Third Period Open Thread
A much better second period has the Caps tied heading into the third. The offense is still relying on the power play, but the Caps are just where they want to be: a coin flip away.
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Rob Parker
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Martin and Chimera – 2 minutes each at the end of 2P.
Nice guys finish first, but sometimes the season is awfully long.
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Dirtiest player who doesn’t have the rep. I don’t understand it.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
How did Malkin not get unsportsmanlike or anything for tripping Alzner headfirst into boards after the whistle?
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by sickleandhammer on Jan 22, 2012 2:22 PM EST reply actions
Which is crap, obviously.
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NBC sucks donkey ********.
Unsportsmanlike can be called anytime and includes: “Any player who is guilty of unsportsmanlike conduct including, but not limited to hair-pulling, biting, grabbing hold of a face mask, etc. If warranted, and specifically when injury results, the referee may apply”
http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26486
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by sickleandhammer on Jan 22, 2012 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
Mute – Milbury about to comment on Ovi.
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by Backeez Got Back on Jan 22, 2012 2:22 PM EST reply actions
He wasn’t negative. Reasonably positive actually.
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Sorry I didn’t hear it. Fingers in my ears and all that.
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by Backeez Got Back on Jan 22, 2012 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t care what he blabbers about I always mute Assbury, I mean Millbury. This whole NBC announcing crew is pathetic.
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by sickleandhammer on Jan 22, 2012 2:30 PM EST up reply actions
That Lidstrom/Perry commercial makes no sense. None.
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I just still don’t understand where Corey Perry and Nicklas Lidstrom would be going that would require them to share a car,
If wishes were horses, we'd all be eating steak.
by Hang a Laingtern on Your Problems on Jan 22, 2012 2:27 PM EST reply actions
Slava Malamud
Mike Milbury has just suffered an upper-body injury trying to praise Ovechkin. NBC says out indefinitely #HeadExplosion
by icehammer97 on Jan 22, 2012 2:27 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Just re-watched the Brouwer-Kennedy scrap. Why does McGuire cream himself over TKennedy every time he steps on the ice?
Cross check and all call.
If that 2nd period Caps team shows up here we win this game. But if the 1st period Caps take the ice . . . .
ABSOLUTELY! (Hindsight is everything here)
by creasemonkey on Jan 22, 2012 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
15 jumped right off for 85. Must have been a face-off thing.
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Yea that was awesome
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by sickleandhammer on Jan 22, 2012 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
Ovi!
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by Backeez Got Back on Jan 22, 2012 2:32 PM EST reply actions
Ovi!!
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Jan 22, 2012 2:32 PM EST via mobile reply actions
FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. FUCKING BEAUTIFUL.
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Meant to post this during intermission, but found it interesting that news on twitter is that
the Penguins hired fDon Waddell as a pro scout.
Interesting. Wonder what his draft history overall was like in ATL.
I was trained to mix concrete and sign complicated insurance forms.
Pro scout not amateur scout, but his history of signings and trades isn’t the greatest from what I recall.
It’s definitely a coin flip. Unless the Caps start demonstrating some good 5 on 5 play and getting an even strength goal.
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by Christoph J on Jan 22, 2012 2:33 PM EST via mobile reply actions
A little late, but yeah I did!
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by Christoph J on Jan 22, 2012 2:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Well, Ovi and Semin just gave me some reason to hope. Nice!
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by Christoph J on Jan 22, 2012 2:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
whoops - Fleury
#OvieIsMyBroski WWWYKI
by PureAgression on Jan 22, 2012 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
For the talk about Ovie’s hit to the head I have now seen at least 2 Pens hit Caps in the head, one just called a 2 one not called so Pens fans better not be bitching.
Here’s a bet I would have lost -
This is Ovechkin’s first three-point game all year (courtesy @Adam_KOL)
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I feel like Neuvy and Vokoun have played much better of late than their GAA’s indicate. A lot to do with the guys in front of them.
Shaky, even.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Correct. Sorry you’re at work.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
By my count, that tip is the Caps’ 17th shot.
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My buddy is in Row 6 on the 30 yard line at Gillete Stadium. I hope the Pats lose and that my buddy gets violated by Vince Wilfork in his wrath.
It was a great shot by Neal.
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by Christoph J on Jan 22, 2012 2:44 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
What the fucking fuck.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Jan 22, 2012 2:42 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Schultz had a period of time where he was screening his goalie two seasons ago. He learned to drop to a knee at key times blocking directly in front of the goal.
Easy to get back up again and mobility not greatly hampered. Not sure if applicable in this particular case but Carlson’s been screening a little recently.
No, I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande
Beast Mode Malkin. Shcheisse …
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by Christoph J on Jan 22, 2012 2:44 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Surprised Pierre didn’t just lean over an kiss Malkin there.
by icehammer97 on Jan 22, 2012 2:44 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I think Pierre’s tongue just tickled Malkin’s prostate. That’s certainly what it looked and sounded like.
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Really pains me to say, but that was a great play by Malkin. Honestly, I can’t say Ovechkin would have gotten up like that to go corral the puck and send it back in.
It was a great play. Crazy how he took four Caps with him.
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Yep. It’s a coin flip.
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by Christoph J on Jan 22, 2012 2:45 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Another 5 on 5 even strength GA. Frustrating.
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by Christoph J on Jan 22, 2012 2:48 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
If getting thrown out of the dot padded your totals, Halpy would be aces.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 22, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
I home my parents are ok. I just ignored their call to watch the rest of the game.
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That can wait.
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Now how does the official staring right at the play not call that?
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It’s going to be hard to pull this one out before regulation. It has an OT feel to it from the Caps.
Caps down in shots, but not as bad as usual. 21-19.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
We’re one away from 20. Are you saying there’s a chance?
by Rather Bengt on Jan 22, 2012 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
Not on that last Pitt goal.
You had me at Ovechkin.
by norcalcapsfan on Jan 22, 2012 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
we are in agreement :)
You had me at Ovechkin.
by norcalcapsfan on Jan 22, 2012 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
Why are people calling me? The Capitals and Penguins are playing. Screw them all.
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Doc Emrick could make a 6-0 blow out exciting.
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Yeah. Can’t listen to Mishkin.
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UFf nice save
What doesnt kill you makes you stronger.
by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 22, 2012 3:02 PM EST via mobile reply actions
A point!
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by Backeez Got Back on Jan 22, 2012 3:05 PM EST reply actions
I got Laich.
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Fudge. Have a good day folks.
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Noticed Hammer was on Malkin out high then went away from him as he went back low. Three goals were in major part due to him today. His worst game under Hunter.
Wost in a series of bad games.
You had me at Ovechkin.
by norcalcapsfan on Jan 22, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
Once I saw Hamr float away from Malkin I knew it was going in.
by dimpledballs on Jan 22, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
I’m pissed Malkin won it, but I’m not mad at the 2nd & 3rd period Caps. A point against the hot Pens on the road with no Swedish centers is something I can live with.
Kind of this, especially after the first period. Which if they had shown up for, they probably would have won this game. In regulation.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Oh well, a point regardless of having Neuvy on net, I say , it’s ok.
What doesnt kill you makes you stronger.
by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 22, 2012 3:11 PM EST via mobile reply actions
A good game. A loss that’s tough but doesn’t have me screaming. brouwer almost had it!
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by caps&skins on Jan 22, 2012 3:14 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Hamrlik’s play on the GWG was atrocious. That was peewee hockey; got caught following the puck in the D zone and left Malkin alone. Sure, let’s just leave the leading scorer in the league alone around the net.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 22, 2012 3:15 PM EST reply actions
Channeling Carl from 5 for Howling, worth bringing up that Schultz (when matched up against him) eats Malkin for breakfast? No? OK then.
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Caps/Pens ends with a Pens goal from a weird bounce/angle, though to be fair, we’ve seen much worse.
Par for the course either way.
Let’s just hope the ‘losing in the regular season, but winning in the playoffs’ holds true for the Caps like it has for the Pens the last few years.
Just kidding. It’s the Caps.
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