GDT G18 Golden Knights @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Nov 9, 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, ATTSN-RM

[ArJunaZ]

                                   

             

  Game 18              27-12-2-3 (PTS-W-L-OT)   Streak - W5
  Sat Nov 9, 2019      Las Vegas Golden Knights @ Washington Capitals
  Place:  Capital One Arena
  Time:  7:00 p.m. ET
  TV:  NBCSWA, ESPN+, ATTSN-RM
  Radio:  106.7 or 94.7 The Fan, Caps Radio 24/7
  NHL.COM for Live Box Score
  Last Game:  Thu Nov 7, 7:00 p.m. EST Capitals won in OT 5-4 against Panthers
  Next Game:  Mon Nov 11, 7:00 p.m. EST Coyotes @ Capitals

8-Ovechkin	19-Bäckström	77-Oshie
13-Vrana	92-Kuznetsov	43-Wilson
18-Stephenson	20-Eller	21-Hathaway
28-Leipsic	26-Dowd	72-Boyd

6-Kempny	74-Carlson
9-Orlov	33-Gudas
34-Siegenthaler	3-Jensen

70-Holtby (starter)

30-Samsonov

                                                   -- SCRATCH --         

78-Lewington

                                                   -- INJURED --         

14-Panik (LTIR - Upper Body)

62-Hagelin (upper body - day-to-day)

                                            -- 1st Powerplay Unit -- 

92-Kuznetsov

19-Bäckström

77-Oshie

8-Ovechkin

74-Carlson

                                           -- 2nd Powerplay Unit --         

13-Vrana

20-Eller

43-Wilson

8-Ovechkin/28-Leipsic

9-Orlov

  Referees:   Pierre Lambert (#37),    Garrett Rank (#7)
  Linesmen:   Shandor Alphonso (#52),    David Brisebois (#96)


                                           Golden Knights Projected Lines

                   81-Jonathan Marchessault -- 71-William Karlsson -- 19-Reilly Smith
                          67-Max Pacioretty -- 26-Paul Stastny -- 61-Mark Stone
                            73-Brandon Pirri -- 21-Cody Eakin -- 9-Cody Glass
                        28-William Carrier -- 10-Nicolas Roy -- 75-Ryan Reaves

                                           3-Brayden McNabb -- 88-Nate Schmidt
                                          14-Nicolas Hague -- 27-Shea Theodore
                                            15-Jon Merrill -- 22-Nick Holden

                                              29-Marc-Andre Fleury
                                              30-Malcolm Subban

                                    Scratches: 92-Tomáš Nosek, 5-Deryk Engelland
                                    Injured: 89-Alex Tuch (upper body)
                                    Suspended: 7-Valentin Zykov




1st Period
00:58  GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assists 9-Orlov & 13-Vrana   1-0 WSH
05:53  GOAL 43-Wilson, assist 13-VRana   2-0 WSH
08:57  Knights GOAL Pacioretty, unassisted   2-1 WSH

2nd Period
15:32  GOAL 34-Siegenthaker, assist 72-Boyd   3-1 WSH   FIRST NHL GOAL
17:27  Knights PP GOAL Smith, assists Marchessault & Eakin   3-2 WSH

3rd Period
11:30  PP GOAL 19-Bäckström, assists 74-Carlson & 92-Kuznetsov   4-2 WSH
19:14  EN GOAL 19-Bäckström, assists 77-Oshie & 74-Carlson   5-2 WSH

FINAL:     5-2 WSH



- Nic Dowd returns.

- Stephenson slots in for Hagelin who's out with upper body injury and is day-to-day.

- Tom Wilson and the team owe cheapshot Ryan Reaves payback for blindsiding Wilson the last time they played, which got Reaves ejected. Reaves notoriously began selling souvenir photos of the dirty hit.



- Nate Schmidt said he was working with the NHLPA and NHL to get Performance Enhancing Drugs testing standards changed. He still claims he was innocent when banned last year for 20 games after being accused of using PED. Note that knights' 7-Valentin Zykov was just banned for 20 games for same.

STREAMS:
http://bestnhl.com/nhl.php?feed=Home&id=69878703&game=2019020258
http://www.nhlstream.net/washington-capitals-live-stream/
(More streams can be found in the Sticky Game Streams Thread)

[Mickstix]

So, do we see a Wilson/Reaves bout tonight?? 

[ArJunaZ]

I know we deservedly ragged on 714-Carlson in the past, but I think he has earned a huge reprieve with his tremendous improvement and recent excellent play.  I would not lay the high goals against on him. I would much rather him contribute to the rush and be the offensive powerhouse he has become than worry about an opponent occasionally beating him. I've been watching other games in the league and a couple days ago I watched the Caps playing in the first round last year against the Canes. I was stunned at how slow the Caps looked last year, even when they won.  The differences we are seeing this year in speed and skill is quite amazing. Props to the entire team, including Rierden and his assistants.

Kempny is on a tear too. Shit! The whole team seems to be exploding in a great way.

[ArJunaZ]

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[ArJunaZ]

 

[Mickstix]

Where's Lil been?? Hope she's ok..

[DC_1908]

Comparing Carlson to Stevens??   Yeah, even today, in a fu contract drill, Stevens would DESTROY Carlson!!!
No way in any league with an age limit greater then 22 is Carlson better than Stevens

[ArJunaZ]

FIRST NHL GOAL

[Caps17201]

First NHL goal, awesome!

[ArJunaZ]

 

[Mickstix]

Wrong night to keep going to the box.. Special teams look like ass.

[ArJunaZ]

Backy with an unusual explosion of aggression.  Not smart.  Oshie overreacting too AFAIC.

[ArJunaZ]

[Caps17201]

I would not be surprised if there is a fight at the final horn.

[ArJunaZ]

I would not be surprised if there is a fight at the final horn.

I would be somewhat disappointed if there was not. 

[Caps17201]

Awesome!

[ArJunaZ]

[Caps17201]

Guess not, but another great win

[BlackIce]

And the team streak having a player with multiple goals continues, in sort of a strange way this time with Backstrom getting the ENG.