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March 30 vs Sabres at Capital One Arena
Time: 3:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 47-16-9
PP% 21.5(17th) PK% 82.7(3rd) Faceoff% 50.3(15th)
Buffalo Sabres 30-36-6
PP% 17.9(26th) PK% 76.2(23rd) Faceoff% 48(25th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Protas 21
McMichael 24 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Mangiapane 88 - Eller 20 - Raddysh 16
Duhaime 22 - Dowd 26 - Beauvillier 72
Sandin 38 - Carlson(A) 74
Fehérváry 42 - Roy 3
Chychrun 6 - van Riemsdyk 57
Thompson 48
Lindgren 79 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Dubois, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Mangiapane, Chychrun, Sandin
scratched:
Frank 53
Alexeyev 27
McIlrath 52
LTIR:
Milano 17 - upper body
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Oshie 77 - back - season
Sabres anticipated lines:
Benson 9 - Kulich 20 - Thompson 72
Peterka 77 - McLeod 71 - Quinn 22
Zucker 17 - Krebs 19 - Tuch(A) 89
Malenstyn 29 - Kozak 48 - Lafferty 81
Samuelsson 23 - Dahlin(C) 26
Byram 4 - Clifton 75
Power 25 - Bernard-Docker 24
Reimer 47
Luukkonen 1 - backup
today’s zebras:
TJ Luxmore 21, Brandon Blandina 39
Libor Suchanek 60, Mark Shewchyk 92
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x4970 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x4970)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-sabres (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-sabres)
scoring summary
1st period:
Chychrun(19) from Ovechkin and Strome at 10:06
Thompson PPG from Tuch and Peterka at 12:49
2nd period:
McLeod from Quinn and Power at 2:14
Chychrun(20) unassisted at 2:46
Tuch from Clifton and Zucker at 5:17
Lafferty from Clifton at 11:52
3rd period:
Protas(30) SHG from Wilson and Fehérváry at :37
Thompson PPG from Zucker and Peterka at 1:28
Quinn unassisted at 5:52
Ovechkin(37) from Sandin and van Riemsdyk at 9:11
Dubois(19) PPG from Ovechkin and Strome at 14:03
Tuch from Samuelsson at 15:34
Krebs ENG from Quinn at 19:36
Caps lose 8-5
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Evening :wackysmile:
So glad to see Locker back. He looks great. :hearts:
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PK time
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afternoon Lil
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Awfull start.
Now a PK, thanks Dubs. :headbang:
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GOOOAAALLLL
CHYCHRUN
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:banana:
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nother PK . .
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Someone pissed in their cornflakes this morning.
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:poop:
:clown: :O=
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PP time
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welp, on the bright side there aren’t usually that many penalties called in the playoffs
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1 to 1 after one
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Not impressed with that period.
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:poop: :poop:
:clown: :O=
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Good guys tie it up!!!
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GOOOAAALLLL
CHYCHRUN
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:banana: :banana:
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That’s the first career 20 goal season for Chychrun
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:poop: :poop: :poop:
:clown: :O= :O= :O=
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Oh dear. :-(
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🤢🤮
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da phuk
:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop:
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:stirringupshit:
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nother PK . . .
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nother PK . . . .
4:00
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Just getting from bad to worse.
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Caps down 4-2 after two
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I just want it to be over now.
Worst game we've played for ages.
:bad:
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Wonder what's up with Thommy?
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Caps about to crash to earth just in time for the playoffs. :wackysmile: Either way, don't see how you win many playoff games with a PP that's :poop: and only 1 or 2 guys who can elevate the puck when they get a chance. 3/4 of the "GREAT SAVE" JoeB yells out are because the goalie is just in position and we hit his pads or gut. :(
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SHORTY GOOOAAALLLL
PROTAS
THATS 30
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:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop:
:O= :O= :O= :O= :O=
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:lmao:
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:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop:
:clown: :O= X 6
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Lazy assed play. No urgency now that they know that Ovie isn't doing it this year and the playoffs are assured. I wouldn't be surprised to see them gone in the first round. Thompson looks totally rotten, too. He can't figure out that staying glued to the crease and getting on your knees leaves the whole upper part of the net to shoot at so that's where teams are going.
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We Win!
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GOOOAAALLLL
OVECHKIN
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Whoooopeee do.. :-|
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nother PP . .
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Oh, the joy. I'm not sure I can contain myself.
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
DUBOIS
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8-0
Okay .....
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
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:clown: :poop: :O= X 7
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Thommy having a mare.
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empty netter
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Caps lose 8-5..
after sleeping through the 2nd
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What a disgrace.
Awfull all round. We started badly with stupid penalties and got worse and worse.
Toodle pip.
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Embarrassing.
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da fook?
Thompson looked lost. Don't see that often from him. Buffalo usually plays us tough, not sure why. Or we just shit the bed every time we see them.
Glad to see Chicklets get 20 and Protus 30. Great accomplishment for them both.
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This team is going to be in a bad way come playoff time if the defense and goaltending don't pick up. Thompson has looked like crap lately and we're giving up way too many quality chances. Since they seem fixed in cement with these 6 defenders, they better play a game that is hell bent on forechecking in the offensive zone. If they play too much in their own end come playoff time, it won't end well.
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I agree Wayne. This team has had great success this year BECAUSE they have played the majority in the O-zone forechecking or whatnot, scoring with abandon, but WHEN we get hemmed in our own D zone....our weaknesses are exposed - like nobody who can just plain clear the crease (or at least nobody currently playing who can)
Aggressive forechecking teams have times where they just dominate us in our d zone. And that's the norm in playoffs...its not all passing and shooting and scoring - its hard grinding work that gets it done.
I'm not knocking our players (okay, except Carlson :lol: ), but our D style of play is not muscling guys out and taking the puck away.
Though Chicklets and Fever are not bad really, but overall we can get pushed around in our own zone. NOT the way to win playoff hockey.
We got to find a way to keep it in the other end or we will be in trouble. Sure would be nice to get BigMac and AlexAlex some games before its too late.