GDT: Prez match up Caps @ Jets

[notDkristich]

Ovi goal and a point is fine for me

i think that thought is inline with the coaching staff at this point of the season. we are in the playoffs. be competitive, but at the end push for OV

 

[Fred22406Capsfan]

Would appreciate a birthday W, boys!

Well, didn't get the 2 but an Ovi goal and a point. Knob Creek has me mellow enough to say it's good. Especially with Carolina losing in regulation so we cement our Eastern lead and didn't give up the top seed (home ice) chase. G'night all! On to MN.

 

[Langway]

Shout out to Lars Eller for not being on the ice for a single Corsi/Fenwick event against in 8:54 of 5v5 TOI. Probably should have found more time for that line, esp. with Dowd's struggling a bit.

 

[SherVaughn30]

OV goal, his goal stole a point, keeps Jets in the PT race with us. I'm very superstitious, so I want the Jet's to win the PT. The odds are very much against the PT winner winning the Cup. Tie game, Jets got the xtra point in the 3 on 3 skills competition. Very positive for the Caps to go 2 for 2 on the PK against the leagues #1 PP. 1st goal on LT looked like he was distracted on that long slapshot. 2nd/3rd goals from the Jets are challenging shots to stop for any goalie especially on the glove-side having to laterally come across like that. From my perspective, both times the Jets couldn't put us away in regulation. Having scored the OT winner twice against us doesn't show to me that the Jets were the better team than us. 3 on 3 is a regular season part of the game to give a team an opportunity to get the 2nd point, but it does not equate to playoff OT. PP is the only thing negative for the Caps tonight.

 

[Mr Nogatco]

I'm very superstitious, so I want the Jet's to win the PT. The odds are very much against the PT winner winning the Cup.

the SC odds are even worse for the team that finishes 2nd overall though..

 

[SherVaughn30]

the SC odds are even worse for the team that finishes 2nd overall though..

Not for the Caps because we already have won the PT 3 times and it got us nowhere.

 

[TRASHCAT]

Well if we win it all with the pt maybe it'll redeem those other 3 teams a little

 

[Corby78]

Disappointed but not upset. I would always rather win. But good game, felt we were the better team most of the game. We kept their skill in check most the time. Hit a post and then the other way, basically a coin flip. Ovie goal feels good.

Also I want the PT. Another feather and I think the curse is overblown. The odds of winning the cup aren’t great from any seed, give me home ice.

 

[mad4comp]

Not for the Caps because we already have won the PT 3 times and it got us nowhere.

Not true.. the last time we won the PT, we won the SC the next year. Im pretty sure Tampa / Avs / Panthers did the same shortly after as well. (the panthers went to two SC's after their PT year, losing 1 and winning 1)... So technically winning the PT is a good omen for what the future holds.

 

[Corby78]

Not for the Caps because we already have won the PT 3 times and it got us nowhere.

Aren’t you a “tanking is for losers” guy? But you don’t want them to win the PT because superstition??

 

[RedRocking]

the SC odds are even worse for the team that finishes 2nd overall though..

Yea, the actual stats don’t bear out the supposed curse. IIRC in the 40 years it’s existed, the PT winner still has the best odds to win the SC.

It’s not crucial, but I think it would be a cool accomplishment in their 50th year. And maybe 895 on top of that - historic season in many ways.

The main thing worrying me rn is the PP. I get they want to feed Ovi, but they can’t go into the playoffs like this.

 

[Roshi]

OV goal, his goal stole a point, keeps Jets in the PT race with us. I'm very superstitious, so I want the Jet's to win the PT. The odds are very much against the PT winner winning the Cup. Tie game, Jets got the xtra point in the 3 on 3 skills competition. Very positive for the Caps to go 2 for 2 on the PK against the leagues #1 PP. 1st goal on LT looked like he was distracted on that long slapshot. 2nd/3rd goals from the Jets are challenging shots to stop for any goalie especially on the glove-side having to laterally come across like that. From my perspective, both times the Jets couldn't put us away in regulation. Having scored the OT winner twice against us doesn't show to me that the Jets were the better team than us. 3 on 3 is a regular season part of the game to give a team an opportunity to get the 2nd point, but it does not equate to playoff OT. PP is the only thing negative for the Caps tonight.

I get the superstitious thing. But what are the odds for 2nd seed to win the Stanley Cup? Asking because dont know, just would guess that it is basically pretty much the same.

We had a pretty good game, I think. Jets tried to goon it up a bit and show us playoff-hockey, and its nice to see we dont blink at that. Business as usual.

Edit. should have read a bit further, the 2nd seed was already brought up. But yeah, we have zero cups when we win PT, and zero when we come in 2nd. I guess we should really aim for 8th seed in the league. On positive side, we have one cup after winning Metro. And one cup And one cup when finishing 100+ pts. And one when we rank over Pens. So there is alot going for us too!

 

[ovikovy817]

Ovi goal against the Trashers, what's new?

He has another NHL record. Most goals against 1 franchise.

Ovi has 57 goals against ATL/WPG
Corsby has 56 goals against PHI

PIT and PHI were always in the same division during Crosby's time not the case with WSH and ATL/WPG.

 

[895]

I still want the PT.

Protas is the best player on this team. He makes things happen.

betting markets currently give Ovechkin 57% chance to hit 895 this season. 6 goals in 11 games is very doable but I think Ovie needs a multi goal game soon to put me at ease.