GDT: #44 ⋅ ANA @ WSH ⋅ 4:00 PM PST

[anezthes]

77 Vatrano ⋅ 16 Strome ⋅ 13 Fabbri
61 Gauthier ⋅ 23 McTavish ⋅ 20 Leason
17 Killorn ⋅ 91 Carlsson ⋅ 64 Colangelo
62 Nesterenko ⋅ 21 Lundeström ⋅ 38 Harkins

2 Lacombe ⋅ 7 Gudas
6 Dumoulin ⋅ 51 Zellweger
34 Mintyukov ⋅ 65 Trouba

1 Dostál

vs



8 Ovechkin ⋅ 80 Dubois ⋅ 21 Protas
24 McMichael ⋅ 17 Strome ⋅ 43 Wilson
16 Raddysh ⋅ 20 Eller ⋅ Frank
22 Duhaime ⋅ 26 Dowd ⋅ 88 Mangiapane

38 Sandin ⋅ 74 Carlson
6 Chychrun ⋅ 57 Van Riemsdyk
42 Fehervary ⋅ 3 Roy

48 Thompson
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Season Series

#1 ⋅ @ WSH ⋅ Jan 14
#2 ⋅ @ ANA ⋅ Mar 11

Last season: 4-5 L, 0-2 L


Team Leaders

P: 33 (Terry) vs 46 (Strome)
G: 14 (Terry) vs 20 (Ovechkin)
A: 19 (Terry) vs 34 (Strome)
GAA: 2.89 (Dostál) vs 2.32 (Thompson)
SV%: .910 (Dostál) vs .919 (Thompson)


Team Stats

GF/GP: 2.47 (#31) vs 3.63 (#2)
GA/GP: 3.12 (#20) vs 2.58 (#5)
PP: 13.0% (#31) vs 24.0% (#11)
PK: 72.7% (#28) vs 83.5% (#5)​

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[Zegs2sendhelp]

Think this is a winnable game….

Is it safe to assume terry and zegras won’t be back on their road trip

 

[LuGBuG]

Think this is a winnable game….

Is it safe to assume terry and zegras won’t be back on their road trip

For some reason Terry came off IR* in my fantasy leagues yesterday lol. Hopefully that means he’s back.

*Fantasy IR I know it was personal reasons

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Strome vs Strome. Carlsson vs Carlson. Trouba vs Wilson.
At what point does Terry plan to come back ? Seems a bit long compared to other players maternity leaves.

 

[HanSolo]

Strome vs Strome. Carlsson vs Carlson. Trouba vs Wilson.
At what point does Terry plan to come back ? Seems a bit long compared to other players maternity leaves.

Think something was said that while there's nothing life threatening, the baby had some problems and needs more care? No specifics obviously but I think that's why he hasn't rejoined the team to date. Could probably swing playing at home but the extended road trip is too much time away.

 

[ADHB]

Strome vs Strome. Carlsson vs Carlson. Trouba vs Wilson.
At what point does Terry plan to come back ? Seems a bit long compared to other players maternity leaves.

Ahlers said the baby came slightly early, so I imagine there is more hospital time than you’d otherwise expect.

 

[HanSolo]

I don't think this is winnable. Washington is on some secret sauce this year.

I don't care about the W/L or at least I won't be disappointed. Just, as usual, I want to see good effort and some sign that they're working on execution of fundamentals, puck battles, and offensive systems. And I really want to see Killorn and Leo separated. Even our fourth line has better chemistry with each other.

 

[All Mighty]

Terry is back

 

[freikugel]

You think they'd notice if we swapped Strome's?

 

[TheStuntman]

Ovechkin missed significant time this season and he still has 20 goals. Dude is the GOAT in goal scoring.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/anaheim-ducks/latest-news/ducks-must-get-leo-carlsson-going

Gotta say I agree with Cronin here:

“He’s got that Mike Modano look to him when he's skating through the neutral zone,” Cronin said. “He’s got to establish himself as a driver on a line. You can skate, but you've got to drive. Everything’s going to come through the middle of the ice, most of the time through the neutral zone.

“And then we've talked about it, driving inside ice, getting to the front of the net and stopping there. Get in the offensive zone and pulling pucks off the end wall and building momentum towards the net, okay. Once he gets more and more comfortable doing those things in the interior of the ice, I think his game's going to explode.”

Leo needs to keep the puck and challenge people with it, not make those dangerous high zone passes that he can’t seem to connect on.

 

[91Fedorov]

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/anaheim-ducks/latest-news/ducks-must-get-leo-carlsson-going

Gotta say I agree with Cronin here:


Leo needs to keep the puck and challenge people with it, not make those dangerous high zone passes that he can’t seem to connect on.

Even Cronin's references are out of date. There wasn't a player that plays in today's era, against modern defenses that he could have compared him to? Cronin needs to go.

 

[JAHV]

I rarely make good calls when it comes to signing free agents, but a few offseasons ago, I wanted to sign both Stromes. I thought Dylan was actually a better fit for our roster, but I thought both would be good.

If we had Dylan, clearly we'd have another Cup by now.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Even Cronin's references are out of date. There wasn't a player that plays in today's era, against modern defenses that he could have compared him to? Cronin needs to go.

Plus I hate Modano. Can’t he just stick with Sundin like the rest of us fogies?

 

[Terry Yake]

Ovechkin missed significant time this season and he still has 20 goals. Dude is the GOAT in goal scoring.

he's put everything he's got left in the tank towards breaking the record

 

[MCB]

You think they'd notice if we swapped Strome's?

Not until he'd play for them, by which time it will be too late and we have run away with Dylan.

 

[MMC]

 

[Bender66]

Last time i checked, WSH is like top 5 in GF/G ... this will not end well i think

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Last time i checked, WSH is like top 5 in GF/G ... this will not end well i think

Yet for some reason we only beat good teams lately.. Go figure

 

[MMC]

Ducks win 3-1

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Ahlers said the baby came slightly early, so I imagine there is more hospital time than you’d otherwise expect.

Ah that is perfectly understandable. I also now remember when Jiggy had to take a step back during the 2007 playoffs for similar reason and then Bryzgalov got his chance to shut the door on the Minnesota Wild.
Probably my favorite Russian that played for the Ducks. Mintyukov has a chance to overtake that.

You think they'd notice if we swapped Strome's?

Probably only until Washington sees the downgrade in production lol while the Ducks act like they didn't notice anything wrong lol.

 

[Arthuros]

Ah that is perfectly understandable. I also now remember when Jiggy had to take a step back during the 2007 playoffs for similar reason and then Bryzgalov got his chance to shut the door on the Minnesota Wild.
Probably my favorite Russian that played for the Ducks. Mintyukov has a chance to overtake that.

Probably only until Washington sees the downgrade in production lol while the Ducks act like they didn't notice anything wrong lol.

The jig is up once Strome whiffs on an empty net.

 

[Mr Rogers]

Caps games always get feisty. Hope we can be competitive with Terry back.

 

[duckaroosky]

Terry is back

That's awesome but family is way more important so he could've taken all the time he needed.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Gotta say I agree with Cronin here:
“And then we've talked about it, driving inside ice, getting to the front of the net and stopping there. Get in the offensive zone and pulling pucks off the end wall and building momentum towards the net, okay. Once he gets more and more comfortable doing those things in the interior of the ice, I think his game's going to explode.”

I remember something similar to this said to Terry by Eakins. Terry was too much a perimeter player with great handles, but couldn't produce offense. Then it finally clicked for Terry in 2021-22.

This year in transition, Strome knows to drop the puck for Terry. Then Strome and Vatrano know to crash the net to act as a screen for Terry's laser shot to either score or produce a rebound. Those shots by Terry are usually in the middle of the ice.