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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Sunday April 05, 2026, 03:26:25 PM Eastern
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April 5 vs Rangers at Madison Square Garden
Time: 7:00
TV: ESPN
Radio: 106.7FM, Caps Radio Network
Washington Capitals 39-29-9
PP% 17.8(26th) PK% 80.1(13th) Faceoff% 49.6(18th)
New York Rangers 32-36-9
PP% 24.4(7th) PK% 79.1(16th) Faceoff% 54.3(3rd)
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 - Frank 53
Fehérváry 42 - Sandin 38
Chychrun 6 - van Riemsdyk 57
Hutson 44 - Roy(A) 3
Lindgren 79
Thompson 48 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, McMichael, Sourdif, Hutson
PP2: Ovechkin, Wilson, Dubois, Leonard, Chychrun
scratched:
Miroshnichenko 63
Kampf 64
Liljegren 27
Chisholm 47
McIlrath 52
Rangers anticipated lines:
Perreault 94 - Zibanejad(A) 93 - Lafrenière 13
Cuylle 50 - Trochek(A) 16 - Sykora 38
Kartye 24 - Miller(C) 8 - Sheary 43
Brodzinski 22 - Laba 22 - Chmelar 49
Gavrikov 44 - Fox 23
Fortescue 45 - Schneider 4
Robertson 29 - Borgen 17
Shesterkin 31
Quick 32 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Brian Pochmara 16, Graedy Hamilton 41
James Tobias 61, Devin Berg 87
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-move-on-to-manhattan (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-move-on-to-manhattan)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x3771 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x3771)
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2026/04/51729/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-4-5-26/#WSHvsNYR (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2026/04/51729/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-4-5-26/#WSHvsNYR)
scoring summary
1st period:
Sheary from Kartye and Fox at :23
McMichael(12) from Wilson and Fehérváry at 13:45
2nd period:
Miller PPG from Zibanejad and Fox at 3:07
Cuylle from Schneider and Brodzinski at 5:53
Cuylle from Trochek and Gavrikov at 8:33
Sykora from Laba and Chmelar at 13:22
Fox PPG from Zibanejad and Miller at 18:27
3rd period:
Trochek unassisted at 2:27
Cuylle from Zibanejad and Lafrenière at 19:28
Caps lose 8-1
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Looks like same lines as yesterday, Lindgren in net.
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GOOOAAALLLL
MCMICHAEL
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PP time
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Game tied at 1 after one
Caps start the 2nd with 1:02 of PK
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Clumsy start. Pleasantly surprised to see McMike bury the breakaway! Sick puck handles from Hutson, bummer he couldn't pull the trigger.
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nother pp . .
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https://x.com/Capitals/status/2040940104965918877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2040940104965918877%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=
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https://x.com/Capitals/status/2040940104965918877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2040940104965918877%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url= (https://x.com/Capitals/status/2040940104965918877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2040940104965918877%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=)
I don’t know why that won’t post. I have the same issue.
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😪🤧🤢🤮
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PP time
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In the name of humanity someone make this stop. 😱
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womp womp.. That'll do it for me boss. Catch up Wednesday!
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maybe Lindy was not a good idea. Not his fault but damn what a clown show
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(https://i.postimg.cc/4351hmML/jim-carrey-frustrated.gif) (https://postimages.org/)
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Cuylle makes a high hit on Leonard, Chychrun takes exception.
Chychrun and Cuylle 5:00 each for fighting.
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Duhaime vs Kartye, 5:00 each, Duhaime extra 2:00
nother pk . . .
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Yeah this is a route. At least this win is messing up their draft spot.
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Caps down 6-1 after two
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nother pp . . .
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nother pk . . . .
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Lapierre vs Laba, 5:00 each
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Caps lose 8-1
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Chuck with like .600 save %. :rofl: At least it didn't matter cause 1 goal gets you zero wins about 99% of the time..
Whatever procedures they follow on road trips, needs to be studied, then burned.
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Apparently it snowed in NY last night, cause there was a snowman on the scoreboard
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They need to cut Lindgren loose and do better at backup goalie.
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Honestly not fair to play him there when he hasn't played in so long. He has never been my favorite, but he is hit or miss. He does get a shutout now and then - I believe he shut the Rags out earlier this year.
I do not think he is the best choice vs a team full of snipers (not saying NYR are, but). He plays too small in net for my liking and he ALWAYS goes down on his belly too early in this weird belly flop maneuver that leaves the top 1/3 of the net fully open.
Also, he didn't get any help. He was hit by a runaway train, and the Caps just kind of watched it happen.
Kind of sucks for him to be the guy at the wheel for the crash that ended their season though. I mean this game no more important than any other 1 game, but nah, it did end their season.