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Martin St. Louis: Capitals fans’ chant wanting a tenth goal was ‘tough’ to hear

The Washington Capitals won 11 games in the month of December, which was one more victory than they had in October and November combined (10). The good times in DC have been rolling of late and that in turn spurred on one of the most ridiculous chants in Capitals’ history on Friday night.

The Caps defeated the Montreal Canadiens 9-2 as Alex Ovechkin registered his 30th career hat trick. Ovechkin’s third goal was the Caps’ ninth of the evening and Capitals fans, who have been very spoiled lately, wanted MOAR.

So a thundering “We Want 10” chant filled Capital One Arena with 3:25 remaining in the third period, encouraging their favorite team to try and score one more goal.

For Hockey Hall of Famer and second-year head coach of the Habs, Martin St. Louis, this was one of the most dreadful parts of the evening.

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By Ian Oland 11 months ago

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Capitals get first game against Martin St. Louis-led Montreal Canadiens: ‘You don’t know what’s going to happen’

Ilya Samsonov will start for the Capitals in goal tonight against the Montreal Canadiens. Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette announced the news after the team’s morning skate at Bell Centre.

The start will mark Samsonov’s sixth in 16 opportunities since the start of the new year. He replaced Pheonix Copley in net Tuesday against the Columbus Blue Jackets after the North Pole, Alaska native gave up four goals on 19 shots.

The Capitals enter Thursday’s game against the Habs without their captain Alex Ovechkin (Canadian COVID protocol). They will also be playing a head coach in their first game with their new team for the third time this season.

Wednesday, Montreal fired Dominique Ducharme and hired Hockey Hall of Famer Martin St. Louis as their interim head coach.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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Tampa Bay Lightning retire Martin St. Louis’ #26 jersey during emotional ceremony

Noted Caps killer, long-time Southeast Division foe, and all-around great person and hockey player, Martin St. Louis, had his #26 jersey retired by the Tampa Bay Lightning, Saturday night. St. Louis spent thirteen seasons in Tampa Bay, leading the franchise to its first Stanley Cup in 2004. St. Louis was named the league’s MVP once (2003-04) and led the league in scoring twice, taking home the Art Ross Trophy after the 2003–04 and 2012–13 seasons.

St. Louis retired after the 2014-15 NHL season with 391 career goals and 1,033 points.

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By Chris Cerullo 7 years ago

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Flyers Fans Flip Off Martin St. Louis and Daniel Carcillo (GIF)

Photo: @DaveSem

WARNING: This post may upset readers who get emotional about human fingers. Not all of the fingers. Just the one in the middle.

Last night, the Philadelphia Flyers hosted a home playoff game for the first time since 2012, when they lost to the eventual Eastern Conference champions, the New Jersey Devils, in five games. The Flyers lost again on Tuesday, this time getting smacked 4-1 by the New York Rangers. They are down 2-1 in the series.

This first round match-up isn’t over yet, but some Flyers fans are already melting down. After a goal by Martin St. Louis put the Rangers up 2-0, a Flyers fan flipped him off. It made for good TV.

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By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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Eric Fehr En Fuego: Caps beat Bolts 4-3

Photo credit: Scott Audette

Happy Valentine’s Day, hockey lovers! I hate this stupid day, but I found a good way to pass the time. The Washington Capitals served the Tampa Bay Lightning to some offense-go-boom and peppered it with all the careless defense that makes Caps hockey both fun and infuriating.

Troy Brouwer executed a lovely passing sequence on the game’s opening power play, but Martin St. Louis evened the score with a series of swats at Holtby’s pads. Eric Fehr scored his second goal in as many games by going straight to the net, and then made it three with a rocket from outside in the third period. Jay Beagle reintroduced himself with the dirtiest goal ever scored by a half-human/half-hound. Teddy Purcell got one back with a zero-angle shot that probably went off a Caps skater’s boot, and Nate Thompson made it darn close with a breakaway that Holtby misread. The Caps survived a late-minute panic and earned the win.

Caps beat Lightning 4-3.

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By Peter Hassett 11 years ago

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Photo credit: Scott Audette

Welcome back, everybody! After 250+ days, we’ve finally got new Capitals hockey to watch and kinda enjoy. I say kinda because these Capitals, whom those not dissuaded by cliché might call the new-look Caps, didn’t have their act together on Saturday. Opening the season in Tampa, the Capitals had troubles with even-strength offense and all kinds of special-teams stuff.

Eric Brewer scored the first anti-Caps goal of the year with an outside shot that caught Holtby screened by his own defenders. Joel Ward tied it up with a first-period powerplay goal assisted by Tom “Iron Groin” Poti. That tie was shortlived, as Vincent Lecavalier exploited a defensive breakdown by Holtby & co. to score an easy one.

Joel Ward recorded a second goal to tie the game early in the second period, but Martin St. Louis restored the Tampa lead with a powerplay sweep-in a few minutes later. Wojtek Wolski ingratiated himself to Caps fans with a crucial four-on-four goal late in the second, knocking a rebound past Anders Lindbäck.

Martin St. Louis got his second of the night, a heartbreaking shot from outside during a third-period 5 on 3. Cory Conacher scored the first goal of his career, also the night’s proverbial dagger, on a 3-on-1 breakaway. Ryan Malone scored on the powerplay to make it painfully obvious that the Caps were gonna lose.

Bolts beat Caps 6-3.

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By Peter Hassett 11 years ago

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OV Time, Caps beat Bolts 3-2 (OT)

Photo credit: Greg Fiume

This final game of the homestand, a division face-off between the Washington Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning held the highest of stakes. A win would keep the Capitals competitive in the playoff race. A loss would make things bleak. How did it go down?

Well, Keith Aucoin scored the game’s first goal, a very lucky deflection off Karl Alzner’s shot. Ryan Malone evened it up with a power-play skate deflection. John Carlson delivered the own-goal for Purcell to give Tampa a lead going into the third.

With less than five minutes to go, Marcus Johansson nabbed a bad clear and beat the rookie goaltender. Tie game. Into overtime, which was OV time. Caps beat Bolts 3-2.

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By Peter Hassett 12 years ago

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Tampa Bay Lightning Pregame: Five Minutes To Midnight

Doug Johnson writes for Puck Buddys. And because we have the microfilm in a safety deposit box somewhere, he writes for us as well. Follow @PuckBuddys or we start executing hostages.

The Pregame: Hey now; any you guys see that show on the teevees, “Doomsday Peppers” or something? You know, the one where seemingly pleasant enough, if overwhelmingly white people happily share their crackpot theories of why the world will end any minute now and how they’ll survive by stocking their compounds with bullets and pig dung? Good times.

Meanwhile we in America’s Hockey’s Capital are not so much having da good times of late. I’m thinking closer to the pig dung. Or better – remember those snobby nuclear scientists with their finger-waggling about nuclear Armageddon, bringing us down during the happy heydays of Ronald Reagan and “Family Ties” with their elitist Doomsday Clock? (Kiddies: go look it up while we drink our Metamucil.)

Yeah. Sitting here, looking at Thursday’s game and the remainder of the season, it feels like five minutes to midnight…with the clock ticking. And here’s us, without a stockpile.

Want more feel good snuggles? Keep reading.

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By Doug Johnson 12 years ago

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Tampa Bay Lightning Pregame: S’all Downhill From Here

Sorry, Puck Buddys fans. The dudes skipped town last night and didn’t even leave a phone number. They could be in Marrakesh raising an army horde of bonsai kittens or playing Stratego with Sherpas in Tibet. We. Just. Do. Not. Know.

So yeah, the Capitals won that bout with the Penguins, but was that not one of the weirdest meetings between the two you’ve ever seen? Neither team seemed too interested in the whole “shooting” mechanic of hockey, and Matt Cooke didn’t even curl his evil mustache or malevolently pet his shaved cat once. With that humble 1-0 win, the first half of the Capitals’ season ended. It was a mess of a type we have not seen since Glen Hanlon’s reign.

But there are 41 pristine games ahead of us, starting with… [checks schedule] aw dammit! Tampa Bay Lightning woeugfbwieugwe

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By Peter Hassett 12 years ago

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Tampa Bay Lightning Pregame: Boucher’s Scar, Seal Team 6, and Carbon-dating Roloson

Guy Boucher plots to kill 007 (Photo credit: Scott Cunningham/Getty Image)

Craig Brownstein of PuckBuddys writes for Russian Machine. You shall follow them on Twitter.

Banging out preview for Monday night’s game against the Bolts required us to go through some repressed playoff memories. Bear with us for some much needed catharsis; we’re still fragile.

Late last April, we embarked on a grand tour of European capitals just as Game 5 with the filthy Rangers was wrapping up. We were glued to the Blackberry as our readied for take off. Just before wheels up, word came through that the Caps bested the Rags, 3-1. We began our adventure by causing quite the raucous in the first class cabin with fanboy squeals, high-fives, and RED streaks of Russian curses– guaranteeing a date with aviation authorities upon landing across the Atlantic.

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By Craig Brownstein 12 years ago

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