GDT #49 Caps at Golden Knights @ 10pm

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January 21 vs Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena
Time: 10:00
TV: NBCSW/NBCSW+
Radio: 106.7 FM

Washington Capitals 25-17-6
PP% 21(18th)  PK% 81.5(9th)  Faceoff% 49.9(17th)   
Las Vegas Golden Knights 28-16-2
PP% 24.8(8th)  PK% 78.5(16th)  Faceoff% 52.6(7th)

Caps anticipated lines:
Mantha 39 - Strome 17 - Aubé-Kubel 96
Milano 15 - Backstrom 19(A) - Wilson 43(A)
Sheary 73 - Eller 20 - Oshie(A) 77
Johansson 90 - Kuznetsov 92 - Hathaway 21

Gustafsson 56 - van Riemsdyk 57
Orlov 9 - Jensen 3
Alexeyev 27 - Fehervary 42

Kuemper 35

PP1: Oshie, Backstrom, Johansson, Gustafsson
PP2: Wilson, Strome, Kuznetsov, Jensen, Orlov

scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Protas 59
Irwin 52
Ovechkin 8 - lower body - day to day

IR/LTIR:
Dowd 26 - lower body
Brown 28 - knee
Hagelin 62 - hip
Carlson 74 - face/ear

Golden Knights anticipated lines:
Stephenson 20 - Eichel 9 - Amadio 22
Smith 19 - Karlsson 71 - Marchessault 81
Cotter 43 - Roy 10 - Kolesar 55
Rondbjerg 46 - Froese 51 - Kessel 8

Hague 14 - Pietrangelo 7
McNabb 3 - Korczak 6
Martinez 23 - Hutton 17

Thompson 36
Hill 33

tonight’s zebras:
Chris Rooney 5, Justin St Pierre 12
Trent Knorr 74, Kilian McNamara 93

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-visit-vegas/c-340226298

scoring summary
1st period:
Martinez from Stephenson and Pietrangelo at 2:17
Roy from Marchessault and Martinez at 7:36
2nd period:
Amadio from Stephenson at 2:15
Froese from Rondbjerg and Pietrangelo at 12:04
Cotter from Roy at 13:38
Oshie(10) from Gustafsson(20) and Strome(24) at 18:20
3rd period:
Cotter from Roy and Kolesar at 3:59
Johansson(12) from van Riemsdyk(8 and Kuznetsov(34) at 10:41

Caps lose 6-2

[richkrt99]

I might actually catch a game in real time for a change.


Might


Maybe


What happened to Ovi?

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OV is a scratch, lower body and day to day at this point. He did seem a bit slow to me in Phoenix

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[Mickstix]

Pretty cool when you see a team finish chances. Bummer it's not ours.

[Mickstix]

Oh well, hope they pull something together. I'll check it later on dvr. They're just not good enough to stay up all night watching. 

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Not a good start, but the Caps are capable of making a game of it.

[richkrt99]

WTF 
I tuned in To my recording and NBCSN has the wizards postgame and then tunes into the Caps game already in progress?  Not that I missed anything except Vegas two goals and half the 1st period
I miss Home Team Sports

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Kuemper out, Lindgren in with about 8 minutes left in the 2nd

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GOOOAAALLLL

OSHIE

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there goes the shutout

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stinker of a game

[Mickstix]

When they're flat, they're flat! Even with a couple 4 goal output wins, in the last 7 games since everyone's return, they're still only averaging like 2.4 G a game.


That'll take care of a playoff spot in a hurry if it keeps up. Especially when the D sucks too.

[waynerivers]

They brought back the tired veterans, messed the lines all up, killed all the momentum they'd built over that good stretch and now can't figure out why they can only beat bottom feeders.  I'd say the playoffs are very much in doubt again.

[richkrt99]

Oh you "the sky is falling" types.


Playoffs....no problem.  Just wait for the annual total shit show let down this team suffers every year after the all star break.  THEN, you can start to worry - when we actually fall about 10pts out of the race.


Caps currently clinging to top wild card spot and 4th place in the Metro.
Shittsburgh trails by two points but they do have THREE games in hand.  They play FLA tomorrow and then the Caps Thursday, so we will see by Thursday if we feel the tell-tale testicle tracks tickle across our backs as the Hens leap frog us in the standings.
For sure my adjective use here will emit a response from the resident Redneck


We've been spoiled with literally years of pretty damn good regular season team play resulting in almost certain playoff appearances on an annual basis.  Sadly, I think the lean years may be upon us.  I'm not giving up hope, but we are just not a really strong team and it's only going to get worse in the next few years me thinks.


Go Caps

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well that was an unwanted visual