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October 28 Caps vs Stars at American Airlines Arena
Time: 8:30 8:50
TV: ESPN
Radio: 106.7FM, Caps Radio Network
Washington Capitals 6-3-0
PP% 20.7(17th) PK% 66.7(28th) Faceoff% 47.9(24th)
Dallas Stars 3-3-1
PP% 32.3(4th) PK% 67.9(27th) Faceoff% 51.1(14th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Leonard 9 - McMichael 24 - Ovechkin(C) 8
Protas 21 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Beauvillier 72 - Lapierre 29 - Frank 53
Duhaime 22 - Dowd 26 - Sourdif 34
Fehérváry 42 - Carlson(A) 74
Chychrun 6 - Roy 3
Chisholm 47 - van Riemsdyk 57
Thompson 48
Lindgren 79 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Wilson, Dubois, Chychrun, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Protas, McMichael, Leonard, Chisholm
scratched:
Milano 15
McIlrath 52
Strome 17 - lower body - day to day
IR:
Sandin 38 - upper body
Stars anticipated lines:
Steel 18 - Seguin 91 - Rantanen 96
Robertson 21 - Johnston 53 - Bourque 22
Hyrckowian 49 - Faksa 12 - Bastian 11
Erne 73 - Blackwell 15
Lindell 23 - Heikanen 4
Harley 55 - Lyubushkin 46
Bichsel 6 - Petrovic 28
Capobianco 20
Oettinger 29
DeSmith 1 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Francis Charron 6, Cody Beach 12
Tommy Hughes 65, CJ Murray 68
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-travel-to-texas (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-travel-to-texas)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x2908 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x2908)
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/10/50001/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-10-28-25/ (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/10/50001/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-10-28-25/)
scoring summary
1st period:
no goals
2nd period:
Seguin PPG from Heiskanen and Rantanen at :43
3rd period:
no goals
Caps lose 1-0
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OV has 899 career goals going in to tonight’s game.
Frank has been called up. Sandin is on IR, upper body. Strome is out, lower body.
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Puck drop has been pushed back to 8:50, because nhl baloney
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The fuck they push it to 8:50 for? Scheduled too many games on 1 channel? We'll probably get our ass kicked anyway. We always do so well in Dallas.
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This frozen frenzy thing was a stupid gimmick when they started it two seasons ago.
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I hate espn
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PP time
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PK time
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nother pk . .
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game tied after one
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I've heard em' say at least twice, how injured the Stars are. Guess they're the only squad out there with injuries. :huh:
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nother pk . . .
Willy thinks it’s a dive
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Guess were gonna play 1/3 of the game on the PK? lol
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:O=
:clown: :poop:
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nother pp . .
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I know we scored a few during the last few games, but our PP is a fucking mess. :(
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Vitamin D, and little blue pills need to be handed out by the training staff pregame and at intermissions
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This one got shutout written all over it. :-(
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Ovie gonna score 4 goals this year. :'( lol
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This team has had major issues with a hard forecheck for years.
With several coaches.
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3x now with the Dallas is injured bullshit. Have they mentioned Strome once? He's a much bigger loss than PLD.
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Caps down 1-0 after two
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Put a little heat on em' at the end of the period, but just has that "one of them nights" feels to it.
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nother pk . . . .
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nother pp . . .
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It’s far to early in the season for these guys to be this lackadaisical on the pp
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out played far more than the radio call would indicate
Caps lose 1-0
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Well that sucked. We're gonna miss Strome Im afraid. Still should of got at least 1 in the net. LT played his ass off for nothing. See ya Friday.
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:-|
Friday vs Islanders @ 7, unless the nhl changes it
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i dont believe i've seen them move the start time back for TV coverage before...not as late as the actual puck drop time. What did the teams do in Dallas - just stand around?
Not that it mattered - Caps like doo-doo vs Dallas at home. Thompson looks good. Willy always has an impact. 3 Total BS penalties....eventually haunts you.
I figured about the third clean post/crossbar we hit, we were done.
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I actually thought they played pretty well after mid-way through the first. Definitely outplayed Dallas in the 2nd and 3rd and thought it was a good effort. PP is killing us though. I thought Chicky had a great game and he should take over the point from Carlson.
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Carlson should’ve been taken off point a couple years ago
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They certainly played better than Dallas the last half of the game. PP ruins any momentum they get. Carlson and Ovi both should have minimal PP time. They'd make a good 2nd unit TBH. Though, it probably doesn't matter. We can't even get in the zone and setup with our subpar puck handlers. Strome was the best we had and he's not really that great at it either. I imagine every team who pays attention saw what happens when you pressure our PP.. We choke up the puck like it's a hot potato. The Lightning exposed us years ago and it's surprising (to me) more teams don't go full pressure on us every time they're down a man.
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Did Ethan Frank get an injury? I recall the weird hit where he landed badly, and he went off the ice to locker room, but I just watched Carbs (very short) interview after game and when questioned about status...he answered "No, i have not spoken to the surgeon yet"
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Frank had a weird injury. He kinda reacted like it was a concussion, but I never saw his head make contact with anything.
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Surgery? Yea, didn't "appear" to be anything broke, but who knows. He went down like a sack of potatoes when he tried to check somebody. Head never hit the ice, he just kinda crumpled/sat down. Then went off with assistance looking wobbly the whole way down the tunnel. Hope he's ok though! We're gonna run outta bodies before the 1st month of the season is over. :(