GDT #37 Caps vs Hurricanes @ 7pm

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January 5 vs Hurricanes at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7

Washington Capitals 18-12-6
PP% 13.7(28th) PK% 81.1(12th) Faceoff% 46.7(28th)
Carolina Hurricanes 21-13-4
PP% 27.3(4th) PK% 83.1(8th) Faceoff% 51(12th)

Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Kuznetsov 92 - Wilson 43
Pacioretty 67 - Strome 17 - Lapierre 29
Protas 21 - McMichael 24 - Mantha 39
Malenstyn 47 - Dowd 26 - Aubé-Kubel 96

Fehervary 42 - Carlson(A) 74
Edmundson 6 - Bear 25
van Riemsdyk 57 - Jensen 3

Kuemper 35

PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Kuznetsov, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Bear

scratched:
Shepard 31 - backup
Alexeyev 27
Phillips 45
Sandin 38 - illness

IR:
Milano 15 - upper body
Oshie 77 - upper body
Lindgren 79 - upper body

LTIR:
Backstrom 19 - hip - season

Canes anticipated lines:
Svechnikov 37 - Aho 20 - Teravainen 86
Noesen 23 - Kotkaniemi 82 - Necas 88
Martinook 48 - Staal 11 - Jarvis 24
Bunting 58 - Drury 18 - Lemieux 28

Slavin 74 - Burns 8
Skjei 76 - Pesce 22
Orlov 7 - Chatfield 5

Kochetkov 52
Ranta 32 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Trevor Hanson 14, Brandon Blandina 39
Scott Cherrey 50, Kiel Murchison 79

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-clash-with-canes

scoring summary
1st period:
Dowd(5) from Aubé-Kubel(5) and Malenstyn(5) at 7:06
Strome(14) PPG from Ovechkin(17) and Carlson(19) at 16:29
2nd period:
Svechnikov from Aho at 5:17
3rd period:
Jarvis from Ponomarev and Orlov at 3:23
Svechnikov PPG from Aho and Burns at 12:41
Burns PPG from Svechnikov and Aho at 13:59
Orlov SHG EN unassisted at 18:11
Ponomarev from Kotkaniemi at 19:01

Caps lose 6-2

[Mickstix]

Oof, just noticed that Jensen and TVR make more money than any of our D guys, not named Carlson.   


Jensen 4.05 MILLION DOLLARS
TVR 3 MILLION FUCKING DOLLLLAAARS


 

[Surreylily]

Morning chaps
 

[Mickstix]

Evenin' Lil. 

[Surreylily]

 

[Mickstix]

If Im not mistaken, Orly looked a little emotional there after the salute.

[Surreylily]

Aaaawwwww.  That was a nice tribute to Orlov.     

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https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1743428631815147653

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oh, and..


GOOOAAAALLLL

DOWD

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If Im not mistaken, Orly looked a little emotional there after the salute.

he looked like he was about to unsnap his lid to wipe his face but left it on

[Mickstix]

he looked like he was about to unsnap his lid to wipe his face but left it on

He swiped the eyes as they cut to break too. lol

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PP GOOOAAALLLL

STROME

[Caps17201]

Another power play and a SCORE!

[Mickstix]

500 apples for Carly? Carlson-Ovi-STROMER!!

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Carlson finally gets his 500th assist

[Surreylily]

That was purdy.

 

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Alexa doesn’t look like she just spent several days in the Caribbean.

[Surreylily]

A couple of sloppy plays.  Decent first, overall.

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[Mickstix]

And so it begins..