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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Sunday December 07, 2025, 03:58:13 PM Eastern
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December 7 vs Blue Jackets at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7FM, Caps Radio Network
Washington Capitals 17-9-3
PP% 16.7(23rd) PK% 74.4(28th) Faceoff% 48(22nd)
Columbus Blue Jackets 13-9-6
PP% 19.1(15th) PK% 70.7(30th) Faceoff% 50.6(13th)
Caps anticipated lines:
McMichael 24 - Strome 17 - Ovechkin(C) 8
Protas 21 - Sourdif 34 - Wilson(A) 43
Beauvillier 72 - Dowd(A) 26 - Frank 53
Duhaime 22 - Lapierre 29 - Milano 15
Chychrun 6 - Roy 3
Fehérváry 42 - van Riemsdyk 57
Sandin 38 - McIlrath 52
Thompson 48
Stevenson 33 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Frank, Chychrun
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Milano, Beauvillier, Chychrun
scratched:
Trineyev 87
Chisholm 47
Carlson(A) 74 - upper body - day to day
IR:
Leonard 9 - upper body
Dubois 80 - lower body
Lindgren 79 - upper body
Jackets anticipated lines:
Voronkov 10 - Fantilli 19 - Marchenko 86
Sillinger 4 - Monahan(A) 23 - Johnson 91
Wood 11 - Coyle(A) 3 - Lundestrom 21
Gaunce 16 - Del Bel Belluz 65 - Chinakhov 59
Werenski(A) 8 - Provorov 9
Mateychuk 5 - Severson 78
Smith 7 - Fabbro 15
Greaves 73
Merzlikins 90 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Trevor Hanson 14, Jordan Samuels-Thomas 37
Libor Suchanek 60, Ryan Jackson 84
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-jackets (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-jackets)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x3818 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x3818)
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/12/50522/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-12-7-25/ (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/12/50522/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-12-7-25/)
scoring summary
1st period:
no goals
2nd period:
Chychrun(11) from Wilson and Beauvillier at :50
3rd period:
Protas(10) ENG from Fehérváry at 18:34
Caps win 2-0
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no goals after one
and no penalties
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Showed a little life early and late. The injuries are a mystery. I thought they said Carlson was put on IR too? Hopefully it was just Leno and Chuck. But no clue what's up with Carlson or Lindgren. Dowd was a mystery.
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CHYCHRUN
GOOOAAALLLL
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PP time
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OV and Chychrun double shifted the pp, but there were a lot of whistles during it
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nother pp . .
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nother pp . . .
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PK :(
4 on 4
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Caps up 1-0 after two
1:01 of 4 on 4 to start the 3rd then about 10 seconds of pk
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We needed to hit on one of those PP's. Both goalies playing well. Didn't like seeing LT's head hit. We're getting soft on crime! Hope they don't put him in protocol.
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double minor to Lapierre, high stick
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nother pp . . . .
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That sure looked like it went in.
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empty net
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EN GOOOAAALLLL
PROTAS
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empty net
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Caps win 2-0
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Not sure why they never show the super slow until after the call on the ice has been reviewed and made. Sure did look like it was in.
Oh well, LT finally gets a shutty!! #1 no doubt! 3 days off.. Hope they heal up and get some rest!
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Thompson’s 100th career win
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Not sure why they never show the super slow until after the call on the ice has been reviewed and made. Sure did look like it was in.
Oh well, LT finally gets a shutty!! #1 no doubt! 3 days off.. Hope they heal up and get some rest!
sounded like it was shown in house, the rest of us peons only get a brief look
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three stars..
#1 Thompson
#2 Chychrun
#3 Greaves
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Nice win. Nice SO for Thompsons....FINALLY.
Our PP looks weak again...and Columbus is a TERRIBLE PK team. Not sure what magic Lenny had for our PP, but he certainly made a difference, both in nice passes and his shot. I don't mind Frank out there on the PP, but he's more wheels than hands or shot. He does get to the puck quickly tho for recovery as well as skating it in the zone. Timing looked a bit off yesterday for everyone TBH - which I don't expect is a big surprise after all the travel and games played and such. Good timing for Thompson to be on point for sure.
As far as the Leonard injury - I am surprised about the shoulder/arm - he got rocked for sure, but he got up pretty quickly and i don't remember seeing him holding his arm going off the ice.
Based on the the way the hit caught him, I'd say maybe got the collar bone or separated shoulder, but he really didn't skate off like that. Neither is very good for a hockey player.