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Game 80 Live Blog: Caps vs Pens

By Chris Cerullo

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April 7, 2016 5:47 pm

NHL: NOV 17 Wild at Penguins

Photo: Justin Berl

Look above. That’s a picture of a man who should never have been allowed to leave Washington, DC. He faces off against his former team and your Washington Capitals at the Verizon Center tonight with the rest of the flaming-hot Pittsburgh Penguins. The Pens come into town after going 9-1 in their last 10 and that’s without superstar Evgeni Malkin since March 11 and now without starting goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who has been out with a concussion since the beginning of April. Games between these two teams are always quite the show, and something tells me that even though this is a virtually meaningless game for your Caps, it should be nonetheless entertaining.

Before we get started, did you know that “giant” 5-foot-tall penguins once inhabited the Earth? Carl Hagelin would have had a lot of friends 30 million years ago.

I’m Chris From The Comments. Join me below for the first Live Blog of this year’s Caps season.

Pre-Game

Just in case you forgot:

Is this the greatest shirt of all-time?

RMNB’s Deadguins shirt meets Rod Langway

First Period

The good guys go down 1 in the first minute

Lets hope Brooks brought some of that famous magic:

MOAR Deadguins! (From last Caps vs Pens)

Kuzy doing what Kuzy does

CFTC: Outside of a terrible first minute, I’m relatively happy with the home team’s play thus far. The top 6 especially has looked like they could put one home several times. More importantly, any game that has Alan May involved throughout the entire broadcast is a good one in my books. Let us hope we get on the board with the carryover man advantage at the beginning of the 2nd.

Second Period

Matt Cullen strikes short-handed for his 2nd of the game. 2-0 Pens

CFTC: In my opinion, the Tom Wilson 5 minute major for boarding was completely deserved and I believe that Tom will be hearing from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety.

Sheary makes it 3-0 and Jay is getting “fired up”

Marcus Johansson gets the Caps on the board

CC: Steve Simmons

CFTC: Will I get murdered in the comments for saying that I still don’t think the Caps are necessarily having a bad game? Personally, I think this has been an even match and a few mistakes or bounces here and there have contributed to the current 3-1 scoreline. Get this one tied up boys.

Third Period

Marcus Johansson wakes the Caps up with his 2nd of the night. 3-2 Pens

Andre is a perfect human being and the game is 3-3

CFTC: First half of the period was an exhibit in how not to get back into a hockey game. The last half was the exact opposite. The boys secured yet another point on the season. Have to go get the second for Braden now.

Overtime

CFTC: Some dude wearing #87 finishes it for Pittsburgh. We played well in spurts. The Penguins are beatable. Don’t fret my fellow fanatics.

Final score: 4-3 Penguins

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Full RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Penguins

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