GDT #57 Caps vs Panthers @ 7pm

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February 16 vs Panthers at Capital One Arena 
Time: 7:00
TV: NBCSW+
Radio: 106.7 FM

Washington Capitals 28-22-6
PP% 19.9(21st)  PK% 81.2(8th)  Faceoff% 49.7(19th)
Florida Panthers 27-24-6
PP% 22.1(15th)  PK% 75.6(25th)  Faceoff% 48.6(22nd)

Caps anticipated lines:
Mantha 39 - Kuznetsov 92 - Sheary 73
Milano 15 - Backstrom(A) 19 - Johansson 90
Snively 91 - Strome 17 - Oshie(A) 77
Aubé-Kubel 96 - Eller 20 - Hathaway 21

Gustafsson 56 - van Riemsdyk 57
Orlov(A) 9 - Jensen 3
Fehervary 42 - McIlrath 25

Kuemper 35

PP1: Backstrom, Oshie, Strome, Johansson, Gustafsson
PP2: Kuznetsov, Sheary, Mantha, Milano, Orlov

scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Protas 59
Alexeyev 27
Irwin 52 

IR/LTIR:
Dowd 26 - lower body
Brown 28 - knee
Wilson 43 - leg
Hagelin 62 - hip
Carlson 74 - face

Panthers anticipated lines:
Lundell 15 - Barkov(C) 16 - Reinhart 13
Verhaeghe 23 - Luostarinen 27 - Tkachuk(A) 19
Lomberg 94 - E Staal 12 - Cousins 21
Denisenko 14 - White 6 - Smith 54

Forsling 42 - Ekblad(A) 5
M Staal 18 - Montour 62
Mahura 28 - Gudas 7

Bobrovsky 72
Knight 30 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Brian Pochmara 16, Carter Sandlak 47
Libor Suchanek 60, Matt MacPherson 83

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-conclude-homestand-vs-cats/c-341101600

scoring summary
1st period:
Forsling from Luostarinen and Verhaeghe at 9:10
2nd period:
M Staal from Montour and Verhaeghe at 1:32
White from Lundell at 7:20
Strome(12) from Oshie(8 at 15:51
Barkov from Smith at 17:03
3rd period:
Backstrom(3) PPG from Gustafsson(25) at 13:04
Kuznetsov(9) PPG from Oshie(9) and Gustafsson(26) at 17:28
Lundell ENG unassisted at 18:39
Reinhart ENG from Lundell at 19:45

Caps lose 6-3

[Mickstix]

Maybe Mcllrath gets in a fight or something? Not sure what else there will be to watch.


Lines:
Mantha or Sheary can't finish Kuzy feeds
Nicky too slow to keep up with Milano or Mojo
Oshie too slow to keep up with Snively or Strome
Eller can't setup NAK or Hathy


Lavi gonna spread out the lines, "for consistency"! 

[Mickstix]

40 seconds of zone time my ass. It might of been in their zone 40 seconds, but we certainly didn't have control of it.

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and in contrast. Cats PP was setup in our zone probably 1:45. 2 5v5 shifts later, 0-1. 

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2 PP's and 6 total SOG for the 1st period. And at last count, 287 passes! 


Thankfully the 150's are on from Daytona. This one's gonna be a DVR game me thinks.

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Whoopsie!
Bit late....
Morning chaps.   

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Uh oh.

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Down 2, there was still hope.  3 - zip, not so much.

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this squad has come back from 3 down before

 

[Surreylily]

They have and they're having a bit of a go, the backside of the second period, I just dont think it'll be enough.     

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GOOOAAALLLL

STROME

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Whoooo Hooo.

Well that's a start, anyways!   

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Can't ever remember seeing Oshie that upset.

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  Why do the Cats have Star Wars night on March 2nd???
Surely it's on May 4th!   

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Why do the Cats have Star Wars night on March 2nd???
Surely it's on May 4th!   

because there is a very good chance this team will be playing golf on May 4

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2 PP's and 6 total SOG for the 1st period. And at last count, 287 passes! 


Thankfully the 150's are on from Daytona. This one's gonna be a DVR game me thinks.

wait, what happened to the dual 125s