from Sanderson and Stützle at 1:05
Pinto from Amadio and Chabot at 8:01
Fehérváry(3) from Wilson and Protas at 12:43
Tkachuk PPG from Stützle and Sanderson at 18:52
OT:
no goals
SO:
Dubois ❎ Batherson ❎
Carlson ❎ Stützle ❎
Strome ✅ Giroux ❎
Caps win 5-4
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Playing another middle of the pack team, 2 pts out of a wildcard spot.. Should be fun. :wackysmile:
And TF is with these start times?? We play 14 games in March. 3 have a normal (7pm) start time. :-|
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I was trying find some reason for the 6:30 start time, I haven’t seen anything yet.
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GOOOAAALLLL
MCMICHAEL
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Boom Chucka. McMike
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Ottawa challenges for interference
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Oh FFS, please Jesus stop this Horse puckery
Thats BS.. no interference there
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Ullmark was not impeded on. But this the NHL vs the Caps.
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6;30 is some BS too. WTF. Who gets home by 6:30 cept for all them old retired folks :raspberry:
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We about to get fucked huh?
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There we go. Got one right
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GOOD GOAL
:)
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PP time
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short pp, not good
that was a penalty :huh:
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Thats a terrible call. THere's no slashing there - you can stick check a guy on his shaft :snicker:
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Evening :wackysmile:
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BOOM BOOM PLC
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GOOOAAALLLL
DUBOIS
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8-0 :banana: :banana:
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Good call, shit call, goal Dubi!! :wackysmile:
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Ooo. Seems we re-signed Lindy today. :)
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6;30 is some BS too. WTF. Who gets home by 6:30 cept for all them old retired folks :raspberry:
:-|
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nother PP . .
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McMike and Dubois are on Gordie Howe watch.
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nother PK . .
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We're deffo playing with a bit more energy tonight.
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Up 2 anyway. Our play in our own zone though.. Oof.
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We're still having problems getting out of our own zone.
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Caps up 2-0 after one
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nother PK . . .
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Dumbass stupid penalties again. :stupid:
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nother PP . . .
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
WILSON
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:banana: :banana: :banana:
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:poop:
:clown: :O=
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Dagnammit!
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nother PP . . . .
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no dice
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nother PK . . . .
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Willy's a bit tetchy tonight. :devil:
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Caps up 3-1 after two.
Sens start the third with about 1:30 of PP
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:O= :O=
:clown: :poop:
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Our D need to get their act together. All this time in our zone is awfull.
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:poop: :poop: :poop:
:clown: :O=
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Take away our great goaltending and we're average at best. Hopefully they can squeak a point out of the 3-0 lead they had. :-\
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Eller tipped it in
:(
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:headbang:
And we were doing so well too ... :raspberry:
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nother PK . . . . .
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GOOOAAALLLL
FEHERVARY
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:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
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Willy gets a Gordie Howe with the primary assist
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Willy with the Gordie Howe. 8)
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empty net
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nother PK . . . . . .
>:( :(
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Dubois totally shit himself that shift. Should of shot at the empty net, should of cleared the puck, shouldn't of took a delay of game. :poop:
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Can't win a fucking faceoff.. Complete :clown: :poop: tonight.
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:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop:
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extra minutes needed
got a point
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Caps dragging defeat from the jaws of success.
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phukin carlson out in OT
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what the fuck
nother PK . . . . . . .
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Lol. Too many men. We put out the old folks in OT. Serves us right.
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We did okay in the first period. Not great, but okay.
Maybe we're working to not get home ice in the playoffs :raspberry:
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survived the PK
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shoot out time
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Lots of pushing and shoving this game.
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Coach fucking trippin'. Sends out Dubois after he basically lost us the lead. Now Carlson. lol What a fucking joke.
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Caps win 5-4
:clap:
Despite Carlson being out in the shootout.
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Strome and ThomCat get us the two points but it sure was ugly.
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Miracles never cease. lol We'll take it, even if we don't deserve it!
Wednesday 7:30
Another "national" game. TNT :O=
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Got away with some bad decisions. Why is Carlson EVER in the shootout? The first and most obvious guy was McMike!!!
It also would be nice if we could win a freaking faceoff. They killed us late in the game.
And, I am a huge PLD fan but he could have ended the game by shooting at the open net and then he gets the penalty. I think Carbs was probably putting him out in the shootout for some redemption - so I'll give him that.
Finally, every once in a while, Eller has a real bonehead game - which was tonight.
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good lord, I just went to the liquor store today, now I’m gonna have go again tomorrow
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No sweet dreams over this game, so nighty night peeps. :yawn:
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It is hard to be disappointed with Eller when his mistakes are rare
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I don't hate Eller, but he had a bad game and that line is basically another 4th line. They don't contribute anything to the scoresheet.
What once looked like we should hold tight at the deadline, now looks like we should make some moves, imo. Need a top 6 forward (1c would be nice) need a 3c, need to do something with this shitty D.
We're completely reliant on "above" average goal tending. Good that we have it, but sucks that we have to rely on it just about every game.
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Great 1st period. Full of energy, scoring chances, hitting, SOG (ahem...try this all game dummies)
PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Honestly thought we were the better team, but there were stretches of both. WAY too many BS penalties.
went to OT, and somehow we survive, then shootout.
I have no problem, with PLD in SO, but FFS when Carlson came out, I lost it and was cursing the stupidity. Carlson actually had a bad game to boot. He totally missed his man on the 3rd goal (i think), giving them a 2 on 1 and forcing other D to move over which led to pass, shot, goal. He couldn't hit the net on most of his shot attempts and he was suspect on D and slow to get back ...OFTEN. I was starting to wonder if he was nursing something (other than his sore vagina) cuz his game has been shit for the last little while.
I was calling out my SO lineup before they started and it BEGINS with McMIKE. Kid was all over the ice, driving the play, scoring, assisting, and HE doesn't eve get a sniff in SO? That's a head scratcher. Carlson should never ever ever ever be in the SO.
I will gladly skulk away with those 2 points.
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Good one Rich! Carlson has been lousy going back to before the break and he is awful in the shootout. You would think that they would practice the shootout occasionally and stop picking the wrong guys. I can see rewarding guys for having a good game, but they should not have Carlson, or Ovi for that matter, in any shootout. It should have been McMike, Chychrun and Protas.
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They really should have lost this game. Ottawa seemed to have more legs and the better chances. We insist on standing around in front of our own goal like so many telephone poles in our own end. You have to be on the puck carrier always in all zones, including on the PK. We have long stretches where we're way too passive both in our skating and hitting. This won't go very far come playoff time.
I also can't figure out this fascination with Carlson. He's out there on the PP, the PK, almost all of OT and then he's used in the SO. Makes no sense.
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Great 1st period. Full of energy, scoring chances, hitting, SOG (ahem...try this all game dummies)
PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Honestly thought we were the better team, but there were stretches of both. WAY too many BS penalties.
went to OT, and somehow we survive, then shootout.
I have no problem, with PLD in SO, but FFS when Carlson came out, I lost it and was cursing the stupidity. Carlson actually had a bad game to boot. He totally missed his man on the 3rd goal (i think), giving them a 2 on 1 and forcing other D to move over which led to pass, shot, goal. He couldn't hit the net on most of his shot attempts and he was suspect on D and slow to get back ...OFTEN. I was starting to wonder if he was nursing something (other than his sore vagina) cuz his game has been shit for the last little while.
I was calling out my SO lineup before they started and it BEGINS with McMIKE. Kid was all over the ice, driving the play, scoring, assisting, and HE doesn't eve get a sniff in SO? That's a head scratcher. Carlson should never ever ever ever be in the SO.
I will gladly skulk away with those 2 points.
Go back and watch Ottawa's first goal. Carlson was downright comical. That he's our ice time leader makes me question the coaches.
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Is it bad that I’m secretly hoping Carlson gets a career ending injury this season? Nothing that effects his daily life, but something that won’t let him play at the NHL level anymore.
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It's funny how quickly we turn...after 3-4 bad games :snicker:
But yeah, I'm back on the beat down Carlson bus again after years of not riding.
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I mean, Carlson is fine during 5 on 5. But come 3 on 3 and skills comp? :O= Ovi out there 3 on 3 is bad enough, but at least he might score. To add in another slow ass old fart who can't hit the net anymore is criminal.