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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Thursday December 18, 2025, 03:45:29 PM Eastern
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December 18 vs Maple Leafs at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7FM, Caps Radio Network
Washington Capitals 18-11-4
PP% 15.6(27th) PK% 75.5(28th) Faceoff% 48.1(23rd)
Toronto Maple Leafs 15-12-5
PP% 15(30th) PK% 82.8(8th) Faceoff% 56.9(1st)
Caps anticipated lines:
Beauvillier 72 - Strome 17 - Ovechkin(C) 8
Protas 21 - Sourdif 34 - Wilson(A) 43
Milano 15 - McMichael 24 - Frank 53
Duhaime 22 - Dowd 26 - Trineyev 87
Fehérváry 42 - Carlson(A) 74
Chychrun 6 - Roy 3
Chisholm 47 - Sandin 38
Thompson 48
Lindgren 79 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Frank, Chychrun
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Milano, Beauvillier, Carlson
scratched:
McIlrath 52
van Riemsdyk 57
Lapierre 29 - flu
IR:
Leonard 9 - upper body
Dubois 80 - lower body
Leafs anticipated lines:
Knies 23 - Matthews(C) 34 - Nylander 88
Robertson 89 - Tavares(A) 91 - Cowan 53
Joshua 81 - Roy 55 - McMann 74
Lorentz 18 - Laughton 24 - Domi 11
Rielly(A) 44 - Ekman-Larsson 95
McCabe 22 - Stecher 28
Benoit 2 - Thrun 3
Hildeby 35
Woll 60 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Jake Brenk 26, Brandon Schrader 34
James Tobias 61, Ben O’Quinn 91
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-come-home-host-leafs (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-come-home-host-leafs)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x4233 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x4233)
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/12/50651/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-12-18-25/ (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/12/50651/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-12-18-25/)
scoring summary
1st period:
Protas(11) from Sourdif and Carlson at 13:53
Chychrun(13) from Frank and McMichael at 16:16
2nd period:
no goals
3rd period:
Chychrun(14) from Carlson and Dowd at 4:02
Carlson(7) from Sourdif and Wilson at 8:57
Caps win 4-0
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Looking for a top effort game tonight. They may not win, but I bet they are pushing hard. We need to get some guys going besides Chicky. How about Strome and Protas stepping up and McMike to reappear!
I'm predicting a 4 to 1 win with goals by Protas, Chicky, Willy and the empty netter from Ovi.
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Roy and Lapierre apparently had flu symptoms this morning, game time decisions.
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PK time
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PP time
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nother pp . .
maybe
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nother pk . .
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GOOOAAALLLL
PROTAS
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GOOOAAALLLL
CHYCHRUN
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nother pk . . .
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Caps up 2-0 after one
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Amazing what scoring a goal or two will do. They look spry all a sudden. Was gonna say that cummy PP hadn't scored a goal since Skynyrd got hurt. Then I remembered they miraculously got one 5 on 3 the other night. lol
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nother pk . . . .
:huh:
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nother pp . . .
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I don’t think McMike was on PP1 to start the night
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Caps up 2-0 after two
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Looking for a top effort game tonight. They may not win, but I bet they are pushing hard. We need to get some guys going besides Chicky. How about Strome and Protas stepping up and McMike to reappear!
I'm predicting a 4 to 1 win with goals by Protas, Chicky, Willy and the empty netter from Ovi.
Hey - I'm doing pretty good so far! Just need Willy and Ovi now!
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PK and PP looked good that period. Bout it. Didn't realize how expensive PP goals were. We certainly can't buy one.
Yea Beagle, we'll definitely take a Willy and Ovi goal to finish off the night!
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GOOOAAALLLL
CHYCHRUN
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nother pk . . . . .
:clown: :poop:
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GOOOAAALLLL
CARLSON
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Caps win 4-0
:clap:
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That was easier than expected.. LT with another shutty!! Glad to finally shake the stinkys!
Early lunch Saturday.. 12:30pm
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Justin Sourdif and Sonny Milano had great games but sadly were not rewarded with goals.
Great to see though.
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Ovie basically just hovers around between the blue lines now waiting for an offensive break. He's becoming a liability since he isn't scoring or playing defense. They should get Protas, Jr. up here pronto. McMichael, Bouvillier, Lapierre, Sourdif & Frank are certainly not putting the puck in the net nearly enough. Overall, the team has played above their talent level but that can't last forever. They need Leonard back at full strength in a big way, too.
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Yes, I think it is time they tried a few more guys from Hershey. I didn't know of the guy they just brought up and thought Miro would have been in line for a call up, but he hasn't been putting up that many points. Lil Pro and Cristall are the top two scorers. Seems like some of our better prospects are not yet at the Hershey level.
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What's the deal with LilPro and Cristall? Can they be brought down and sent back w/o waiver wire? Not sure why they wouldn't bring up their best prospects, if they could.
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Nice effort by the fellas. Played hard the entire game, PP looked much better than the result - had sustained time and multiple chances. Nice SO too. Ovi hit 2 posts, Milano hit at least one plus had another good look. Sourdiff i thought had an excellent game, although he certainly is not the scorer. I remember giving Caps mgmt a lot of grief for trading 2 pics to get him (not even an NHL caliber guy), but apparently they know how to evaluate talent better than I. He started slow and isn't flashy but he is working very hard and making plays and is getting better and better. He's got pretty decent wheels, and he's not afraid to dive into the corners or behind the net to retrieve the puck. Helps to have guys like Willy and Protas on your line.
Certainly nice to see Protas get one. McMike had decent game, but yeah...we need some more of these guys to actually score. Chychrun just continues to be a stud
Go Caps