dlbalr Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Washington Capitals (17-5-1) Projected Lineup Alexander Ovechkin - Nicklas Backstrom - T.J. Oshie Marcus Johansson - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Justin Williams Jason Chimera - Jay Beagle - Andre Burakovsky Brooks Laich - Michael Latta - Tom Wilson Nate Schmidt - John Carlson Karl Alzner - Matt Niskanen Dmitry Orlov - Taylor Chorney Braden Holtby Phillip Grubauer Injuries: Brooks Orpik Scratches: Chris Brown, Stanislav Galiev Montreal Canadiens (19-4-3) Projected Lineup Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Dale Weise Paul Byron - Tomas Plekanec - Tomas Fleischmann Lars Eller - Alex Galchenyuk - Sven Andrighetto Christian Thomas - Brian Flynn - Devante Smith-Pelly Andrei Markov - P.K. Subban Nathan Beaulieu - Jeff Petry Alexei Emelin - Tom Gilbert Mike Condon Zach Fucale Injuries: Brendan Gallagher, Zack Kassian, Torrey Mitchell, Carey Price, Alex Semin Scratches: Daniel Carr, Greg Pateryn, Jarred Tinordi (cond.) Leaders Washington Montreal Game Notes Goals Ovechkin (12) Pacioretty (13) Puck Drop: 7:30 PM EST Assists Kuznetsov (18) Subban (20) National TV: N/A Points Kuznetsov (26) Pacioretty (25) Regional TV: City M, RDS, CSN-DC PIMS Wilson (39) Beaulieu (30) English Radio: TSN 690 +/- Kuznetsov (+14) Gilbert (+11) French Radio: FM 98.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Recent track record vs Holtby-Caps sucks, so hope they come to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEWATER77 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I do not have a good feeling about this game, folks. You know how every year, some team comes into town, thoroughly dominates us, then leaves with an easy 6-1 victory? The Caps, on this particular night and circumstance, may be that team. Damn injury bug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I have Kunetzov in my pool. Dude has seriously broken out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Caps are the new best team in the Metro. I think they are far better built than the Rangers. Potential ECF match-up but we will have Price and Gallagher if and when that happens. My confidence is low on the new lines. Wouldn't mind seeing them have trouble in the first so we see better lines in the second and third that rout Holtby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEWATER77 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 100% MoLG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 No lineup changes for the Habs tonight so Pateryn and Carr sit again. I find it interesting that they called up Carr only to sit him. Semin appears to be close to being activated so this might have been the last chance to get Carr into a game before sending him down (they'll have to demote someone to activate Semin). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meller93 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Yea I absolutely loved the flash DD weise line. Patch and plex formed a line that could score AND defend, they miss Gallagher but those two are capable enough. Then Chucky and ghetto had a little chemistry too. I can understand the nervousness about this game. Washington is a great team. But hopefully our defense core can make a difference, as I think it's slightly better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMAC Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I am really interested to see how our team speed and defense match up against Ovechkin and Co. GO HABS GO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Yea I absolutely loved the flash DD weise line. Patch and plex formed a line that could score AND defend, they miss Gallagher but those two are capable enough. Then Chucky and ghetto had a little chemistry too. I can understand the nervousness about this game. Washington is a great team. But hopefully our defense core can make a difference, as I think it's slightly better They beat us on pure offensive power. We beat them on two-way forwards. Our goaltending is better with Price but not without. Holtby is top 5 in the east, maybe top 5 in the league. Our defence is better as well. Orpik is their Emelin and they play him top pairing. Carlson/Niskanen is their Subban/Petry and they have no LD like Markov. I'll take Gilbert and Pateryn over Schmidt and Chorney. Beaulieu and Orlov are a wash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs_Forever Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 This is a real test. Caps are good team and Holtby having hell of season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Yup, on paper Caps look like better team...but Rangers also looked good "on paper" and they chased their all-world looking swede goalie out of rink. GHG!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meller93 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 They beat us on pure offensive power. We beat them on two-way forwards. Our goaltending is better with Price but not without. Holtby is top 5 in the east, maybe top 5 in the league. Our defence is better as well. Orpik is their Emelin and they play him top pairing. Carlson/Niskanen is their Subban/Petry and they have no LD like Markov. I'll take Gilbert and Pateryn over Schmidt and Chorney. Beaulieu and Orlov are a wash. Yep, I think that's spot on. I'd still bet on the +Gallagher +Price Habs, but this is a big test without them. Let's go boooooyyys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IN THE HEARTS OF MEN Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Cherylyn toca is hot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 No luck in that period for the Habs. Wilson's goal was off a bad turnover from Beaulieu but other than that, the Habs carried most of the play. Shot attempts were 30-12. Holtby is playing well and Montreal has missed several chances in close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRP Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I was pleasantly surprised at Mtl's domination of the play that period, wow.. Was afraid it was gonna be a blow out when Wilson got that one, Go Habs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 4th line ice time: Flynn: 1:31 Smith-Pelly: 1:14 Thomas: 1:14 Wow, that's low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 I'm not a big fan of the new Plekanec line but for a game like this, it's not a bad unit if it's primarily used as a defensive one vs Ovechkin and company. So far, so good in that regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Plekanec creates nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan84 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Eller!! Nice goal by Eller to turn there. Subban doesn't get the assist on that one even though he had a nifty pass to keep the play going. Then Emelin takes a penalty right after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalhabs Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Could almost hear 30/31 saying "Told you Eller would work nicely on the PP!" There. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan84 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 bad puck luck tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRP Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Sad luck there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 This is starting to have the feeling of 'one of those nights' where it's just not going to go your way. It's hard to be too mad at Condon either for that, that was just a weird play all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 Another 30 shot attempts that period for the Habs...a few more hit the net this time at least. Plekanec (5), Pacioretty (4), and Fleischmann (3) have combined for half of the shots blocked by Washington (24). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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