Photo: Rob Carr
Back in D.C. for Game Five and another chance to book a ticket to the 2nd round, where the Caps would likely meet up with the Pittsburgh Penguins in a series that shouldn’t have happened until the Conference Finals, but the NHL has a stupid playoff set up. As you can tell, I am annoyed by this. However, the Caps cannot be like me and overlook Philadelphia tonight as we know the Caps tend to struggle when they’re up 3-1 in a series.
Michal Neuvirth is back in the cage for the Flyers, Brooks Orpik is still out and the French dude that boarded Orlov is back for Scott Laughton who did not travel with the team after this scary collision with the boards.
Another liveblog full of even more snark below.
Pregame
There’s a new t-shirt in the RMNB store. Go spend your money.
We made a t-shirt honoring Philadelphia sports fans who throw things https://t.co/Pyhefgwjwe pic.twitter.com/6JpIMYfctF
— RMNB (@russianmachine) April 22, 2016
Tonight’s lines.
#Caps lines for Game 5: 8-9-77, 65-92-14, 25-10-90, 26-83-43. Defense: 88-74, 27-2, 9-4. Holtby vs Neuvirth. #CapsFlyers
— Mike Vogel (@VogsCaps) April 22, 2016
The King of the selfie game is back at it again.
Greatest fans, met on flight tonight back to DC from Chicago! Dressed and ready to go. pic.twitter.com/SYkDjvnk4W
— Ted Leonsis (@TedLeonsis) April 22, 2016
First Period
Oshie drops them with crosscheck to the knees boy at the opening faceoff.
Puck drops, fisticuffs 👊 ensue. #RockTheRed pic.twitter.com/diLAViRIQS
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 22, 2016
Ryan White is still a loser and Ovechkin sure made him look like one.
Your bucket's on wrong. #CapsFlyers pic.twitter.com/esfdJS3UzA
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 22, 2016
So did I.
Ryan White kinda looks like Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys
— Chris Cerullo (@CJC_95) April 22, 2016
CFTC: Great period, but we don’t have an answer to Michal Neuvirth, which is incredibly ironic. We need to find the back of net, stay off the PK and earn calls to get our elite PP unit on the ice. Another two periods like that one please.
Second Period
Taylor Chorney’s skate makes it 1-0 Flyers.
Kill me.
This is inconceivable pic.twitter.com/8lLewOu8Yb
— RMNB (@rmnb) April 23, 2016
CFTC: I cant even right now. Neuvirth has a shutout. 30-8 in shots. It’s just so 2010. 1-0 Flyers after 2. **Exasperated emoji here**
Third Period
Конец игры . Поместите шайбу в сетку . Хит тела трудно .
Third period. Here we go on CSN. #CapitalsTalk
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) April 23, 2016
Джейсон Химера просто взял худший пенальти в сезоне.
Jason Chimera gets 2 minutes for boarding at 6:51 of the 3rd. #Caps trail 1-0. Need a kill. #CapsFlyers #RockTheRed pic.twitter.com/Mz4UDkNiSk
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 23, 2016
Flyers score in the empty net. Whatever.
Final score: 2-0 Flyers
Recap: Here
