Photo: Patrick Smith
Gulp.
Today’s the day. The spotlight is on, the bandwagon is full and I already feel like I’m going to throw up. We’re at home for Game One and Game Two and anything but a 2-0 start is going to be a tough pill to swallow for this team.
The Flyers of course want to throw this entire area into a chaotic mess. Claude Giroux and the boys come into Washington looking to steal a game before they head back to Philadelphia. Say your prayers, wear your lucky socks, grab a seat and be ready to get on a ride that will only end two ways.
First liveblog of the playoffs below.
Pre-Game
Your lines and pairings for tonight are as follows:
#Caps lines for Game 1: 8-19-77, 65-92-14, 25-10-90, 26-83-43. Defense: 44-74, 27-2, 9-88. Holtby vs. Mason. #CapsFlyers
— Mike Vogel (@VogsCaps) April 14, 2016
Rock The Red.
👀 #RockTheRed pic.twitter.com/IIy08qruqe
— MonumentalSportsNet (@MonSportsNet) April 14, 2016
First Period
FP wants to watch, anyone got anything?
I can't the game on the bus!!! HELP!!
— F.P. Santangelo (@FightinHydrant) April 14, 2016
Story of the first period.
You know what is good? The Caps' PK.
— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) April 14, 2016
#92 is in this thing to win it.
There's intensity, and then there's @Kuzya92 face-off intensity. #RockTheRed pic.twitter.com/kyvLKYV71q
— #RockTheRed (@washcaps) April 14, 2016
CFTC: Well that’s exactly the opposite of what we want to do. We played fine when we were at evens, the only problem being that we were never at evens. Refs kinda owe us one now. Let’s hope for a better 2nd. 0-0 after 1.
Second Period
Remember that whole “in it to win it” thing?
That's some heart right there. Dude's a winner. pic.twitter.com/IVKq6fa4lz
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) April 15, 2016
Wanna see cuteness? Here’s cuteness.
So it’s probably not a good idea to take penalties like this?
The Capitals have not scored a shorthanded goal in the playoffs since 2010 (Knuble, B. Gordon).
— RMNB (@russianmachine) April 15, 2016
Real American Hero John Carlson makes it 1-0 on the PP.
The Carly SCOAR pic.twitter.com/qTHb73ivQf
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) April 15, 2016
CFTC: We are playing very well. Another goal or two would be fantastic though. Please don’t take anymore penalties. 1-0 Caps after 2.
It is also now confirmed that Sean Couturier is done for the night after this Alex Ovechkin hit.
Sean Couturier leaves game favoring left arm after being hit into the boards – https://t.co/CpyxDl4Qz8 pic.twitter.com/MEeLdHyVxR
— Sons of Penn (@SonsofPenn) April 15, 2016
Couturier out
— Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) April 15, 2016
Third Period
Marcus Johansson makes the play of the night and Jay Beagle snipes it home to put the Caps up 2-0 late.
MARCUS JOHANSSON HAVE MY CHILDREN
— Chris Cerullo (@CJC_95) April 15, 2016
BEAGLE SCORES! pic.twitter.com/eXtK2xwjnA
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) April 15, 2016
CFTC: Apologies for the lack of content in the 3rd period section. I was just a tad into the finish of this one. Fantastic performance from the boys in red. 3 more like that please.
Final score: Caps 2-0.
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