GDT #68 Caps vs Maple Leafs @ 7:30

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March 20 vs Maple Leafs at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:30
TV: TNT
Radio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7

Washington Capitals 33-25-9
PP% 19.8(20th) PK% 79.4(16th) Faceoff% 46.3(30th)
Toronto Maple Leafs 38-20-9
PP% 26.2(5th) PK% 77(24th) Faceoff% 54.2(2nd)

Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - McMichael 24 - Sgarbossa 23
Miroshnichenko 63 - Strome 17 - Wilson(A) 43
Pacioretty 67 - Lapierre 29 - Milano 15
Malenstyn 47 - Dowd 26 - Aubé-Kubel 96

Fehervary 42 - Carlson(A) 74
Sandin 38 - Jensen 3
Alexeyev 27 - van Riemsdyk 57

Lindgren 79

PP1: Ovechkin, Oshie, Strome, Lapierre, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, Pacioretty, Wilson, McMichael, Sandin

scratched:
Kuemper 35 - back up
Bear 25
Protas 21 - lower body - day to day
Oshie 77 - upper body - day to day

LTIR:
Backstrom 19 - hip - season

Leafs anticipated lines:
Bertuzzi 59 - Matthews 34 - Domi 11
Knies 23 - Tavares 91 - Nylander 88
McMann 74 - Kampf 64- Robertson 89
Dewar 24 - Holmberg 29 - Gregor 18

Reilly 44 - Brodie 78
Benoit 2 - McCabe 22
Edmundson 20 - Liljegren 37

Woll 60
Samsonov 35 - back up

tonight’s zebras:
Dan O’Rourke 9, Brandon Schrader 34
Scott Cherrey 50, Ryan Galloway 82

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-open-homestand-vs-leafs

scoring summary
1st period:
Matthews from Domi at :16
2nd period:
Nylander from Tavares and Knies at :56
Ovechkin(22) PPG from Carlson(36) and Wilson(15) at 9:57
Matthews from Domi and Liljegren at 12:59
McMichael(15) from Sandin(19) and  Miroshnichenko(2) at 13:34
McCabe from Domi and Matthews at 19:35
3rd period:
Ovechkin(23) from Strome(31) at 6:42
McMann from Nylander and Tavares at 7:58
Bertuzzi from Matthews and Domi at 8:36
Tavares PPG from Nylander and Matthews at 16:02

Caps lose 7-3

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Oshie didn’t practice this morning but is expected to play. If Oshie plays the lines will be the same as last game, Lindy in net.

[Mickstix]

Games on TNT. Late start. No pre-post game. AND it's Pride Night!     Can hardly wait. 

[Mickstix]

 
https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1770585319768793418

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yea, just heard Sgarbossa is in

[Mickstix]

Looks like same lines, just Sgarb for Osh and NAK for Proti.

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[Mickstix]

16 seconds in! 

[Surreylily]

Evening.   

[Mickstix]

Ovi hit the post. 


Evenin' Lil.

[Mickstix]

Playin pretty good. Buzzing. Not gonna matter if we let them get another one though. Gotta even it up.

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not bad, except for that opening shift

[Surreylily]

a sprightly first period.

[Surreylily]

Ovi looks up for this game.   
Might need to be a little carefull.  Dan O'Rourke is reffing.......

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[Surreylily]

Bugger.

[Rey Capalpatine]

This may turn ugly ?

[alta]

first pp of the game, better make something happen

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PP GOOOAAALLLL

OVECHKIN

[Surreylily]