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January 5 vs Ducks at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7FM, Caps Radio Network
Washington Capitals 21-15-6
PP% 15.8(30th) PK% 76.3(27th) Faceoff% 49(22nd)
Anaheim Ducks 21-17-3
PP% 16.9(24th) PK% 75.6(29th) Faceoff% 47.3(26th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Beauvillier 72 - Strome 17 - Ovechkin(C) 8
McMichael 24 - Sourdif 34 - Leonard 9
Duhaime 22 - Dowd(A) 26 - Frank 53
Milano 15 - Lapierre 29
Fehérváry 42 - Carlson(A) 74
Chychrun 6 - Roy 3
Sandin 38 - McIlrath 52
van Riemsdyk 57
Lindgren 79
Thompson 48 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Leonard, Chychrun, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Sourdif, Beauvillier, Sandin
scratched:
Chisholm 46
Protas 21 - lower body
Wilson 43 - lower body
IR:
Dubois 80 - lower body
Ducks anticipated lines:
Gauthier 61 - Carlsson 91 - Killorn 17
Kreider 20 - McTavish(A) 23 - Sennecke 45
Nesterenko 13 - Granlund 64 - Terry 19
Johnston 44 - Poehling 25 - Strome(A) 16
Lacombe 2 - Trouba 65
Mintyukov 98 - Moore 74
Zellweger 51 - Gudas(C) 7
Mrazek 51
Dostal 1 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Dan O’Rourke 9, Michael Markovic 31
Michel Cormier 76, Matt MacPherson 83
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-ducks (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-ducks)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/topic/Dealing%20with%20injury%20woes,%20Caps%20look%20to%20find%20their%20way%20out%20of%20tailspin%20as%20standings%20tighten,%20more/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x8451 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/topic/Dealing%20with%20injury%20woes,%20Caps%20look%20to%20find%20their%20way%20out%20of%20tailspin%20as%20standings%20tighten,%20more/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x8451)
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2026/01/50770/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-1-5-26/ (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2026/01/50770/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-1-5-26/)
scoring summary
1st period:
Kreider from Zellweger at 6:33
Sourdif(6) from McMichael and Roy at 15:56
Sourdif(7) from McMichael at 18:58
2nd period:
Leonard(9) from Sourdif and McMichael at 5:54
Sourdif[8] from Leonard and McMichael at 7:30
Ovechkin(16) (913) from Fehérváry and Carlson at 8:52
Kilorn from Johnston at 12:56
Trouba from Terry at 14:12
3rd period:
Sennecke from Gauthier and LaCombe 9:22
Carlson(9) ENG from Dowd and Fehérváry at 18:46
Ovechkin(17) ENG (914) from Sourdif at 19:18
Caps win 7-4
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Protas is a game time decision, Wilson is out tonight.
McIlrath is playing, even though coach says he doesn’t expect any retribution on Trouba. Which seems fair because I wouldn’t call it retribution.
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Not retribution as much as sending the message.. Head hunt our young star, answer the bell. Nothing more.
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No Protas tonight.
Pregame on the radio said Dubois is skating, on his own, not with the team.
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PK time
already
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:O=
:clown: :poop:
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Duhaime takes on Trouba. Kind of a wash. Trouba didn’t atone for anything on that one.
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Trouba knocked him down with 1 punch. Sad excuse for a fight from us. Par for the season.
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PP time
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Trouba knocked him down with 1 punch. Sad excuse for a fight from us. Par for the season.
I was really hoping McIlrath would get to him.
:cross:
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pretty lackluster all around. If Ovi one timer from a slow - long telegraphed pass is the best we got on the PP, we need pack it in. Put some puck handlers out there and let em play.
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GOOOAAALLLL
SOURDIF
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GOOOAAALLLL
SOURDIF
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Caps up 2-1 after one
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Decent 2nd half of the period. Thankfully Sourdif is feeling it tonight!
Never seen Ovi go this long, looking this bad. Usually he snaps out of it and scores a couple. He may be cooked. :-\
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Caps picked up a penalty at the buzzer, will start the 2nd on the pk
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Ducks get a 17 second PP as they a commit a foul
4 on 4
short pp
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McIlrath vs Johnston
5 minutes.. for fighting
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GOOOAAALLLL
LEONARD
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GOOOAAALLLL
SOURDIF
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wow
and first career hatty
first career 4 point game, and first career 4 assist game for McMichael
that’s gotta be the first career 4 point game for Sourdif as well
first rookie hatty for the Caps since OV did it 20 years ago
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GOOOAAALLLL
OVECHKIN
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the old man had to show the kids he can still do it
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that’s a week ass call
Ducks get a penalty shot
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:poop: :poop:
:clown: :O=
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:poop: :poop: :poop:
dafuk
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Leonard gets a penalty shot
it’s only fair after the first one
beat the goalie, hit the post
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nother pk . . .
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Caps up 5-3 after two
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Not sure how we let them back in the game, but we did.. Don't feel good at all with a 2 goal lead these days.
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Caps start the period on the PK, again
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:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop:
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Ducks changed goalies to start the 3rd
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empty net
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GOOOAAALLLL
CARLSON
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empty net
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GOOOAAALLLL
OVECHKIN
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Caps win 7-4
8-0
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Sourdif gets an assist on the OV empty netter, 5 points for Sourdif
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:phew:
It's crazy how we couldn't make them pay for all the cheat/gamble they were doing. Had no answer. Chuck saved their ass.. Glad Ovi got a couple! Glad they didn't waste Sourdif's night!! Need Pro and Wilson back asap.
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Wednesday at 7pm
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Kinda forgot that Sourdif is a rookie. Man, he is coming on strong and can skate! We really needed somebody from the bottom 6 to emerge.
I think Sourdif is good for McMike and he has had a couple good games - maybe gets back to his form of last year.
Now if we could get Lappy going. He actually seems to be skating well, but just seems to be good at skating around and doing nothing.
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Sourdif still has fewer NHL games than Leonard. Only by a couple because of Leonard’s injury.
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Consistency will be the key word. All of em' look good/great from time to time. Being able to sustain it, even a little, will be key. Hope Sourdif is a real deal. We'll see. He certainly looks pretty good so far. If he could master faceoffs, he'd be a real asset.
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Sucks we let them back in, but great to see Sourdiff, Leonard, McMike all play well and get points for it. Glimmer of hope we do have some young guys that will score goals. I'f McMike can get 4 apples a game, I won't give him a hard time about not scoring goals. 5 point night with a hatty for Sourdiff is just crazy. Good on him. I really was not expecting him to be a goal scorer.
Missing your top two goals scorers (and probably the best/most responsible forwards we have on the team) does hurt. Good thing the Ducks are the leakiest team in the league.
Nice to see Ovi get a couple. His game winner was a rocket
I expect to see Protus next game...sounded like he was a whisker away from playing yesterday.
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This team is capable of having a really great game when they are all skating and getting to the puck. The problem I am worried about is the D. Not so much the individual players (except Carlson), I just think there are way too many times that they are out of position and either give up a 2 on 1, or the leave guys uncovered in the slot. Not sure if that is the players or the coaching.
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This team is capable of having a really great game when they are all skating and getting to the puck. The problem I am worried about is the D. Not so much the individual players (except Carlson), I just think there are way too many times that they are out of position and either give up a 2 on 1, or the leave guys uncovered in the slot. Not sure if that is the players or the coaching.
Yes we can be very suspect on D. TVR is just too slow - his age is showing. Sandin is fine for moving the puck up the ice, and in the o-zone, but he is often a liability in the D zone, and his size is definitely an issue - he just gets tossed around. He couldn't clear the crease if he had to. He is very skilled, but you can only be so effective with your stick play as a Dman when you actually need to just out muscle a guy for position.
Fever was our best hitter and solid D, but he has taken a step back this year - don't know if it's D pairing or not quite the same after injury or what but he has not been as solid. He still has the wheels though, so I don't think the injury in lagging him any.
Roy has actually impressed me this year - he is super steady back there. Chychrun skates so well he saves himself when he gets caught or in trouble, and I expect he is very strong as well. Carlson...oof - I just hope we don't re-sign him, but I bet we do. He still has some offensive skill, but he has really lost a step.
Reality check tonight with Dallas