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Non-Recap Recap: Caps 3, Habs 0

MONTREAL, CANADA - FEBRUARY 4:  Dennis Wideman #6 of the Washington Capitals celebrates his first period goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the NHL game at the Bell Centre on February 4, 2012 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  (Photo by Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images)

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A big road win for the good guys... but no recap. Hash out what went right and what went wrong in the comments.

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Was it just me, or were the Caps, and namely Sasha as one who sticks out big-time in my mind, trying to be way too cute and fancy in the offensive zone? I like what the line of Semin-Laich-Hendricks did on Hendricks’ goal, though. Get it to the net and good things happen. Who’d have thunk it?

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by capsfan4life on Feb 4, 2012 4:45 PM EST reply actions  

Led the team in cute turnovers at the blue line/60

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by Edanger6 on Feb 4, 2012 5:41 PM EST up reply actions  

What went wrong? Montreal (possibly) broke the nose of a Russian on our roster. That shit never works.

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by Bald Pollack on Feb 4, 2012 4:45 PM EST reply actions  

Yep, it’s like a good luck charm.

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by boutros23 on Feb 4, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Where were Orlov’s goals? Slacker.

"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 gfcaps fan on Feb 4, 2012 4:50 PM EST up reply actions  

Good thing the nose bone isn’t connected to the hip bone.

by Rather Bengt on Feb 4, 2012 5:19 PM EST up reply actions  

It is in Mike Green.

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by Bman21212 on Feb 4, 2012 5:56 PM EST up reply actions  

http://www.didgomezscore.com/ with a new header. Second line stays the same.

by brooksengr on Feb 4, 2012 4:51 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

Hahaha.

"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 gfcaps fan on Feb 4, 2012 4:52 PM EST up reply actions  

So simple, so effective. Love it.

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by boutros23 on Feb 4, 2012 4:53 PM EST up reply actions  

Even a caveman can do ti?

"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 gfcaps fan on Feb 4, 2012 4:53 PM EST up reply actions  

I do like the money counter as well.

by Rather Bengt on Feb 4, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions  

The salary counter is a nice touch also.

by Rather Bengt on Feb 4, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Still not impressed with their breakouts or the way they clear the zone. When they are hemmed in, they just clear it out like a PK instead of a controlled play. Thats not going to work over the long haul.

by feeya7 on Feb 4, 2012 4:53 PM EST reply actions  

I thought it was a problem, but not as much as it could have been. After all, MTL isn’t that good.
Caps had some good time in MTL zone in the short time I saw it too.
Caps looked to be in slow motion now and again as well, but I only saw the last period.

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by caps&skins on Feb 4, 2012 5:06 PM EST up reply actions  

Why is it, only D-Wides pic seems like he’s happy to be there.

Bruce Boudreau when asked about Brooks Laich's return to the lineup, he said: "He just adds another dimension to our team. If it was puzzle, he just fits that thing. He completes us."

Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.

by breaklance on Feb 5, 2012 12:16 AM EST up reply actions  

Because Semin is enigmatic, and because Vokoun realizes who his agent is…

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 5, 2012 9:55 AM EST up reply actions  

I finally got to see a game on tv that ended with a win. Happiness.

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by caps&skins on Feb 4, 2012 5:03 PM EST reply actions  

26-21-20

Loving the reliability and hard work from this line

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by JediChewbacca on Feb 4, 2012 5:03 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions  

I’ve been pleased with Brouwer lately.

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by boutros23 on Feb 4, 2012 5:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Brouwer has done well lately, even though that line became the 26-21-28 line by the time third period rolled around (and sooner I think.)

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by CapsFan75 on Feb 4, 2012 7:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Crap, bullet form fail.

Also, the recap thing isn’t as easy as y’all make it look.

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by fat_daddyo on Feb 4, 2012 5:04 PM EST up reply actions  

Nice work on the acrostic, though.

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by boutros23 on Feb 4, 2012 5:05 PM EST up reply actions  

Ha. Great work… you available tomorrow afternoon?

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by J.P. on Feb 4, 2012 5:07 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions  

Thanks…I doubt you’d ever let your standards slip that far, but I appreciate the kind words.

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by fat_daddyo on Feb 4, 2012 5:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Solid

Cross check and all call.

by bigonetimer on Feb 4, 2012 5:11 PM EST up reply actions  

Don’t exclude Alzner from that either, yeesh.

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by Bald Pollack on Feb 4, 2012 5:14 PM EST up reply actions  

As far as substance goes, that post sucks. I had to torque a bunch of stuff around to make it fit in the acrostic.

Anyway, yes, I agree, the whole team, including Alzner, looked pretty damned bad when it came to clearing the zone. And it started early. Right off the opening draw Wideman (I think it was him) fumbled the puck right to a forechecking Hab. I call that the Erskine Special, but the whole team was prey to it today.

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by fat_daddyo on Feb 4, 2012 5:21 PM EST up reply actions  

I tuned in for the last ten minutes of the second, most of which was spent in the Caps’ zone culminating in the lazy behind the net passing between Alzner and Carlson that ended with a horrible turnover in the high slot. Against another team that turnover would have ended in the Caps’ net. So for the third I returned to cleaning my house. I’m happy they won, but that ten minutes was emblematic of how miserable it is to watch the Caps right now. I preferred to clean.

Ovechkin on how he can help the team: "Score MOAR goals."

by capsyoungguns on Feb 4, 2012 5:37 PM EST up reply actions  

A truly sad commentary — if you’d rather clean than watch the game. I initially thought I wouldn’t watch the game, figuring I’d go ice skating or go upstairs and read a book but decided to watch anyway. The second period did have me nervous. I still continued to watch anyhow but relaxed a bit after their 2nd goal.

Still, helps that they were playing lousy Montreal who were letting their frustration getting ahead of them.

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by CapsFan75 on Feb 4, 2012 8:03 PM EST up reply actions  

The fumble away was 27. Thought “here we go”. Great post dude.

by ralCapsFan on Feb 4, 2012 8:17 PM EST up reply actions  

*Nice of the Habs to forgo cashing in on the (many) D-zone turnovers the Caps handed them.

*Carlson, for a change, was not the most egregious offender in this regard, as many of his teammates joined the happy throng. Wideman, Aucoin, Hamrlik, Hendricks and Halpern all coughed it up in bad fashion. A better offensive team will make the Caps pay for that habit.

I’m almost positive the Habs use a trap style, similar to that of the caps, that leaves a winger free in the zone to exclusively dive into passing lanes. montreal builds off of those turnovers with very fast transition and a very fast team in general. definitely coulda seen the caps turning the puck over quite a few times. ..impressed that the team didnt let any in the net tho.

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by kingzman264 on Feb 4, 2012 5:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Semin – determined not to be trade bait with his desultory play. No one gonna want him.

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by hotdog88gt on Feb 4, 2012 7:50 PM EST up reply actions  

But hey, when you need a goal up by two with 8 minutes left, Semin is there for you.

It isn’t even anger-inducing. It does not seem to be worth that kind of emotional investment. It might not even be disappointing any more. It is expected.

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by macvechkin on Feb 5, 2012 1:06 AM EST up reply actions  

you really thought they got outchanced? maybe my perception was skewed because we had like three chances early, then got a lead and never felt we were in jeopardy. also might have missed some things with sloppy dvr fast forwarding.

by Dave Bizzle on Feb 4, 2012 5:22 PM EST reply actions  

Caps back in 8th. Until at least tonight. Root for Ottawa 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."

by gfcaps fan on Feb 4, 2012 5:25 PM EST reply actions  

In other stats, for as bad as everyone says the East is, Caps have 58 points. 8th place team in the West is Minnesota – with 57 points (same number of games played).

The bottom three teams in the league are in the West.

Think the SE is bad? Boston is feeding on the NE. So are the Caps.

"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 gfcaps fan on Feb 4, 2012 5:30 PM EST up reply actions  

And the SE is feeding on the Bs.

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by boutros23 on Feb 4, 2012 5:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Especially the boys down in Carolina. Note well: guess what team had upset the high flying Bruins during the 2009 playoffs. Yup, you guessed it, Carolina.

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by CapsFan75 on Feb 4, 2012 7:42 PM EST up reply actions  

Alright guys, I have a legitimate question… In regards to this Fenwick/Corsi graph, how does one get a complete read or gauge on this? I read the post that JP made in 2009 and what I got from it is that it kind of relates to the regular +/-… But in terms of this game Carlson had a -11 and Vokoun had a -23, now I would assume thats some shit stats but they won the game. All I’m really asking here is for someone to tell me that I’m reading it right, or at least kind of, and if I’m not can someone give me the complete layman’s terms as to how to read this? Sorry if this is ridiculous but I’m a little mind-fucked at the moment.

by RossingtonCollins on Feb 4, 2012 5:50 PM EST reply actions  

You’re reading it right. Make sure to also look at the zone starts and head to head. It’s harder to have a good Corsi when you face good players, start in your own zone, and when your team leads the entire game.

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by red army line on Feb 4, 2012 6:18 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

CORSI source

This site here should give you a solid overview of the CORSI-ish side of things: http://www.behindthenet.ca/nhl_statistics.php?ds=30&f1=2011_s&f2=5v5&f5=WSH&f7=20-&c=3+4+7+8+10+13+15+17+18+19+29+30+31+34+45+46+63+67#

> all Corsi represents is the relative shots for team vs shots against while a player is on the ice, so it’s got more information going into it than just the +/, which imho has too much of an element of luck to it

→ with the stats on that page, what I find most useful is the result of: (Corsi Relative) – (Corsi Rel QoT) + (Corsi Rel QoC), which in my mind feels like a measure of “relative individual Corsi contribution”. The stronger your teammates, the less of your relative Corsi is your own; the stronger your competition, the more you had to overcome to get your Corsi value.

→ from this you can get some facts like:

* Schultz and Erskine are INCREDIBLY TERRIBLE defenders, though Erskine has been getting a little better recently
* Alzner has fallen very fast over the last month or so
* age is catching up with K-Nubs: he might be our worst even strength player
* Halpern was amazing, by far the best on the team… until about a month ago and has been dropping fast
* MoJo had been 2nd worst on the team until 2 months ago and has been slowly climbing since
* Ovi is having a WAY worse season than it looks, which is saying something
* when Roman Hamrlik isn’t making awful turnovers in our zone, he’s by far our best defenseman

Everything comes down to shots on goal – it’s always somewhere around a 10% shot percentage overall through the league year after year, so the more a player can change the for-against balance the better: +10 rel-corsi is like being worth a goal-for-per-game (or preventing one goal-against), -10 is like being worth a goal-against-per-game (or taking away one goal-for).

Of course, this all goes out the window with special teams, so make of it what you will…

by Robert Notwicz on Feb 4, 2012 8:03 PM EST up reply actions  

not entirely sure why it gave me the strike-through text there…

by Robert Notwicz on Feb 4, 2012 8:04 PM EST up reply actions  

Chimera

Agree totally.
I’d like to add Chimera to your list of notes. He has played some of the toughest minutes on the team and played to an even Corsi Rel. That’s pretty impressive.

What’s also interesting is that if you use Greenberg’s SC% to evaluate, you get very different results. Weirdly so. I think SC% is more important than any form of Corsi/Fenwick. And by SC%, Semin is the best on the team and Erskine is our best defender. So, Erkine gives up a lot of shots but weak ones. On the SC% list, Knuble and MoJo are still lousy and Brouwer is still very good.

For the life of me, I don’t understand why MoJo stays in the top 6. I don’t think we can win like that. Eakin and Perreault are actually better than MoJo by Corsi and SC% (granted MoJo plays tougher minutes but not enough to explain the chasm of difference). Yet MoJo stays in top 6 and Eakin can’t even stay in DC. Drives me nuts. I would rather scratch MoJo and play Eakin or Perreault.

Finally, we REALLY need Backstrom back.

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by Avar on Feb 5, 2012 12:10 PM EST up reply actions  

Woo, a win. Watched the game in an Irish bar in lancaster pa. Lots of pits fan tho, had to lay low.

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by BetterOffWith28 on Feb 4, 2012 6:21 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

wait, are from lanc? which bar?

by HockeyDragon on Feb 4, 2012 7:10 PM EST up reply actions  

and by that I mean are you from lanc?

by HockeyDragon on Feb 4, 2012 7:10 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m from ashburn va. My wife wanted to see a couple of Amish furniture stores in Lancaster. I agreed as long as we stop at a bar to watched the game :)

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by BetterOffWith28 on Feb 4, 2012 10:18 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

dang. Hope you guys enjoyed visiting :) (still, where’d you go? Annie Bailey’s?)

by HockeyDragon on Feb 4, 2012 10:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Yes Annie Bailey’s!! We just drove by it and decided to go in. Awesome place, nice beer selection and excellent fish and chips. We had a great time.

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by BetterOffWith28 on Feb 4, 2012 11:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

haha yeah it’s a pretty great place. I’ve actually never eaten there though, my friends and I always go too late or manage to be there when the kitchen closes early

by HockeyDragon on Feb 4, 2012 11:42 PM EST up reply actions  

Looks like the B’s got beat up on more than just the scoreboard today. Seidenberg and Marchand might be questionable for tomorrow.

Oh, and Orpik boarded Marchand quite nicely. Anyone want to lay odds on him not getting a call from Shanny?

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by gfcaps fan on Feb 4, 2012 6:45 PM EST reply actions  

Any video of the boarding?

Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.

by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 4, 2012 6:50 PM EST up reply actions  

I’ve been watching HNIC pre-game, so it’s out there, but I haven’t seen PD tweet about it.

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by gfcaps fan on Feb 4, 2012 6:53 PM EST up reply actions  

They said Marchand looked woozy, I didn’t catch, but I assume that means he didn’t finish the game.

"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 gfcaps fan on Feb 4, 2012 6:54 PM EST up reply actions  

If Ovi did that hit, it would be a very long suspension. But, as for Orpik, it seems that guy gets away with a lot.

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by CapsFan75 on Feb 4, 2012 7:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Pretty sure that Seidenberg got stitches and returned to the game. Sure he could be a mess tomorrow, but he did return to the game.

by sk84fun_dc on Feb 4, 2012 6:52 PM EST up reply actions  

I think they said 20.

"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 gfcaps fan on Feb 4, 2012 6:54 PM EST up reply actions  

No non-Boston fan give a hoot about that little ball of hate.

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by hotdog88gt on Feb 4, 2012 7:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Surprising stat of the day: the Caps are 9th in goals/game.

by wickedwitch on Feb 4, 2012 6:51 PM EST reply actions  

In the League or in the Conference? (Can’t resist snark here.)

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by CapsFan75 on Feb 4, 2012 7:44 PM EST up reply actions  

For the day? or for the season?

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by hotdog88gt on Feb 4, 2012 7:52 PM EST up reply actions  

For the afternoon?

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by hotdog88gt on Feb 4, 2012 7:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, you’re obviously thinking in the same snarky direction as I am.

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by CapsFan75 on Feb 4, 2012 7:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Makes this year’s Caps easier to watch. It’s all good.

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by hotdog88gt on Feb 4, 2012 8:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Greetings from Montreal!

We had an awesome time at the game today. The fans were very nice. They are quite frustrated, obviously, with the current state of the team. It’s funny/sad that they cheer on Gomez every time he has the puck. Smoked meat is excellent.

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by Scott in Shaw on Feb 4, 2012 7:05 PM EST reply actions  

you sure he’s not cooked yet?

I ate at an italian restaurant not too far from the stadium when I was there.
Outrageously rich tasty sauce: french preparation of italian cream sauce

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by Icebat on Feb 4, 2012 7:18 PM EST up reply actions  

What was the name of that Italian restaurant? I missed out on eating at that one when I went to Montreal last spring. This is a note for the next time I ever return there.

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by CapsFan75 on Feb 4, 2012 7:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Don’t recall, it’s been a few years. And it may have been around that tourist-like area if not by the stadium.
No, I’m pretty sure the stadium, we were walking to the game… I think.

I just remember thinking we shd be having French if anything, why eat italian in montreal?
But very good stuff, upper scale.

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by Icebat on Feb 4, 2012 10:54 PM EST up reply actions  

There’s a reason for the Gomez cheering, and it’s going to be even louder for tomorrow’s game:

Because we are totally dedicated to helping Scott score his next goal, we will cheer for him each time he gets the puck. We hope that will give him wings.

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by bagace on Feb 4, 2012 7:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Glory Days wings?

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by gfcaps fan on Feb 4, 2012 9:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Wings..? One thing at a time. Score /once/.

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by winterion on Feb 4, 2012 10:32 PM EST up reply actions  

What can we say about Scott Gomez, besides the fact he’s “No No Nomez”

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by CapsFan75 on Feb 4, 2012 7:45 PM EST reply actions  

That some team that needs to make the floor will be able to get him plus dowry, and he’ll rediscover his scoring then?

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by red army line on Feb 4, 2012 7:53 PM EST via Android app up reply actions  

So which team will that be? If he does that with Phoenix, does that mean he rises like a phoenix?

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by CapsFan75 on Feb 4, 2012 8:01 PM EST up reply actions  

Is it my imagination or did the Caps sellout streak end in December? We’ve heard no more announcing of sellouts at VC. And there sound to be more tickets available, as of late, even against the Bruins.

Rocking the Red for teams on the banks of the Potomac and at the Gateway Arch and Singing the Blues about Hockey.

by CapsFan75 on Feb 4, 2012 8:05 PM EST reply actions  

Streak still active….
http://espn.go.com/nhl/attendance

You’re right that there are a lot more tickets on the market, though.

by discuit on Feb 4, 2012 9:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Don’t care for Subban’s checking with his back. Suppose one could consider it his calling card. Is it a good check? Probably. It just seems less than sportsmanlike.

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by hotdog88gt on Feb 4, 2012 8:25 PM EST reply actions  

You might want to pick another sport than hockey… I kid. Kind of.

by DonnieKnutts on Feb 4, 2012 8:29 PM EST up reply actions  

The tactic isn’t exactly catching fire with hockey players everywhere.

"And as it’s my personal opinion, I’d appreciate not being told it’s stupid, thanks." - BeccaH

by hotdog88gt on Feb 4, 2012 8:42 PM EST up reply actions  

Kronwall seems to like it.

Failure is always an option.

by timmyv38 on Feb 4, 2012 11:00 PM EST up reply actions  

What happened was we found a team that’s decidedly worse than us in all phases. There are a few of them out there, thankfully

by DonnieKnutts on Feb 4, 2012 8:29 PM EST reply actions  

hit it on the head. and yet the caps were still lucky to win.

by Ginga on Feb 4, 2012 8:35 PM EST up reply actions  

To me it looks like Ovie got a little “oomph” in his step after Semin’s goal, but nothing really came of it. Story of his season, really. Hopefully it doesn’t take him as long to turn things around as it did for the Brian Campbell hit.

Dale, the...

by Penguin Hunter on Feb 4, 2012 8:56 PM EST reply actions  

I really, really hope he’s “saving himself for the playoffs” again.

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by red army line on Feb 4, 2012 10:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, he can play at his usual over a point a game pace then and it’s never been the whole puzzle anyways. Other people will have to step up as well.

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by Davethecapsfan on Feb 5, 2012 12:01 AM EST up reply actions  

Every (line) Brooks Laich touches, turns to gold.

And I’d argue Wideman’s goal was more good play than luck. Budaj didn’t see it until it was past him. Multiple players in the way, good screening.

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by smutsboy1 on Feb 4, 2012 11:23 PM EST reply actions  

Lucky nor not, Wideman is really good about getting shots on the goal from the point.

It isn’t even anger-inducing. It does not seem to be worth that kind of emotional investment. It might not even be disappointing any more. It is expected.

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by macvechkin on Feb 5, 2012 1:10 AM EST up reply actions  

Karl Alzner’s toe drag in the first period. He’s being Carlzner all alone while Carlson is finding himself.

by Sjomin on Feb 5, 2012 9:00 AM EST reply actions  

Ugly game

I know we won. But we got dominated by a lousy team in the 2nd with the game close. Vokoun was excellent, the Habs are struggling and we dodged the bullet. Play like that against the Ranger, Flyers or Bruins in the playoffs and we lose 3-1 or worse. This team is in trouble. If we don’t get the offense going, we will miss the playoffs or lose badly in 1st round.

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by Avar on Feb 5, 2012 12:13 PM EST reply actions  

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