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Samsonov - Bonk - Kovalev Perezhogin - Pleckanec - Johnson Those are what Carbo's been rolling, and that's the line Perezhogin scored on.

Aaron Downey...the biggest impact in the game so far according to TSN. Beauty...

Quote of the night from the TSN broadcast: "The only penalty trouble the Caps have really gotten into so far is trying to contain Arron Downey"

What a pass by Koivu, and good wheels/second effort by Higgins. He hasn't lost a step.

No, but he didn't have a stick when he realised he'd scored. Does that count?

Wow. All the goals tonight have been on special teams.

There we go, our superiority in special teams reigns true. Great play by Markov to pinch in and fire it hard and low to get it off a skate or stick.

Anyone else see Ryder absolutely line up Kapanen and just not pull the trigger on it?

Once he got used to the North American game and got his ice time on the PP and playing forward, yeah. I think this is great fit. He gets powerplay time, and he's not a liability on the back end 5on5.

wtf? STREIT HARD ON THE FORECHECK?! Who's got holywater?

Man, this team really does need Downey. If you push the net into a player who's down and not moving, you deserve to get tuned. Bonk came in, told him his mother wears army boots, and then left. C'mon, it'd be a fair fight, they both have cages! It'd be like a PeeWee scrap.

Nah, still kind of funny.

So? Such a viscous attempt to injure on Primeau goes beyond team loyalty. Or Maybe Zhitnik wanted more ice time, so he tried bowling Perez into his own player. Who knows.

Uh-oh! Zhitnik is trying to get Perezhogin back for the Primeau hit!

I hate to rag on a guy who needs to score and shoot more, but Ryder really needed to flip that puck over to Higgins after the toe drag. Shows you that he's gripping the stick tightly. Regardless, it was a nice move and a good attempt on goal. And now Murray is trying to fight to stay on the team...and he doesn't seem very Eager. Yeah, it was a shit fight so you get a shit joke

Yeah, what a great hit. I'm sorry, but if Primeau can't take a bump for a 190lb Russian who was skating away to miss the hit, then it's time he retired. I think the last person who wanted to run into big Keith Primeau on that shift was Alex

Okay, there's three obvious reasons why that can't be a goal. 1) He hit it with his arm 2) It never crossed the line 3) The net was knocked off

What a move by Plecks. Wow, that shows the confidence this team is playing with.

Unlucky bounce there, no need for RDS to get on Kovalev so hard. It was a mistake, but it wasn't like he tried to dangle as last man back. He wanted to clear it, took a little too long, ended up putting it off one Bruins player and onto the other's stick.

You knew Sammy had to get it going. He's been gripping that stick so tightly, trying to do everything to get a puck on the net. What a pretty goal, good to see him get that.

Wow. There's a veteran play by Kovalev. It looked like he knew the entire way that he had no chance of really doing much on that play, so he could either chip it and chase it down (hahaha) or bust through the D and make them draw a penalty. Little things matter.

How can you miss a two-handed cross-check to the side of someone's knee? That had torn ligament written all over it, luckily we only lost the game, not the player.

I don't know what angers me more. Losing on a blown call like that or losing 4 or 5-1 on a blown game.

Wow. Boston needs a 7th man to beat us.

Murray...don't LITERALLY keep your stick on the ice...