Last night, Peter posted a funny photo of Evgeny Kuznetsov in his game recap. Kuzya’s face was ridiculous, so I made a four-panel zoom-in for our Twitter followers. As I began that process, I discovered something even more ridiculous.
Kuznetsov was wearing Mike Green’s helmet last night.
Photoshop by Ian
Barry Trotz got hit by Marcus Johansson’s stick tonight. That was maybe the most exciting part of an otherwise dreary game, so Ian cranked out this photoshop.
And now, because Peter insisted…
RMNB’s Sorting Hat sorts the 2014-15 Capitals!
By Peter Hassett 6 years ago
Kuzy’s face (Photo: Bruce Bennett)
Did we expect anything better from Capitals at Flyers? The road-weary Caps played bad hockey and still got a point, thanks to our friends in black and white stripes and our old buddy PDO. Lemme tell you ’bout it.
Things started off well enough when Alex Ovechkin notched a power-play goal off an Ovi shot from the Ovi spot. The Flyers tied it up with a casual goal by Sean Couturier against Green-Schmidt and the fourth line. Then nothing happened for a long time.
In the third, Karl Alzner sent a shot from the blue line that Nick Backstrom deflected in to restore Washington’s lead. It didn’t last. R.J. Umberger scored on a one-timer after Holtby failed to settle a bounce from behind, pushing this one to overtime.
Someone in orange scored during OT.
Bleep bloop doop. Whatever. In Overtime.
By Peter Hassett 6 years ago
Assistant coach Todd Reirden was tonight’s Legal Seafood Bite of the Night. He cut a babyface promo on his long-time pupil, Brooks Orpik.
Alex Ovechkin is making it rain goals. He’s got a five-game goal streak going. Lately, hockey’s just been easy for him.
Tonight’s blast on the power play continued the Russian machine’s hotness. The ping sounded like he played the slots and hit all sevens.
Just put some toilet paper on it like you cut yourself shaving.
Hockey injuries are common. Cuts, scratches, lost teeth, and even arterial sprays are rather commonplace for pro players. Less so for coaches, but poor Barry Trotz bled for his team on Thursday.
Marcus Johansson bopped Trotz in the noggin following a hit with Luke Schenn in front of the Caps bench.
Photo: Amanda Bowen
The pregamer’s prediction was wrong. Braden Holtby will make his 23rd consecutive appearance tonight at Philadelphia, his 17th consecutive start. Wayne Stephenson played 22 straight for the Caps in 1979 – 1980.
Holtby has saved 93.78 percent of 5-on-5 shots since November 29th and 92.5 percent in all situations. He’s collected 11 wins in that span.
This announcement comes per your boy Adam Vingan:
Braden Holtby v, Philadelphia, his franchise record-setting 23rd straight appearance. #Caps
— Adam Vingan (@AdamVingan) January 8, 2015
There’s also some contract news on the Holtby beat.
By Peter Hassett 6 years ago
Photo: 365 days of april
Listen up, you ignorant lemmings! You think the Caps are good just because they’re on a 103-point pace and haven’t lost a game since the late 80s? Well, you gotta be better than good to beat the Philadelphia Flyers. You think, just ’cause they’re 24th in puck possession, the Capitals are gonna run roughshod over ’em?
Yeah, probably.
But the Caps are on the back half of a road back-to-back, and the Flyers are gonna do nasty stuff after the whistle, so really anything can happen.
7 PM on CSN. Crash the net.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 21-11-7 | 52.0% | 100.2 | 23.1% | 79.2% |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 15-18-7 | 48.1% | 101.7 | 22.0% | 75.0% |
By Peter Hassett 6 years ago
