GDT: ECQF: Game 1 - New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals, 3pm ET, ESPN, MSG

[WhereO Is Kakko]

Ovechkin is washed up. Guy barely moves his legs. At this point all he's there for is to stand in one spot on the PP and shoot when it comes to him.

If they can't bury this team then they don't deserve to win.

He hasn’t moved his legs in three seasons He’s even lazier than Kreider.

 

[Fitzy]

Hard to draw too many inferences from a period with so much special teams.

Has the feeling of a game where the first goal will open things up considerably.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

A little stiff, but we are a second and third period team all year

 

[LeetchisGod]

Rangers owned the puck that period. Good things will happen

Didn't really create many dangerous chances.

 

[Killem Dafoe]

Sonny Milano looks like a generative AI drawing of a hockey player from the 70's.

You owe me a new laptop after I just spit Dr Pepper all over this one.

 

[Machinehead]

The Caps had zero expected goals at 5v5. That was as entertaining as it looked.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

How anybody who was expecting a high flying first period after 5 days off and playing a low event team like Washington is beyond me. They had the better of the play for the first 20 minutes. Washington did nothing and barely spent any time in the O zone.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

ESPN break: Suban said the call on Trocheck was not a penalty. Said that Lapierre has to hold on to his stick. When Steve Levy asked Messier if he liked the Rempe call, Suban chimed I and said “soft” Messier said he didn’t like the call.

 

[haohmaru]

Hate to say this but very boring game so far

That's Capitals hockey. They are horrendous to watch.

 

[duhmetreE]

Ice looks terrible too. Puck jumping a lot

 

[WhereO Is Kakko]

A little stiff, but we are a second and third period team all year

(sounds like a plastic surgeon should check that out)

 

[will1066]

So much for the “refs will let everything go in the playoffs.”

Sutherland calling this one tighter than everyone’s puckered bum.

Not @Cmox. He's had his clenched for 5 hours

 

[SixGoalieSystem]

"Zabinejad"

 

[Mandar]

Didn't really create many dangerous chances.

True….but I’d rather have the puck all the time like that. Just a matter of time

 

[Daves a mess]

Kakko is skating very well.

Best news of the game so far.

We need this guy not to ghost.

 

[GENESISPuck94]

Slap shot the puck at refs in disguise as clearing it out of the zone. Get out of the way next time.

 

[huerter]

Stop forfeiting PPs by abandoning our base alignment. Thanks in advance.

 

[Daves a mess]

i am scared to death of second period.

4th one scares me the most. Always did.

 

[KOVALEV022473]

Reavo on an episode of Bar Rescue.

 

[WhereO Is Kakko]

Even strength stats - Rangers 87% Corsi, 100% scoring chances and 100% high dangers.

Why am I still nervous?

 

[will1066]

First period: a preposterous amount of penalties

 

[GENESISPuck94]

They need to come out flying in the 2nd period and overwhelm them with shots.

 

[DanielBrassard]

The question is going to be if the rangers can generate offense from around the net front. Caps are just going to stack the middle and take away the cross ice passes.

 

[ArPanet]

Charlie looks a little jumpy.

 

[WhereO Is Kakko]

Stop forfeiting PPs by abandoning our base alignment. Thanks in advance.

Kreider standing 2 yards off to the side of the net is kind of unhelpful.