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[Sebowski]

New Banner:

Not Swept in Stanley Cup Finals 

HANG IT! 

 

[Billy Bats]

Close up of the save.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

Love the heavy hits from the Caps, but they gotta be smarter about retaliation penalties.

I'm no hockey expert, but it seems to me LV pressures the puck so much in the defensive end along the boards that if the Caps get it out clean they will have plenty of scoring chances.  And LV generates their goals from defensive pressure.  So I'm guessing this entire series is predicated on LV forcing the Caps into turnovers in their own zone, and that over a 7 game series the Caps would get better at clearing it.  They had a ton of fails in game 1, and a few in game 2.  But over 7 games, seems this is something that would start getting easier.  Sort of like a basketball team facing the press.  The first time you see it it's rough.  A couple of games later it's second habit how to execute right.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Burakovsky adds two assists last night and has 5 points in the last 3 games.  most dangerous player on either rooster imo.

 

[trident]

I still can't believe that Holtby save on Tuch.

 

[tom22406]

Caps got a steal with the Eller contract extension for 5/$17.Basically he is what they wanted Laich to be but at a cheaper price and still is only 28.

 

[Fat Nick]

Caps got a steal with the Eller contract extension for 5/$17.Basically he is what they wanted Laich to be but at a cheaper price and still is only 28.

My only issue is he needs to figure out when to pass.  I love his play, but he'll shoot 80% of the time.  That 3-on-1 last night was a prime example.

 

[Fat Nick]

Close up of the save.

If the Caps win the cup, I'm getting this blown up poster-size and it's going in my basement.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

If the Caps win the cup, I'm getting this blown up poster-size and it's going in my basement.

The Tim Thomas photo still hangs on the wall in my office at work. I went over and looked at it last night after the game ended.

 

[JaxBill]

@edmontonjournal: RCMP release photo of suspect in Stanley Cup ring theft http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/rcmp-release-photo-of-suspect-in-stanley-cup-ring-theft?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1527780751 #yeg https://twitter.com/edmontonjournal/status/1002211229555986438/photo/1

 

[Capella]

The Tim Thomas photo still hangs on the wall in my office at work. I went over and looked at it last night after the game ended.

<_<

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

If the Caps win the cup, I'm getting this blown up poster-size and it's going in my basement.

that was huge but killing off the 5 on 3 earlier in the third was just as big

 

[TobiasFunke]

Kuznetsov on the ice.

Team says he's day to day and not yet medically cleared. Ovi thinks he'll be fine. 

 

[The_Man]

Gotta admit, first thought when I woke up this morning was that there's a game tonight and it made me feel a little fatigued. Being on edge every other day for 6 weeks is wearing me out.

Fortunately, alcohol.

Gotta admit, first thought when I woke up this morning was that there isn't a game tonight and it made me feel a little disappointed. Being on edge every other day for 6 weeks is making me an adrenaline junkie.

Fortunately, alcohol.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Washington v Vegas tonight at 10:30! Mystics gonna hang more banners this year.  

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Fun trivia I'm probably the only one who doesn't know... from 1995-1998 the losing Stanley Cup finalists won a combined zero games.  Four straight years of series sweeps.

 

[The_Man]

Fun trivia I'm probably the only one who doesn't know... from 1995-1998 the losing Stanley Cup finalists won a combined zero games.  Four straight years of series sweeps.

Didn’t know that. Smaller trivia - there have been no OT games this postseason since Kuznetsov’s Game 6 series winner vs. Pittsburgh 

 

[SDJohnny]

Wow, this is terrible.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

@edmontonjournal: RCMP release photo of suspect in Stanley Cup ring theft http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/rcmp-release-photo-of-suspect-in-stanley-cup-ring-theft?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1527780751 #yeg https://twitter.com/edmontonjournal/status/1002211229555986438/photo/1

So Michael Glabicki is stealing rings? I figured he made enough from the Ice Age song.  https://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=7980145

 

[dgreen]

Do they release an accurate start time anywhere?

 

[The_Man]

Wow, gimme the Vegas floor show over a game show host. Funny how lame DC still is for celebrities. Sajak and Lynda Carter are about it for Caps fans 

 

[falguy]

Love these guys ripping through the anthem. That's how to do it!

 

[The_Man]

pretty easy call. Oh well

 

[The_Man]

Vegas clearly targeting high glove side. Holtby has given up a couple there this series when screened in the PP but I feel like he’s actually good there. 

Caps 2nd line is due to break through- I like Vrana to score tonight 

 

[dgreen]

The top line has been awesome. 

 

[JaxBill]

They made a big deal about the Vegas ice but the puck has been hopping around a lot

 

[JaxBill]

Wow, gimme the Vegas floor show over a game show host. Funny how lame DC still is for celebrities. Sajak and Lynda Carter are about it for Caps fans 

At least Pat Sajak made sense. Just give me the anthem and drop the puck.

Oh and get off my lawn!

 

[The_Man]

Vegas giving it to Kuznetsov hard every chance they can and he seems a little shaky. Still great in open ice but is never a physical guy in the best of circumstances and even more so right now 

 

[The_Man]

Kenan Thompson is a fan of Brent Homby and Ochee

 

[The_Man]

Orpik FFS. Good thing he scored the Game 2 winner

and Eller again doesn’t put a shot on net on a 3 on 1

 

[JaxBill]

If the hit requires you to stop play and the victim is pointing  to his head, why isn't the quiet room  involved?

 

[The_Man]

DC horn guy went premature there. Did that in an earlier series too. Lame 

 

[JaxBill]

Premature Goal Horn-u-lation

 

[JaxBill]

Premature Whistle-u-lation

 

[dgreen]

Orpik FFS. Good thing he scored the Game 2 winner

and Eller again doesn’t put a shot on net on a 3 on 1

Eller should be introduced to Kuzy. 

 

[JaxBill]

I wouldn't call it a soft goal but Fleury will want that back. Not his best.

 

[The_Man]

Kuzy with the payback crosscheck on McNabb’s head and follows it up with the goal 

 

[The_Man]

Orlov must be getting dizzy from being spun around so much tonight. 

 

[JaxBill]

Oh boy. Dagger.

 

[The_Man]

Caps with a 2-0 lead so we know nothing can go wrong now 

 

[The_Man]

Caps gonna Cap

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Ooof

 

[dgreen]

Too many cross ice passes. 

 

[The_Man]

Holy crap do Caps suddenly look shaky as F

 

[The_Man]

Caps ice way too many pucks. No need to ice that one 

 

[Capella]

Lot of people in boston just got irrationally angry. 

 

[dgreen]

Should’ve been another Holtby shutout. I don’t think he left the crease after that turnover. 

 

[falguy]

Back to back super games by the CAPS. Making Vegas look like an expansion team. 

Not sure what's up with Wild Bill but he's been pretty invisible this series. Maybe just good checking by Washington.

 

[Nigel]

Lot of people in boston just got irrationally angry. 

That’s weak sauce

 

[JaxBill]

Not a Caps fan in the slightest but I'm not sure how anyone can argue this 

@SWhyno: Trotz: “This is the most complete level you’ve seen of Ovi.”