GDT#R1G5 Hurricanes @ Capitals 8:00pm Sat Apr 20, 2019 NBC, SN360, SN1, TVAS

[ArJunaZ]

               
                             
             

  Round 1 Game 5: Series - Tied 2-2
  Sat Apr 20, 2019      Carolina Hurricanes @ Washington Capitals
  Place:  Capital One Arena
  Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
  TV: NBC, SN360, SN1, TVAS
  Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Caps Radio 24/7
  NHL.COM for Live Box Score
  Last Game: Thu Apr 18 Capitals Lost 2-1 against Hurricanes
  Next Game: R1G6 Mon Apr 22 TBD p.m. Capitals @ Hurricanes

8-Ovechkin	19-Bäckström	43-Wilson
13-Vrana	92-Kuznetsov	62-Hagelin
65-Burakovsky	20-Eller	10-Connolly
18-Stephenson	26-Dowd	25-Smith-Pelly

34-Siegenthaler	74-Carlson
9-Orlov	2-Niskanen
44-Orpik	3-Jensen

70-Holtby (starter)

1-Copley

                                                      -- SCRATCH --         

23-Jaskin

72-Boyd

29-Djoos

30-Samsonov

                                               -- INJURED RESERVE --         

6-Kempny

77-Oshie (upper body)

                                            -- 1st Powerplay Unit -- 

92-Kuznetsov

19-Bäckström

43-Wilson

8-Ovechkin

74-Carlson

                                           -- 2nd Powerplay Unit --         

13-Vrana

20-Eller

10-Connolly

2-Niskanen

9-Orlov

  Referees:   Dan O’Rourke (#9),    Tim Peel (#20)
  Linesmen:   Brian Murphy (#93),    Michel Cormier (#76)



                                  Hurricanes LINEUP
     21-Nino Niederreiter -- 20-Sebastian Aho -- 86-Teuvo Teravainen
       13-Warren Foegele -- 11-Jordan Staal -- 14-Justin Williams
      23-Brock McGinn -- 71-Lucas Wallmark -- 8-Saku Maenalanen
          15-Aleksi Saarela-- 42-Greg McKegg -- 36-Patrick Brown

                      74-Jaccob Slavin -- 19-Dougie Hamilton
                          22-Brett Pesce -- 27-Justin Faulk
                    44-Calvin de Haan -- 57-Trevor van Riemsdyk
             
                                34-Petr Mrazek   (Starter)
                                35-Curtis McElhinney
             
         Scratched: 79-Micheal Ferland, 48-Jordan Martinook, 4-Haydn Fleury, 37-Andrei Svechnikov (GR8 KO)
         Injured: 64-Clark Bishop,





1st Period
07:33  PP GOAL 19-Bäckström, assists 74-CArlson & 43-Wilson   1-0 WSH

2nd Period
14:21  GOAL 19-Bäckström, assist 8=Ovechkin   2-0  WSH
16:11  GOAL 10-Conolly, assists 8-Ovechkin & 19-Bäckström   3-0

3rd Period
01:04  PP GOAL 43-Wilson, assists 92-Kuznetsov & 74-Carlson   4-0 WSH
08:57  Penalty Shot GOAL 26-Dowd, unassisted   5-0 WSH
10:14  PP GOAL 8-Ovechkin, assists 92-Kuznetsov & 19-Bäckström   6-0  WSH

FINAL:    6-0  WSH




By Peter Hassett April 20, 2019 10:30 am
Todd Reirden retools second line and swaps D pairs, Devante Smith-Pelly returns

Headline photo: @Capitals

The Washington Capitals have again changed their lines for Game Five against the Carolina Hurricanes, tonight at 8 PM in DC. Devante Smith-Pelly will make his return on the fourth line, and Carl Hagelin will try to fill the hole left by TJ Oshie’s injury.

Carl Hagelin basically takes Oshie’s spot, switching to the right side of Evgeny Kuznetsov for a very fast line. Living legend Devante Smith-Pelly will make his 2019 playoffs debut on the fourth line with Stephenson and Dowd.

Smith-Pelly skated one round with the team’s penalty-kill unit of the morning skate.

The defensive pairs are also changed, with 21-year-old Jonas Siegenthaler next to John Carlson and Nick Jensen with Brooks Orpik. Defensive pairings have been a bit inconsistent within games, so we’ll have to see if these stick.

Upon stepping onto the ice at MedStar Capitals Iceplex, Smith-Pelly was greeted warmly.

Head coach Reirden had already said Smith-Pelly would play in Game Five. “With the situation where, to get his game back to where it was last year around this time,” Reirden said of Smith-Pelly’s assignment to Hershey, “it was important for him to play a lot of minutes.” Smith-Pelly played 20 games with the Bears.

[Pavel095]

I have high  expectations for DSP tonight 
Let’s GO CAPS!

[Mickstix]

Throwing 34 straight to the fire! Be cool if the youngster shines!! 

[RavenCp]

Throwing 34 straight to the fire! Be cool if the youngster shines!! 

It looks very risky.

[alta]

So, the Nats game which started at 6pm, is on the alternate 99.1 tonight. Maybe one of my emails got through..

[ArJunaZ]

I can't believe that NBC stole another round 1 game from the local broadcaster.

[RavenCp]

I can't believe that NBC stole another round 1 game from the local broadcaster.

They probably afraid that there won't be another chance to show Caps this playoff season.

[Pavel095]

They probably afraid that there won't be another chance to show Caps this playoff season.

That’s a good one

[RavenCp]

We need Kuzy show up with 100%, 3 and 4 lines, too!

[RavenCp]

I wonder if DSP was on the list, why not to bing him up at the end of regular season to check him out?

[alta]

if this goes south, The 10 Comandments is on abc

[RavenCp]

if this goes south, The 10 Comandments is on abc

let's go north!

[alta]

what time is this thing supposed to start?

[RavenCp]

what time is this thing supposed to start?

I think in 5 min

[Pavel095]

It’s show time!

[apace41]

So, we get the Canes play by play guy doing the game. Should be great coverage.

[Mickstix]

8:23 eastern puck drop. 

[alta]

8:23 eastern puck drop. 

 

[RavenCp]

So, we get the Canes play by play guy doing the game. Should be great coverage.

Just win it!

[Pavel095]

8:23 eastern puck drop. 

That’s insane