Posts by Chris Cerullo

Round 1, Game 6 Live Blog: Caps at Flyers

Photo: Patrick Smith

The Caps are back in Philadelphia and on this lovely Sunday afternoon we’ll see if they can cash in on their 3rd opportunity to eliminate the Flyers and move on to the 2nd round to face the Pittsburgh Penguins. The effort the Caps put out on Friday was phenomenal and if they can repeat it again tonight, I have a feeling dancing will be going on in the postgame.

The stonewall that is Michal Neuvirth is still in net for the Flyers, Brooks Orpik is still hurt and I just woke up.

Game Six liveblog below.

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Round 1, Game 5 Live Blog: Caps vs Flyers

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.

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Round 1, Game 4 Live Blog: Caps at Flyers

Photo: Elsa

Unfortunately, we are still in Philadelphia for Game Four, where at any minute you could be hit in the face by a glowing plastic bracelet. Let’s hope the Caps can get out of that city tonight not only securing their health and safety, but also with a ticket to the 2nd round.

As I have said previously, only 4 teams in the history of the NHL have been able to come from behind and win a series after starting down 3 games to none. Let’s not put any ideas into the heads of the Flyers and their fans, and just further end their hopes and dreams tonight.

Michal Neuvirth starts for Philly, Taylor Chorney is in for Brooks Orpik and Pierre Hit From Behind Bellemare isn’t. Liveblog below.

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Round 1, Game 3 Live Blog: Caps at Flyers

Photo: Patrick Smith

The Caps are in Philadelphia for Game Three. After taking a 2-0 series lead at home, the team now has the opportunity to basically put this series out of reach for the Flyers. Only 4 teams in NHL history have ever come from behind and won a series after going down 3 games to none, one being the 2010 Philadelphia Flyers that eventually reached the Stanley Cup Finals.

Tonight we’ll see if Steve Mason can recover from the laser beam that Jason Chimera put past him in Game Two and if the Flyers have learned that Alex Ovechkin is best not left alone.

Crash the Schenn. Liveblog below.

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Round 1, Game 2 Live Blog: Caps vs Flyers

Photo: Patrick Smith

Game Two is upon us. The Caps pulled out a very solid 2-0 victory over the Flyers in Game One, which calmed some nerves for the D.C. area, but I assume those same nerves are back in full force before puck drop tonight. Going up 2 games in the series would be a great start to the playoffs and would put all the pressure on Philadelphia, so another Caps victory would be very sweet.

Tonight we’ll see if there is any retaliation for the rough stuff in Game One and whether or not Brayden Schenn has learned that he’s not going up for a basketball rebound when he’s hitting. Here’s hoping that the Caps stay out of the stupidity and just beat up on Philadelphia by putting multiple pucks behind Steve Mason.

Another playoff liveblog for you below.

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Round 1, Game 1 Live Blog: Caps vs Flyers

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.

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