Tonight's Lines

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Here's your chance Fehr, make us proud!!!

Does anyone know any streaming sites for tonight's game?

larisa:

http://atdhe.net/live-tv-2.php?i=587

www.atdhe.net has streaming of all sorts of games, but make sure you virus protection is all up to date.

ok thanks

frolov.

these lines rule.

scorer, set up man, power forward.

on all 3 lines.

Let's go guys, good game tonight.

LETS GO CAPS!!!

lol at that BB green screen.

wonder if fehr will be in front of the net on the PP?

also wonder what they are going to do with Clark? Why isnt Alzner here? Even Brooks Laich is talkin about Fehr. He is in the local spotlight!!!

That place is empty!

My wife and I always laugh at Brooksie, He's like " Hello ladies, look at my pretty blue eyes" Haha

oh almost forgot...

LETS GO CAPS!!!!

i saw that one.

semin left WIDE open.

HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!

Semin!!!!!

oh my....

Let's hope they keep it up.

woohoo semin from laich. looking good!

we are doing what San Jose did a few years ago. Load up on a ton of young goalie prospects and go with the best one.

They had Toskala, Nabokov, and Kiprusoff all in their system.

where are those juice-schultz haters?

green standing around like an idiot.

pay attention.

lazy play by green there...

Alex S looks fired up tonight...maybe score 3 goals...

Toskala was with San Jose two years ago, and went to the Leafs before the 07-08 season

Morrison sure has dropped off from last year. He won't be back next year.

@abuddy

what is your point? i am well aware of who Toskala plays for. Kiprusoff plays for the Flames.
the fact is they were all in their system at the same time??

why did schultz screen theo on that goal?

@phil

because the kings guy wasnt doing a good enough job

Schultz and Jurinica on the ice at the same time = mistake

Does anyone know any streaming sites for tonight's game?
atdhe.net/live-tv-2.php?i=587 this one freezes

phil - i misread your comment, thinking you said we were like SJ one year ago, and pulling my random leafs knowledge out of my hurting brain was just saying it was two years ago he went to the leafs.

koken thinks the kings think green sucks on defense.

all good.
Out of the three, it looks like Toskala is the worst though, haha.

Kopitar is so good and only gets paid like 1.5 for 5 years.

jesus.

maybe, but I'm loyal to my leafs even if they tend to try to be the worst team in their conference every year...but not nearly as loyal as I am to my hometown caps.

really sloppy period, esp that pp. These boys need a wake up in the locker room

Wow, that was a terrible power play. Why doesn't this team take ALL opponents seriously? They don't seem to care... BTW, how many times have we taken a delay of game call this year. It seems to be happening a lot more often than usual...

http://atdhe.net/live-tv-2.php?i=587

I am watching it now with now issues except the performance of some crappy caps

Offensive zone penalties by Steckel in consecutive games = scratch next game.

What a stupid way to end up with a 5 on 3 penalty kill - and a goal against - offensive zone trip followed by puck over the glass for a delay of game.

It reminds me of the blow out start against the sens, followed by a terrible remainder. this time they don't have that huge cushion...just the relaxed attitude after the early goal!

This show why they have to pick up a gritty leader type that takes no prisoners.

Theo played great in the 1st. Unfortunately, he was let down by several guys in front of him. Hopefully, Bruce makes a couple of adjustments because right now the Kings are taking it to us.

Everytime they skip a practice, they don't play well. Go CAPS!

well then. let's hope the rest of the 2nd is better.

frolov.

......welp

What in the hell did they work on when they "worked" on the PP. That is 2 shorties in 2 games. Come on.

thank you green.

teams will never learn. don't leave green open.

I guess as long as you can rack up the PP goals, the short-handed goals don't matter.

well, i would say it does matter a little.

it would be tied instead of 3-2.

it's a wild game...

erskine just rocked somebody.

Yikes...we better get our crap together! This team scares me tonight!

Wow, big save from Theo, 3 goal lead before halfway through would be ugly.

talk about stinking out the joint!!! what an embarrasing effort so far..........

Wow, the defense is looking ugly tonight. The Caps seem to be very casual about things tonight, why don't they play like they did against the Devils?

sigh..

The Kings are exploiting to a larger degree what the Devils were trying to do last night, and that's hitting those long passes up the center of the ice. The Devils started doing that, but L.A. has really taken advantage of the room. The Caps play an aggressive offensive game and oftentimes pinch in deep. The Kings are just passing it by those guys. The issue is exacerbated on the PP.

And tonight again these guys are taking careless, stupid penalities. It's games like these that really give me pause about this team because you just can't take games off. Boston doesn't. San Jose doesn't. If you beat those guys, you earn the victory. The Caps still have to sharpen their play mentally and stay involved in games no matter who they're playing. I mean, facing two 5-on-3 PPs is inexcusable. You just can't do that.

ouch laich.

you are a trooper.

Oh, and someone finally told a team that Theo is beatable up top. He always drops early, so it's easy to shovel the puck above him for goals.

great PK.

now lets roll with it.

5 breakaways is a joke bb must be fuming

I don't like the Caps right now. They don't hassle. No pressure at all. I have the impression they think they're so much better than the Kings... yet they're losing.

Needless to say, that PK was essential.
C'mon boys, let's turn this thing around!

Once again another NO SHOW vs. a team below them in the standing. If, this trend continues this team is going to be awful down the stretch....all those games vs. FLA. TB, ATL, CAR.....

i don't think they think they are better than the kings. they are just straight up getting beat by the kings. again.

we can handle our division. this idea of playing up/down to your opponent is weird to me. we are just getting beat by the Kings system again and taking bad penalties.

BRING THE ENERGY BRADLEY.

hopegully that fires them up

bad move by greene. you are down by 2, why give the home team momentum?

let's roll with it boys.

rich,

they ARE better than the Kings. But they still need to play. Right now they're not, really.

brads setting the tone ...someone wake brashear up

up by two*.

just because we have the better players don't mean anything. Read CDon's post. We are just straight up getting beat, and taking bad penalties to boot.

more penalties.

Another bad Alex S penalty...

damn.

well, THAT was a crappy period. I wish we could play great teams every night, that'd be nice... and we've been in the penalty box for half this game.

I feel like I've seen nothing but three white jerseys to every one red. This is ridiculous.

I know we should give the boys a break since they've been playing well and all... but shees, it's so stressful to watch them being outplayed, out hassled, out shot and actually losing the game to a weaker team.

The Kings look like the Caps usually do...and the Caps look like a slow Patrick Division team.

The Kings are almost as good as the Playstation NHL game from 1993 Gretzky, Robitaille and Granato tonight. With Blake on D making everyone bleed

We stink tonight.

All right boys lets go!

better now come on we need one!

Quick is standing on his head...wow

not feelin a comeback, SUCH a frustrating game to watch.

i think the problem is the guys read windjammers final 21 game salute and got a little overconfident...

so glad fehr is off the first line. wonder if this pressure would have been more sustained in the 1st and 2nd if semin was paired with ovie?

rich

The Caps looked slow and lackadaisical in the first two periods, and it seemed like it was because they thought they were better than the Kings. The Caps have played down to competition too much this season. Seems to be endemic of all D.C.-based sports team.

YEAH BABY!

There you go Ovie

one more guys!

MVP. Time to take this over.

its a game

200th! come on guys pick it up!

penalty AGAIN GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Nice goal and great pressure. But another lapse in the defensive zone leads to an Erskine hook and puts the Caps on the PK yet again. Not so good. Seems like the Caps are due for a shortie after the past couple of games.

must have pk

of course a penalty. geez. Let's hope it stays 5 on 4 and not 5 on 3

Caps have a 5 on 3 coming up

there is no way this team can consider itself a cup contender when it puts for such a p-ss poor effort on home ice.Not enough effort on defensive part of the game

aww man is there enough time? If only the woke up earlier...

so many chances not capitalizing

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That was a terrible game. I still wonder why the Caps overlook these teams. Is it the coach, lack of leadership? What?

Yep, only one defenseman out there. Bad decision at this point in the game. But really, it's on the players for having zero intensity in the first two periods of the game. This was as sad an effort as I've seen this season. Can't lose games like this at home.

Losses against teams below them in the standings make you wonder how they'll play against the lesser teams in their division and if they can maintain a mental edge in a 7-game series in the playoffs. Still have some things to work on.

Look it is what it is...too free-wheeling early and gave up some breakaways. Even cup contenders have poor periods, the Wings dropped 5 in a row recently. I like to see the fight we showed they just need to seem to be reminded at times how dominant they can be when they

Oh shoot...Laich on deflection?

maybe

it is young cocky players who read their clippings too often

not over till :00

Still some hope :D

Fed owns

TERRIBLE GAME, that goal basically sums up the entire game, Caps need to stop having performances like these, this makes me so angry. WORST GAME IN A WHILE.

The Caps always have fight in them. I never question the effort, really. Just the style of play. The Caps aren't toast, obviously. They're a legit contender for a deep playoff run. But I just don't like the lapses in judgment they show against lesser teams. But they're young, and they'll learn.

And that's it :(

STUPID

It's frustrating when you watch two lazy periods of hockey then one period that demonstrates how well they can play. Makes you wonder why they can't exert that effort all game.

Why couldn't that effort occur in the first 40 minutes? ERRRRRRRRRRRR

caps were lazy in first and second period and that's what cost them the game.. this is partically frustrating because you're always saying if only...i only that 5 goal didn't go in...

I'll take the effort. We put ourselves behind the 8 ball and didn't get lucky bounces like Pitt did last night to get back in it. It's a good wake up call to show you can't get complacent...it's pretty obvious when they put in the effort they can take over games, the lesson just needs to stick.

Have to saddle up for Florida on Saturday. It can't be said we don't have heart.

aww man were now 21-4-1 on home ice, here come the boobirds

Back from HH here!

We played desperate hockey in the last few minutes I was able to see. Based on the posts about the game leading up to the loss I gotta think the last few minutes should not make up for losing to this team at home: BB should be upset cause you guys sure seem to have been all game!

No luck tonight, but the Caps learned a lesson tonight, but most importantly, showed what a team with their backs against the wall can do. The last period was a picture of what this team can do when it wants to. Flying around the rink, creating chances, putting the puck on goal, I am impressed with the effort and skill exhibited over the final 20. LA's goal was a product of the Caps finishing checks, and without the play of a superstar in net, the final 20 minutes could have lead to 5 goals.

3 pt bruins game in progress, not good...

I was at the game for the first half, but had to leave to get to work for a late-night OC12 turn-up. By the time I left, we were down 4-2. We managed to pull back to a 5-4 loss, but I agree that the team was not playing well while I was at the game. It sounded like they finally got it together in the last third, but what it looked like to me was they were doing all sorts of fancy stuff to try and get Ovechkin his 200th NHL goal, and not shooting the puck, losing control of the puck, losing control of the breakaway. Like Dave says above, it is what it is. The Kings got several breakaways, and that short-handed goal ought never to have happened. But, it did. Now we need to move on.

We have another game on Saturday.

IF ONLY THAT 5th GOAL DIDN'T GO IN, this is the angriest I've been after a game...exactly CDON, where was that in the 1st and 2nd??? It's always too little too late, and what's up with all these okay goalies playing so well against the Caps... Caps had so many opportunities in the 3rd, Quick was great on a few but it looked a lot like the Caps were just not capitalizing, they had great chances and just couldn't finish, at the end it's just us missing the net, if Laich elevates that puck we're heading to overtime... if this is how they play vs below average teams, we'll be in a bad shock as Bruce always says. They have that mentality that they can just show up and play at 50% and they'll win, and then they find out their opponent is actually very capable of beating them.

I look forward to the money I'm going to save on not having to buy any playoff tickets after the first round.

the idea of us not being cup contenders is weird. the regular season and the playoffs are two worlds apart. we are 2-0-1 with boston, does that mean we should walk over them in the playoffs?

look forward to saturday.

Bruins win in shootout

and as someone mentioned the red wings dropped 5 in a row.
pens?

calm down.

spacecadet,
why don't you save some more money by not going to any games. sounds like your username is spot on.

@space

sweet! I'll buy yours then

Crap.

Now I have to deal with all the Kings' fans out here.

So when are the Caps playing tonight? I saw LA out there but didn't see the Caps.

I hope Nuev is ready. I think Theo's hurting.

they decided to play the first minute and the last 10 minutes.

That was a PATHETIC showing by the Caps. If they don't trounce these marginal teams, we're going to be in a heap of trouble.

Zednik scores game winner for Panthers (over the crappy Islanders). Just ended

And apparently at their hard-hitting site we can get the Ice Dancers take on the stressful tryout process.
http://panthers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=407508

@downers

Man people they are playing against other professional hockey teams, these are not your local high school teams. You guys should definetly stay away from watching football. One misstimed play and bam, out of the playoffs. Jeez

I don't think you can blame Theo tonight. I'm all for "making the big save when we need it" but when you give up that many breakaways and multiple chances right in front of the net stuff is going to go in unless you're Hasek-good or lucky.

We didn't get the Kings to put 2 pucks in their own net like the Pens did with Tampa last night so they can hail Malkin as the guy who took over that game instead of the ref who stopped that clear and whichever donkey it was that tried to shove the puck under Mckenna late.

Rebound Saturday, nothing cures a loss like this like a 6-1 win.

It seriously looked to me like the Kings found Theodore's number. Just look at the shot totals:

1st period: 11/12 = SV% .916
2nd period: 15/18 = SV% .833
3rd period: 4/5 = SV% .800

Quick, on the other hand:

1st period: 8/9 = SV% .888
2nd period: 13/14 = SV% .928
3rd period: 20/22 = SV% .909

What killed us otherwise was that 5-on-3 that the delay of game penalty in the 1st frame cost us, and the short-handed goal they got in the 2nd frame. In both cases, it's sloppy play.

Without those two goals, it's a 4-3 win for the Caps. We put 22 freakin' shots on the goal in the last frame, and only two went in? That's Quick standing on his head.

I'm more bummed than mad right now... But we'll get past this. We're the Capitals.

Hey everyone cheer up, Slapshot is one Csn!

How many teams have won the Cup by taking the 4th most penalties in the league and having the 7th worst penalty kill in the league? I'm willing to bet that it's a pretty short list. If Boudreau can't beat that tendency out of them pretty soon it's one and done.

on not one

Sorry not Csn, Fios channel 349

on penalties:

playoff hockey = let em play

New thread.

but delay of game is delay of game

This is just lousy efforts by the young defensemen (Green and Morrison in particular) to let the Kings gain confidence from the beginning. It appears that the Capitals never do well when they score fast because it seems to give them a false sense of invincibility and start playing a more open game. I don't know how many times the Kings were able to send a man behind the defense with long passes all because the defensemen on the Capitals were too caught up with trying to score. Play your position and let the forwards and centers do their thing! Stop getting caught out of position and thus committing stupid penalties trying to make up for your mistake! We have plenty of offensive threat on offense already! Green's goals are just a luxury, not a necessity! God, this infuriates me so much watching the Kings do this to us again! I hope the next time we see that lousy team is in the Stanley Cup, and even then I would still not like our chances if we continue to play this sloppy!

Just came back from the game....

Good job not quitting; in fact, everyone was standing in the main halls watching the monitors with a few seconds to go... but

1. Eric Fehr is not a top line forward. I dont know why he was playing with Ovechkin.
2. Mike Green needs to work on playing defense.
3. Ditto John Erskine, though he's not as bad as the last 2.
4. Speaking of, I cannot wait until we get rid of 26, Shaone Morrison and have Karl Alzner up full time. Ever since arbitration, he's brought nothing to the team. Ditto tonight.
5. Last but not least, is Jeff Schultz. Can ANYONE please explain to me why he is on the roster? He does not score. He does not hit. He does not move the puck well. He does not play defense well. He is absolutely worthless, awkward and, to quote a guy in my section, needs to "Stop being a ****ing wimp."

The coaching staff knew this could be a let down game, and should have practiced yesterday. It showed tonight.

I love these fans who scream armageddon after a loss; I really get a kick out of it.

It's probably the same fans who left the game after it was 5-3.

We'll be fine, it was just an off-game.