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R2G2 Hurricanes lead series 1-0
May 8 vs Hurricanes at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: ESPN
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals(M1) 51-22-9
Carolina Hurricanes(M2) 47-30-5
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Protas 21
McMichael 24 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Mangiapane 88 - Eller 20 - Beauvillier 72
Duhaime 22 - Dowd 26 - Raddysh 16
Chychrun 6 - Carlson(A) 74
Roy 3 - Sandin 38
Alexeyev 27 - van Riemsdyk 57
Thompson 48
Gibson 78 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Chychrun, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Dubois, Mangiapane, Sandin
scratched:
Leonard 9
Frank 53
Bear 25
McIlrath 52
Lindgren 79 - personal reasons
injured:
Fehérváry 42 - lower body - season
LTIR:
Milano 15 - upper body
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Oshie 77 - back - season
Canes anticipated lines:
Svechnikov 37 - Aho 20 - Blake 53
Hall 71 - Kotkaniemi 82 - Stankoven 22
Martinook(A) 48 - Staal(C) 11 - Jarvis 24
Robinson 50 - Roslovic 96 - Carrier 28
Slavin(A) 74 - Burns 8
Orlov 7 - Chatfield 5
Gostisbehere 4 - Walker 26
Anderson 31
Kochetkov 52 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Chris Rooney 5, Graham Skilliter 24
Ryan Gibbons 58, Ryan Daisy 81
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/05/48617/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-5-8-25/ (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/05/48617/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-5-8-25/)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x4088 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x4088)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-seek-game-2-turnaround (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-seek-game-2-turnaround)
scoring summary
1st period:
no goals
2nd period:
McMichael(4) unassisted at 2:16
3rd period:
Carlson(1) PPG from Wilson and Strome at 1:54
Gostisbehere PPG from Jarvis and Aho at 9:26
Wilson(3) ENG from Protas at 19:00
Caps win 3-1
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It definitely looks like Raddysh is in and Leonard is a scratch tonight. Coach won’t admit it yet, and no word on lines yet. I’d expect Protas to move up at some point as well, and this might be the opportunity.
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I don't wanna do R2G1 again!!!!!!!!! :raised-eyebrow: :raspberry:
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:hopslam:
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OK - same prediction as last game. Caps 3 - Canes 1. Protas, McMike and Wilson score. Book it!
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Lindgren is unavailable tonight, no idea why. Gibson will be the backup.
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Hope they figured it out.. Win or Die game!! :wackysmile:
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Morning. :wackysmile:
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Here's hoping there a more shots on goal and less blocked shots this game. :cross:
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it's like we've never seen a puck before. :headbang:
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PK time
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Willy nearly caused a 5 on 3, lucky the zebras ignored that one
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We need to use hockey sticks. Playing with pool cue's isn't working out. :-(
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This is hard to watch. :(
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Willy needs to wind his neck in.
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We really need a whole new D corps. :clown: :clown: :clown:
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PP time
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game tied at zero after one
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Awfull. Just awfull.
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Couple decent shifts there.. Need to pound their ass every chance we get. They just dance around with the puck like they don't care. Couple good thumps and they'll rethink that shit. :raised-eyebrow:
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Caps still have 1:20 of PP to start the 2nd
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Chychrun has been shaky. Not sure what is going on with him. Sandin looks lost as well.
Willy is our equalizer.
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GOOOAAALLLL
MCMICHAEL
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Now I just need Protas and Willy to score!!
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nother PK . .
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Now I just need Protas and Willy to score!!
you do know the payouts here are with monopoly money
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nother PP . .
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Caps up 1-0 after two
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We actually won a period I think! :wackysmile:
Should of put another one of those prime chances in the net.. Feels like a 2 goal lead is all we need.
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I feel like the Caps are just too tense. They are playing better but still seem to be missing some passes and not skating well. It would be great if they could get a goal to go up 2-0 and then get back to having a little confidence.
Ice must be lousy tonight - a lot of guys stumbling and falling.
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That's the 3rd time I've heard the espn guy say the S word.. Assholes.
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nother PP . . .
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:banana: :banana:
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
CARLSON
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Ice must be lousy tonight - a lot of guys stumbling and falling.
I was thinking the same about game 1, but it has been fairly cool in the region. The ice shouldn’t be bad.
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Just got home and loving the score! :wackysmile:
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nother PK . . .
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:clown:
:poop:
:O=
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:clown: :poop: Penalty by McMichael. Playing volleyball with the puck.. These dopes have to make everything hard. >:(
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It sucks but Caps are still up by one.
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They need to turn it up. If they turtle up The Candy Canes will find a way to tie it. Go for the kill!!
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empty net
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EN GOOOAAALLLL
WILSON
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Caps win 3-1
:)
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Atta boys!! Evened it up!!!
Lil will be pleasantly surprised when she wakes up. :snicker:
Saturday 6pm!
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They did ok, but will need to tighten it up quite a bit in Carolina.We just keep losing puck battles in our zone and our gameplan is to just let them keep circling the perimeter - which has worked for now as LT has been a rock.
I was wrong on Mangiopani - he played well and Duhaime played great as did Willy.
I love PLD but he has had a couple bad games and Strome and Chicky were little shaky.
Gotta give it to Dylan
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They did ok, but will need to tighten it up quite a bit in Carolina.We just keep losing puck battles in our zone and our gameplan is to just let them keep circling the perimeter
We do seem quite passive. Not sure what we're scared of. Need to challenge them more through the neutral zone and pound their ass any chance we get!
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Caps won and tied the series up, so I'm going to revel in it for now.
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Had to watch a replay after work and I’m glad we won, but this kind of permanent ain’t gonna get it done. They have won a single period [2nd period tonight] and have badly lost 4 of the other 5 periods in these two games. We are lucky to be tied.
It was a weird contrast of teams. Caps have elite finishing but lack possession metrics; Canes have elite possession metrics but lack finishers.
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That's more like it. Not terrific, but I will take the win
Carlson looked better this game....not because of the goal, but just in general, more mobile, less sluggish. I think (hope) he was nursing something cuz he was flat out terrible in round 1.
Still look like doo-doo in our own end. Need to upgrade the D in the offseason. I'm okay with Roy, and Chychrun is obviously staying, but Alexeyev hasn't looked good, TVR is completely suspect (yet his metrics are okay), Sandin is a fine puck mover, but he's not much help in our own end. Carlson...well...he's old and it shows. Carlson and TVR have a year left on their contracts so I expect we are stuck with both. We need at least 1 new top 4 D to help this squad. They would look much better if they weren't all having to play top 4 roles when they are really more like bottom 2 D.
Willy - damn, love the energy, but he's gonna kill someone or get sent on sudden DPS vacation if he doesn't watch it.
Radysh was pretty invisible. Don't expect lots out of him, but would like better board play and more hits from him
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OK - same prediction as last game. Caps 3 - Canes 1. Protas, McMike and Wilson score. Book it!
.750 is a phenomenal batting average, but your parlay paid $0
Can you predict 5-1 next game so I don't have to sweat the entire game, and Ovie to score...he needs some help
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:pointdown: That's the 3rd time I've heard the espn guy say the S word.. Assholes.
did the same in game 1....I swear these guys especially Ray Ferraro sure sound like a Canes fan to me...and Ray LOVES to here himself talk. You don't have to fill every second of air time displaying your hockey knowledge. STFU now and then
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:pointdown:
did the same in game 1....I swear these guys especially Ray Ferraro sure sound like a Canes fan to me...and Ray LOVES to here himself talk. You don't have to fill every second of air time displaying your hockey knowledge. STFU now and then
At least it's not as bad as these squawking women we're getting in some of the other games. One of them literally just can't shut up. She talks more than the play by play guy. I'd love to see a poll of what people think of this push for females in the booth.
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That's more like it. Not terrific, but I will take the win
Carlson looked better this game....not because of the goal, but just in general, more mobile, less sluggish. I think (hope) he was nursing something cuz he was flat out terrible in round 1.
Still look like doo-doo in our own end. Need to upgrade the D in the offseason. I'm okay with Roy, and Chychrun is obviously staying, but Alexeyev hasn't looked good, TVR is completely suspect (yet his metrics are okay), Sandin is a fine puck mover, but he's not much help in our own end. Carlson...well...he's old and it shows. Carlson and TVR have a year left on their contracts so I expect we are stuck with both. We need at least 1 new top 4 D to help this squad. They would look much better if they weren't all having to play top 4 roles when they are really more like bottom 2 D.
Willy - damn, love the energy, but he's gonna kill someone or get sent on sudden DPS vacation if he doesn't watch it.
Radysh was pretty invisible. Don't expect lots out of him, but would like better board play and more hits from him
Carlson has actually been one of the few bright spots. He's had two of the better games he's had in ages. Sandin is fairly useless this time of year. He gets tossed all over the place in our own end by big forwards. He'd be the first guy I'd trade in the off-season.
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Had to watch a replay after work and I’m glad we won, but this kind of permanent ain’t gonna get it done. They have won a single period [2nd period tonight] and have badly lost 4 of the other 5 periods in these two games. We are lucky to be tied.
It was a weird contrast of teams. Caps have elite finishing but lack possession metrics; Canes have elite possession metrics but lack finishers.
This performance won't hack it in Carolina. I could see us going down about 4-1 or 5--1 unless we really can sustain some offensive zone time and stop looking like chickens with no heads in our own end. Without Thompson, this thing would already be over.
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.750 is a phenomenal batting average, but your parlay paid $0
Can you predict 5-1 next game so I don't have to sweat the entire game, and Ovie to score...he needs some help
OK, I will tighten up my analysis and get 100% next time. I think its time for Strome to get one.
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At least it's not as bad as these squawking women we're getting in some of the other games. One of them literally just can't shut up. She talks more than the play by play guy. I'd love to see a poll of what people think of this push for females in the booth.
Haha. And here I thought I was the only chauvinist here. Yeah, some of them are out of control. Then i watched the start to the Winnipeg game and the woman was so soft spoken you could barely hear her. She wasn't all blabby but i had to work to here her talk.
and at least its no longer Penishead McGuire. Man how I hated hearing that guy.