Caps and Pens 7:30 PM

[Langway]

probably not a popular opinion, but this team was probably a massive fluke for the first 10 games or so... they're starting to resemble last years team.

They really need Chychrun back. Some nice play from Sandin lately but...uh...nothing much happening from the back-end most of the time.

Up front they've got to keep sharp or else, yeah, they'll fade. They're not so dynamic to think it's going to come easy.

 

[DWGie26]

Remember when we got Strome and everyone said he didn’t play defense?

 

[PlushMinus]

the hatas gonna be coming tonight!


Fever and Alexyev both bad tonight.

Alexeyev is not an NHL calibre player. I would prefer they just bring McIlrath back in

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Pulling the goalie….blar. Hardly ever works for this group.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Goalie pulled 3min left

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Big Pro….when he does that little chip past the defender is pretty much unstoppable below the goal line retrieving the puck.

 

[PlushMinus]

Ovie backchecking

Take that haters!

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Put Pro in front and shoot the puck

 

[mad4comp]

They really need Chychrun back. Some nice play from Sandin lately but...uh...nothing much happening from the back-end most of the time.

Up front they've got to keep sharp or else, yeah, they'll fade. They're not so dynamic to think it's going to come easy.

Yea true, but if you're depending on chychrun to be healthy to win games.. you're probably in for a world of hurt.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

OMG
I cant take Ovies long ass shifts. Get off the ice

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

OMG
I cant take Ovies long ass shifts. Get off the ice

He forgets he is old AF.

 

[McVechkin]

I don’t hate a lot of things carberry does.. but I hate that 3 min goalie pull. They just aren’t that strong of a possession team.. they didn’t win one battle and played too conservatively.

 

[mad4comp]

I don’t hate a lot of things carberry does.. but I hate that 3 min goalie pull. They just aren’t that strong of a possession team.. they didn’t win one battle and played too conservatively.

if they pull the goalie out with 1 min left, they wont even get the puck into the o-zone. it takes them at least 2-3 minutes to accomplish that feat.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

F’ing Boooooooo!

 

[BallardEra]

What a pathetic loss.

 

[Neil Racki]

Welp …

The better team tonight won

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

That’ll do it.

I don’t want to hear a thing about tomorrow being a scheduled loss. If the Pens can beat us rested…no excuses. Caps played like sh*t, so they should have plenty of energy.

 

[Langway]

We'll see how they respond...but quite an odor on this one.

 

[mad4comp]

we were told we got demolished by the canes because we played the previous night... while getting thoroughly dismantled by an old ass team playing b2b. Shameful. I know this will never happen, but OV's ice time needs to be cut waay down.. and taken off PP1.

 

[DWGie26]

We got our ass beat. Full stop! Hopefully we respond like Pens did after getting smacked in Carolina.

 

[usiel]

Caps had a ton of ten bell chances in this game sort of just chalk it up to a bit of puck luck. Though getting outplayed early in the third by a team that played the previous night does smell.

 

[twabby]

Rasmus "the Dreamboat" Sandin earns yet another game puck, this time with a goal at a 70% xG share. Big rebound season after last years disappointing campaign.

Honorable mention to Charlie Lindgren.

 

[DWGie26]

Caps had a ton of ten bell chances in this game sort of just chalk it up to a bit of puck luck. Though getting outplayed early in the third by a team that played the previous night does smell.

Both are true!

 

[stephenball]

Going to have some dud games, this was definitely one. They had their chances and didn’t cash in on them.

 

[DWGie26]

What were the fancies on Lapierre. Eye test was he lost the puck, fell, and had some turnovers, but also made some good plays. Feel like he can’t catch the game right now.