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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Thursday March 26, 2026, 07:42:36 PM Eastern
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March 26 vs Mammoth at Delta Center
Time: 9:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7FM, Caps Radio Network
Washington Capitals 35-28-9
PP% 16.4(30th) PK% 80.4(13th) Faceoff% 49.7(17th)
Utah Mammoth 37-29-6
PP% 16.9(26th) PK% 79(16th) Faceoff% 49.5(18th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Protas 21 - Strome 17 - Ovechkin(C) 8
McMichael 24 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Beauvillier 72 - Sourdif 34 - Leonard 9
Duhaime 22 - Lapierre 29 - Miroshnichenko 63
Fehérváry 42 - Sandin 38
Chychrun 6 - van Riemsdyk 57
Hutson 44 - Roy(A) 3
Thompson 48
Lindgren 79 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, McMichael, Sourdif, Hutson
PP2: Ovechkin, Wilson, Dubois, Leonard, Chychrun
scratched:
Kampf 64
Liljegren 27
Chisholm 47
McIlrath 52
Frank 53 - lower body - day to day
Pachyderm anticipated lines:
Keller(C) 9 - Schmaltz 8 - Crouse(A) 67
But 19 - Cooley 92 - Guenther 11
Peterka 77 - McBain 22 - Carcone 53
Tanev 13 - Stenlund 82 - Kerfoot 15
Sergachev(A) 98 - Weegar 52
Schmidt 88 - Marino 6
Cole 28 - Durzi 50
Vaněček 41
Vejmelka 70 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Trevor Hanson 14, Jean Hebert 15
Dylan Blujus 57, Ryan Gibbons 58
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-visit-utah (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-visit-utah)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x6442 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x6442)
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2026/03/51621/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-3-26-26/ (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2026/03/51621/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-3-26-26/)
scroring summary
1st period:
Miroshnichenko(1) from Lapierre and Chychrun at 2:07
Guenther PPG from Keller and Sergachev at 13:04
Guenther from Keller and Sergachev at 16:59
Cooley PPG from Schmaltz and Sergachev at 19:53
2nd period:
Ovechkin(27) (924) from Sandin and Fehérváry at 5:01
Ovechkin(28) (925) from Strome and van Riemsdyk at 11:28
3rd period:
Beauvillier(13) PPG from Hutson and McMichael at 2:43
Sandin(5) from Beauvillier at 6:02
Weegar from Keller and Kerfoot at 8:06
Miroshnichenko(2) from Chychrun at 9:54
Ovechkin(29) (926) from Strome at 19:54
Caps win 7-4
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Frank practiced this morning in a no contact jersey. Kampf is with the team and practiced as well.
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GOOOAAALLLL
MIROSHNICHENKO
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That's encouraging! Miro with the 1x'r!!
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nice frekas, matching minors
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PK time
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:O=
:clown: :poop:
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bad call by the zebras
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PP time
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:O= :O=
:clown: :poop:
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Tanev gives Roy a head shot/boarding, Willy immediately starts punching Tanev
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these phukin zebras suck ass
Tanev 2:00 plus 10:00
Willy 4:00 plus 10:00
bull :poop:
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nother pk . .
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Caps 1, Utah 1, jackass zebras 2 after one
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Amazing what just doing the basics on a PP can do. I attribute their 2nd goal to our :clown: :poop: PPK. Can't even make simple passes, just throw it into their sticks.
Anyway, another period of doing absolutely nothing on offense. Miro's shot was just a lucky 1 timer. Wasn't like we created anything.
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GOOOAAALLLL
OVECHKIN
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nother pk . . .
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GOOOAAALLLL
OVECHKIN
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Duhaime vs Tanev
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nother pp . .
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this pp
:(
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OV had never scored on Vanecek, so that’s another goalie on the list
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nother pk . . . .
questionable call
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tied at 3 after two, Caps have :46 of PK to start the 3rd
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Watch em' waste a 2 goal night from the GOAT..
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nother pp . . .
zebras actually got this one right
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
BEAUVILLIER
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GOOOAAALLLL
SANDIN
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:O= :O= :O= :O=
:clown: :clown: :clown: :clown:
:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop:
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We have... Entertainment!! :rofl:
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GOOOAAALLLL
MIROSHNICHENKO
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVYUaREss_g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVYUaREss_g)
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empty net
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GOOOAAALLLL
OVECHKIN
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hats are on the ice
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And that's why we continue to watch!! HatTrick for the GOAT!!
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Caps win 7-4
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See ya Saturday! 10:30pm from Vegas. :raised-eyebrow:
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west cost games are awesome
:-|
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Refs royally screwed that game. Missed call on Stromer cost them. Missed major boarding call cost them. The never ending "Just because your Wilson" call cost them. The worst was the non major on the hit to Roy. THat was like a textbook demonstration of a major boarding, with all the factors included.
The crazy thing is, watch the replay and the REF was not even making a call after the hit, there was no penalty signaled until Willy jumped the guy and started smacking him about. GO back and watch it.
My take aways from the game:
- Nice to see Miro score....what I like about him is he SHOOTS THE PUCK. Always trying to score. We need some more guys with this mentality. Leno is the same way.
- Hutson continues to look good. Pretty polished and up to speed for a guy his age. He does not look lost at all. I am sure he will make mistakes, but he has had made a positive contribution to the overall play.
- Sandin should never be on a PK. I know we are short on D and Roy and Fever and Chicky can't play them all, but Sandin just isn't defensive.
- GOAT. nuf said.
- Thompson. FFS this guy is the reason we have the record we do, and ever any hope of a playoff birth this year at all. SOOOOO many games we would not even be in if not for him. Dude is a stud
- Wilson is my hero.
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The NHL as gone gay. I just watched the 10 min condensed game highlight...they don't show a single one of hits, penalties or resulting fights. These were Major components of THIS game and they just scrub it from the tape. Fn BS
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You're right. In the game summary I watched, even the Utah announcers commented that Wilson's actions were the catalyst for turning the game the Caps' way.