Tonight's Lineup

second.

looking forward to seeing what the BBB line can do =] glad that Beagle's been giving a chance to show what he's made of !

waoh nyls with backie and ovie on the first line, glad to see backie back with ovie, but nyls...? i mean he's been good of late, but im surprised feds isn;t up there with ovie. oh well we shall see. so excited for beagle. glad he's getting his shot. love that kid so much. i like the steckel, laich and gordon line, i think that'll be good. flash and fehr on the same line is good, and feds is more perfect for that line then backie so that answers my original comment of why feds isn;t on with ovie. oh well let's sweep the rangers!!!

Semin needs to learn the difference between being hurt and being injured.

Crud! 2nd time in about 30 minutes that I was zapped by the new thread bug.

From the previous TWO:

Wow! You guys woke Leeguru up! Well done! :-)

superpaqman:
"This feels like the blog equivient of an awkward silence"
LOL!! :-)

"deep....and in space no one can hear you scream"
Also creepy ...

@capsfan387
Dont you think Feds is better used as a centern than a wing?

@jogabonito

X2- should be a pretty tough line.

Can we call the 4th line B-cubed?

no i do but i thoughts feds centering for ovie has worked out amazingly as of late. so i thought feds would be with ovie over backie. but i like the lines.

brought forward....

I am curious about this Beagle call up. I thought we brought up players from the minors that were similar in style to the injured Cap he is replacing. Why not Giroux or Bourque since they are scorers, and we have two scorers down in Koz and Semin. I hope someone asks BB/GMGM the question. Also who makes the call up decision? BB? GMGM? Both?

Posted by: wtf_e_fehr | February 11, 2009 5:39 PM

Oh wow, I didn't even notice but Coach put the F-Troop back together

Looking for good things from that triple F line!

uhm a cube is 4... unless you mean like 4th line cubed. we should call them B times 3, or B to the 3rd power. or 3-B haha ok im done...

capsfan387 -

Nylander has been on the 1st line... nothin new (at least for this game)

Capsfan387, actually cubed is to the 3rd power (like 3rd demension, hence cube), but whatever floats your boat.

@capsfan387

To me...

B to the 3rd power = B cubed

Mathematical non-geometric reference

giroux hasn't really impressed. he had two breakaways adn couldn't score on either one. I do love me some bourque though. I def want him back up here. BUT I do know beagle was promised a chance by GMGM over the summer. and now seems like a good time. plus beagle is more grit and BB said we need that against a team like the NYR. bourque has some fiestyness to him but beagle has some size on bourque lol. i like beagle. i think it was a good move for now.

capsfan387 -

2 to the power of 3 is CUBED

TEB, Kozlov is out too i assume? you didn't mention him with the scratches. thanks

injuries suck.

So what's the over/under for games before we see Kronwall play?

If Mo looks bad tonight Kronwall will play the next one, then We'll see.

I'm going with 21 in honor of windjammer

Does anybody think there's something wrong with Erskine? I know some don't consider him better than the 6 that are in tonight but he has stepped up him game since his return from injury. Also like someone earlier mentioned about the rangers being very physical and him maybe replacing one of the less "physical" d-men. Please discuss, haha

Thanks for the change Tarik.

maybe erskine in over schultz, but i dont think it matters to much.

Laich-Steckel-Gordon? This should be...well...interesting? Not so sure about this move...

Here's to hoping Greenie scores for the 7th straight game tonight!!! Come on Green!! :D

The Laich-Steckel-Gordon line is pretty impressive from a faceoff perspective...it also will probably be pretty impressive from a "hard working and unable to finish decent chances perspective". Laich needs slightly more skilled players around him to best utilize his skills.

Erskine got plowed into the boards sideways with his head down the last game he played, Im also wondering if something isnt hurting with him

It's gonna be a huge disapointment if we don't win tonight, I'm almost expecting a win because of how the Rangers are struggling right now.

Definition:

Trap game - See Rangers v. Caps tonight

@rachel

when team struggles like the Rangers, they'll play more desperate and play as a team. It's going to be a difficult game.

Here is a question - I was taking a look at the season stats and something popped out at me.

Why does Ovie have the second highest PIM's on the team? He's second only to Brash. He doesn't fight, and he doesn't get game misconducts - so the majority of them have to be stick penelties. What gives?

LETS GO CAPS!!!

35th, +/- 5 or so

One reason might be he's on the ice more than most anyone else.

is this game in HD?

Standard definition for the lose.......

FIGHT!

LOL.

someone called it earlier..

Brash knucks

I love Brash!

ORR landed a couple of punches but Brash definitely owned him there!

Ovie 9 times out of 10 serves any bench minors as well...someone check and see how many "Too many men"... penalties he gets credit for to beef up his PIMs

Brads doing better than normal.

GO BRADS

ooof, bradley.

voros is a big dude.

good job though.

Brads didn't have the reach lol.

Not even three minutes in and two fights! Sheesh!

Helluva way to start the game. Two fights under 3 minutes. Sweet.

Hey I wonder if the kid will get in - go Beagle kick some arse!

yeah brads!

i think this is one of matt bradley's better fights this season.

All, the game is scheduled to be in HD, but this is widescreen SD for the moment. I'll let you know if I hear anything.

man matty b can take a punch

I meant, get in a fight too.

bad power play

we're giving them way too many chances on our power play!

Bradley doesn't have the reach to be the Caps #1 enforcerv(to start with)

XM guys said Alzner - Juice had -3 last Rangers game. (But that stat means 0 to me)

rangers are def. hungry for a win.. hope we don't slack off!

Beagle looks pretty good so far. Good work on the boards.

ugly first pp, oh well they'll lock it down

Wow, Rangers place seems so depressing, it's all dark and the fans are so quiet.. I like it bright, like at VC.

what the HELL was alzner doing?

That was a pretty decent goal... now let's get one for the good guys!

s$$t, Backstrom had to pick that guy...

Bad coverage...nice pass though. 3rd man has to get back faster

damn

alzzzner

rachel: TV picture quality varies with arena lighting (that is, the more light, the better the picture)... and I've never seen a good looking game from MSG, so I can only assume that it's just as dark in there as it looks on TV.

backstrom wasnt even close to him, as a D man always take the front man, let the O catch up to the trailers

Rangers gonna lose tonight cause Boomer's here again

That was on Alzner - he has to cover the pass. Caps are a bit lazy right now, need to step it up.

Agreed

flash!

F! F! F! :D

Flash!

FLASSSSHHHH!!

yeah flash

flash.

FLASH!! :D

Flash sighting! Not what he wanted but we'll take it. sniper

he needed one

he did that on purpose.

Ha, and they credit the goal Flash from Fehr and Feds. So it really was F F F!

NY is getting a metric butt ton of chances!

Gotta tighten it up! Rangers are doing whatever they'd like!

man I dont know how those linesmen see that offsides in real time, I rewound it and slowed it down and it was still close

Green should have deked there!

Gabby must have a sense of humor. F-Troop and the Killer B's!

I not sure I've ever seen Green deke, haha

man our entire D looks like garbage out there

I see another goal from the TRIPLE F line in my crystal ball!!!!

waitingsince75: I can just imagine him coming up with the idea over a bowl of Wheaties or something. Fun stuff. :)

AWWW off the post!

I don't care if we do have 8 dmen now, we don't have six who can take us to the cup.

F! F! F! FEHR!

@ludeman95

I think your right, now he has something to work on. He hasnt been on too many semi-breakaways that I can remember. But if you going to play the D-F position...

D-F = Defenceman-Forward (I think he is the only one in the league right now)

Fehr!

YEAH FEHRRRRRR

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

solid play on that goal

gritty fehr

Dirty goals! Flash great play again Fehr finally getting some bounces

I can understand one line being formed with the first letter the same, but two??

FEHR!!! F Troop again!!!

Fehr is horrible. He needs to go back to Hershey......

man we are getting some lucky bounces

HOLY CRYSTAL BALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DARN it sergei

Not lucky bounces, I chalk it up to knowing how to bad ice.

/ducks

We've got to get the next goal, Rangers can't really score.

play on*

fusilli - are you channeling chief or some other troll???

ovechkin just killed a guy, he is going to jail

When we get 2ndary scoring like this...we're going to be a tough team to beat. Laich rang the iron too.

I figured the "/ducks" would impart a little bit of sarcasm in the comment. Guess not.

So how are the soccer sissies doing?

FusilliJerry: It's okay, I understood. :P

I come in a bit late and miss Brads and Brash busting heads?

The Detention Line (all Fs) are lighting it up. Great work...and almost one more from Feds.

Nice AO hit to send a little message at the end of the period.

Anyone have the live feed?

which is why i'm hoping that staffan kronwall will add a much needed boost to our D.

please no troll feeding

patrone:
My guess? Ovie racked up a lot of those PIMs when the Caps were down 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... 8 guys. I think he was over-compensating, feeling like he had to carry the team. He has always been an aggressive player, but during that stretch he was crazy aggressive. On top of that, he did not have a lot of opportunities for improvement coming into this season. It seems like he wanted to step up his physical game - that may have led to more PIMs. And as was stated earlier, the fact that he is on the ice more than most may be part of it, as well.

U-S-A! U-S-A!

Wow, 32 hits, I guess Beagle was a smart call up for us! Turns out that BB knows what he doing again, imagine that

Live feed:
http://atdhe.net/live-tv-2.php?i=803

http://atdhe.net/live-tv-2.php?i=803

so Greg, I take our soccer sissies are beating the Mexican soccer sissies?

Wiked:
you can try here: atdhe.com

majiksea: Do you have multiple personalities or something? :P

Bradley just scored a goal for the US against Mexico game.. for those who care

Mexico is just exhausted, every time they play in the US of A they have to mow the field before the game.

@Everyone who posted live feeds...

Thank you!

so i take it i'm not the only one also watching the US-Mex game =]

no one cares

No, I am just bored beyond belief by soccer, I'd rather watch baseball and thats like watching paint dry! But I am happy when the USA wins anything!

looked like the net bulged..hope im wrong

nice hold on laich.

Ovie looks frustrated by the bad ice

to each their own i guess.. i grew up in a soccer obsessed country and I just got into ice hockey because of my younger brother who started watching in 02. i really love hockey though even though i'm still relatively new to the game =]

Mexico is just exhausted, every time they play in the US of A they have to mow the field before the game.

Posted by: skins1110 | February 11, 2009 8:01 PM

Michael Richards, is that you?

Green needs to score!

jogabonito:
Where did you grow up?

ugghhh

DANG IT who gave that puck up???

sheesh

somebody made a terrible blind pass, saw that goal coming

Steckel = Stonehands

steckel had 2 bad turnovers in our zone there

stecks

whoever made that pass should be yelled at

somebody made a terrible blind pass, saw that goal coming

Posted by: wtf_e_fehr | February 11, 2009 8:13 PM

inexplicably semin is not playing

Boo: I'm originally from Pakistan but I grew up in Brasil

Flash-Feds-Fehr line: "has no grade point average."

same, wtf_e_fehr, when I saw that bad pass, I said, they're gonna score.

GREEEEEEEEEEEN!

GREENIE!!!!

ALL RIGHT!!

Greenie!

Greenie!!! Congrats!!!

GREEENNIEEE!! awesome

GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

congrats mikey!!!!!!!!!!!

the record!

congrats green.

GREEN!!! AGAIN!!!!

I have run out of words to describe GREEN, he is so amazing, love him!

Officially Green from Ovie and Backstrom. Green's 7-game goal scoring streak ties an NHL record!

WHAT THE?! NOO!

Sheesh, cannot take control of this game

Yay, Green!

Who reads lips? What was he saying after he scored?

Crap!!!!!!!!!!!!1

oh come on Poti you need to tie him up there... 3 mistakes on D, they score 3 goals *shakes fists*

jogabonito:
Aaahhh - that explains it! :-) But I am surprised that you follow US soccer. I thought that all self-respecting football fans didn't give a hoot about the American team ... ;-)

jen-s: looks like he said 'f--- yeah' but i'm only guessing, of course.

ughhhhhhh why can we not hold a lead???? we need to put them away

How is that not goalie interference, it looked like he was hitting Theo before the puck crossed the line

@ludeman95

no, not even close.

Two minutes for cheating. Power play, Caps!

yeah usually Greenies reaction after a goal has a f-bomb involved, haha

green sets the record well done

so many short handed breakaways lately! bah

Boo: i dont follow it religiously, it just happened to be on and i couldn't resist.. i had to check it out =]

and i'll admit i haven't been following getting my soccer fill lately, i've been too busy watching caps games. =]

Man why are we getting caught like that on PP... it's happening too often now...

jogabonito:
At least you have your priorities straight ... ;-)

That was a crap breakaway. Dude was clearly on the ice before broke stick chucker was off. How can they let that play?

the guys are slacking off, they're not hustling like they should be

This is crap ice tonight

Need more effort in the D zone

neuvrith please

ugghh seeing them celebrate makes me sick !

nothing on theo, i just want an excuse to see him on the NHL level.

nice clear out schultz and alnzer

The Caps will have to win this one 7-6, if anything.

4 goals in less than 2 periods to the Rangers...

So much for the Rangers lack of offense. Too many breakdowns.

wow what is going on?? our defense sucks, everyone is just standing there!!!! all that open space and all that time, they'll score 7 goals... Ridiculous! Rangers had 5 goals in 5 games now they have 4 in 2 periods, grrrrrr

you have to be kidding if you thought that was theo's fault

Sadly, this may also be the place where Theo returns to the Theo in the beginning of the season...

They just look like they want it more...

The ice is pretty bad. Because of the dog show, I guess? I wonder if we'll see players' complaints in the New York Times.

of course it wasn't. he was screened like hell.

like i said, i just want an excuse to see meuvrith.

Yeah, I'm not sure I understand all the sudden Theo hate. Things aren't going well so we need to find a scapegoat? :P

I still think it's a Caps W, but we'll see!

OHHH YEAH! GREEEEEEEEN!

GREEN

Booooo'Ya!!!!!!!!!!!

GREENER AGAIN BABY

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go Green!!!!!!

GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG thanks god for Mike Green.

greeennniieeee!!

GREEEENIIIEEE !! yes !

Mike Green is the Terminator

thank you st.green

green has one of the best shots in the league.

Please, please now, focus on D, don't slack off.

But...but...he doesn't play defense...

now im really scared rangers will score again... by the way tonight is going, come on tighten it up!

No no, I meant the D must focus, not Green :D

I hate that buzzer at the end of the period up at MSG, sounds like a pot roast is done.

why did everyone go one way and mike the other??

@Section117,

So we should probably bench him or move him to forward!

mmm ... potroast ...

Yeah he's like +24 right now...no D there. It's time for Ovie to take over the game, he's been fairly quiet tonight

Green stole the momentum back for the Caps. Now they need to finish the deal in the 3rd. I refuse to go to bed with blue-balls.

COme on Islanders!

facts are facts.

green has the most giveaways in the league for a D man, but he makes up for it. But i get your shtick section117, you painfully implant it in every single one of your comments....

I propose a new chant at VC. Every time Green scores, we all start chanting "Norris". Who's with me?

Also, for anyone following the USA-MX, the Mexican captain got a red card following some sort of altercation with the US goaltender (I didn't see it). For those who don't know what that means, it's like a US powerplay for the rest of the game, except it's 11 on 10 instead of 5 on 4. And played on grass, not ice. :)

@rachel

my guess would be that he is doing the intermission interview.

Go CAPS!!! OV needs one now and Green the hat trick!

Green is better than Shultz! GO SJ!!! GO!!

Seriously,

7-6 in OT with Green giving us 6 (and a hat trick) to tie it, and AO winning it in OT.

Did the Mexican captain pull a frog and head butt him?

"Every time Green scores, we all start chanting "Norris"."

For the record, he has as many goals as Crosby does (and 1 more than Iginla, Hartnell or Semin, but you know).

@richmondphil

lately he's a lot better in that regards, especially since Poti came back. I think he was playing too many minutes before.

We need to stop with the Green debate. He's an mediocre blue line defenseman and devastating offensive defenseman. We all know this right? Any who presents anything other then that is missing the point. That's what he'll always be. You know what? You can find a bunch of stay-at-home defenseman....you can't find what he's got. I'll take the bad; it's nothing compared to the good.

@saintex

Thats actually fair. Only...

The hope is that BB is in the locker room ripping a new A-hole for every one on the team, except Green....interview.

So maybe better D?

We could chant "MVP", but that's our other stud.

"Also, for anyone following the USA-MX, the Mexican captain got a red card following some sort of altercation with the US goaltender (I didn't see it)."

He came in with his studs and left a nice imprint on Howard.

well, i don't think that's what he'll always be. like mauree pointed out, he is getting increasingly better. usually people who have the puck more are going to have more giveaways, but you can plainly see green make simple defensive mistakes almost every game. he exceedingly makes up for it, being the best offensive defense man in the league.

Section117: Ah, classy. Guess he earned that red card, then.

He's an mediocre blue line defenseman and devastating offensive defenseman. We all know this right?

Posted by: saintex | February 11, 2009 8:51 PM

You should read the Japers piece from a couple of days ago which discusses his Norris credentials. Be prepared though, stats are discussed...

Agree with saintex, I think Green will get a hat trick!

Oh my.
I so wish I was watching this somewhere with an actual Caps crowd.
Although virtual is nice, but my neighbors are going to really worry if I scream one more time. whew

does anybody know the record for most goals scored by a defensemen in a single season? I think its 26. If that's the case, Green will definitely break this. Anyone know?

"does anybody know the record for most goals scored by a defensemen in a single season?"

Paul Coffey had 48 one year I think.

are you serious? The Norris is from here on out an offensive defense man trophy...

At least you can watch it on TV. A friend is a STH and is overseas for a year. He listens to the audio over the internets. He has gotten to see a couple of games on AFN when they broadcast a Versus game.

idiot referees

BS

And Bradley scores the 2nd. 2 points in the bag, hoping it ends without injury/additional cards.

Section117: Soccer gives 3 points for a win. :)

great another penalty, rangers will score here i bet

Soccer gives 3 points for a win. :)

Posted by: GregAnnapolis | February 11, 2009 9:06 PM

Forgot, flipping between 2 channels a little too insensely.

rachel: Ever heard of the power of positive thinking? :P

Penalty on OVI was a BS call

Now we have to beat the Rangers and the refs, screw the refs

I'll take that bet, rachel216!

Ovie needs to channel that energy into a goal

wow can it be gift-wrapped for them any more? Rangers have given up most shorties in the league though...I smell a shortie.

Greg, our defense is just not good enough... o my gosh another penalty, they will seriously score here now...3 straight penaltys,

Why do we want to lose this game?? We're giving them gifts! and the refs are helping them too.

coffey 48 goals including 8 shorthanded and an 8 point game

hahahah I'm surprised Backie didn't get called for that. Priceless though, Hansen brotheresque

they are falling apart

omg...

Ok...if we kill this we go on to win 7-4. Boys need to REALLY dig in now.

COME ON!!!!!

Mo, Mo, Mo

Arggggghhhhh....WTF!

looks like we know who's sitting to make room for the new d guy

Game is over! this team is so crazy, what are they thinking, penalty after penalty after penalty. Win it here, Rangers! These 2 points are a present that we give to you.

I don't think there'll be a 3-on-5, but I smell a shortie...

Great pass Zherdev

Have some faith Rachel...we got this. You're sounding like a Pensblog fan

This is character building!

/ducks again

Second major by Mo

Ok Mo has 9 mins of pims in the last 2 games, on only 2 penalties, wtf_s_morrison

Mo needs to sit next game, a Major last game which could have cost us the game, and a double minor tonight at a very important moment.... Not to mention Mo cost us a goal already that tied the game. Next game we'll see Kronwall and Mo will sit...Hopefully.

one down

Not a major, a double minor

Good grief ... how many 5 on 3s have the Caps allowed late in the 3rd lately? Talk about ridiculous.

Davethecapsfan:
I missed it - what happened?

Ok time to end it now. It's Ovie time...

The boo-birds are returning to the seating sections of the Madison Square Garden. And the CAPS kill the penalty! BOOYAH!

Wow, we've got this PK!!!

Hell'va kill there

GONE!!!!!!!!!

C-A-P-S! CAPS CAPS CAPS

Yeah sorry, this was double minor.

Good PK by the Caps... and honestly, the Rangers PP sucks lol

if they have any energy left it's time to get two quick ones

Mo caught some guy up high right off a faceoff...Rangers were idiots and ran another 30 seconds off before forcing us to touch it. Killed 36 sec of 5 on 3 and the remaining 3:24 of Mo's penalty

I'm sorry Dave, it's just that it's SO frustrating, but I will stop because I don't want to sound like a Pensblog fan.

hopefully we get a point at least

Hello All!

Been watching but did not post until now due to my superstition about, uh, never mind.

Anyway, time to draw a minor and win this thing!

Lets Go Cap - I - Tals!!!

Just have faith Rachel, the winner is coming. Maybe it'll be a hat trick for Game Over...

Nylander has looked like crap this game, does he never step up against his old team?

nyls setup the GTG..

Dave, you know I'll thank you if we win! ;)

Thank whoever buries it...NJ up with under 5 to play we need these 2 points.

BTW, for anyone watching the CSN feed, I can totally vouch for RFD. They really do have a phenomenal beer selection! :)

Geez, Theodore really look tiny in the net tonight. Spoiled by Olie's size for so many years.

omg turn around Flash...maybe it'll be a night of Bradley's...late for the US, late for the Caps. Hahaha. Probably not

icing: OV with the one-timer

Tense there at the end. We own Rangers in OT.

Yay 1 point! We've got to score in OT, no shootout!

1 point

brb....laundry is done.

Oh that was buzzer at MSG over my TV.

Hang in there guys. OT is seconds away.

come on guys lets go!

Oh I thought that was it.

I'm putting my money on Mikey Green with a slapper for the hat trick.

wtf green?

Ahhh Fehr!

Oh Fehr you coulda been a hero

oh man, that was it fehr.

great setup.

ugh fehr

OMG what a beautiful play.

Every Ranger forward plays NHL 09 with offsides turned off...

Shootout against Lung...Theo needs to come up big and we need someone to put a couple in

oh shoot

ahhh, the shootout

OH NO SHOOTOUT :`( Man, we need Alex Semin.

no kozlov or semin, might be tough

Oh, geez, a shootout without Kozlov?

Would love to know how we never got another power play btw

No Kozlov, no Semin... JSchon, here's my $1.06 lol

Boyd Gordon for the winner. Calling it.

Beagle, game winner??

zherdev and nasland

oof.

not ovie!
bet he tries the offhand move from asg - if it gets to him

BB pulling a Philly move.

no,on second thought I think we see the hat and sunglasses. Where's malkin when you need him?

Theo strong

Smooth...

christ just lift it

i love nyls on the SO. he goes in so slow. stylish.

Up against it here...Zherdev is almost a lock in my mind

Good to see I didn't miss anything. :-/

Come on Ovie!

good job by theo. out to challenge zherdev, dont let him deke.

OVIE

Breathing again...

turds

aww man

That's just a sad way to lose it

what a bs game

Well crap!

NOT FAIR

Sorry Rachel...I forgot to call Nylander before the shootout and tell him to use the Anti-Hasek move...lift the puck more than 3 inches off the ice you score everytime.

laich didnt elevate the friggin puck

glad Ovie got 1, though.
and, what could have been ugly ended up being a point, can't complain too much, I guess

Well, the way we played overall, I think it was not our best effort. Not the kind of hunger we usually see from the boys...

At least Laich can say he was on his backhand...Nylander was on his forehand and just stuffed it into the pads. Got a point at least tough to be mad when we killed ourselves with penalties.

Blah! Well, one point is better than no point, and with all those penalties in the 3rd, we could very easily have had no points. For what it's worth, we did win the season series with NYR in points, 7 to 3. (It was already clinched coming into tonight.)

See you Saturday, everyone.

Yea! Now people have something to complain about! ;)

PK did a great job getting us a point tonight. It is what it is...can't rely on a shootout to pull out wins (even though the Rangers do). We'll rock some bells down in Fla over the weekend and all will be well.

It's alright Dave, we are unbelievably unlucky! I hate shootouts! We've had some very heartbreaking and unlucky losses, vs the Canadiens, Ottawa, Bruins. The feeling after those games is the feeling I have after this game, what a crappy way to lose it.

Well, a storm knocked out my recording, so highlights will have to work. Mike Green, hot damn! Way to go, kid! Keep it up! Glad the Triple F line kicked it into gear. Good to see both Flash & Fehr getting goals.

HEY!

i think postgame live just took a cue from windjammer!

There are some positives to take out of tonight...although we need to stop setting records we seem to lose milestone games 5-4. I'm out till Sat.

Hey 2 games in a row without a ppg against!

They should make a rule that if the puck doesn't go in on the initial shot, then that's it, we shouldn't lose because it bounced off of Theo!

Alzner looked bad at times, but Ovie was the main focus of the D, and we learned that others can step up big time. Green is wicked with that shot and the two F's were superb. That was a win with 1 point.

It does suck, but remember the goal that won Detroit the Cup last season? Now *that* sucked. Just add them all to the list of "goals the netminder would like to have back" and move on.

Well 3 D mistakes and they score 3, then Poti hollywood move (lol) and Mo double minor... not the best game for our D.

On the other hand, 2 awesome goals by Green + record...

Not our best game... but we knew the Rangers were desperate.

Obviously positives come out of this game, but overall, it was pretty disgusting. Tough to lose to a Rangers team that struggles offensively (then notches four against the Caps terrible D tonight). I thought Theo was average and Poti was bad. He was constantly out of position. Alzner looked a little lost, too. This Ovie-Backs-Nyls line needs to be broken up. Neither Backs nor Nyls really want to take any shots or drive the net, so it's easy to double up on Ovie. Takes all the punch out of the primary line. Maybe someone like Laich should move up.

Caps needed those two points, but they lost focus in the second period (and in the third with all those penalties yet again). I can't help but wonder if their lapses in concentration will kill them in the playoffs. They're young, but they need to sharpen themselves mentally a little better.

The only time I disagree with bb is shootout lineups. Laich over green?No. Fehr over nylander, I think. Flash over laich, as well. No diss on laich, but other guys were hot tonight.