Tonight's lineup: Caps at Canadiens

Let's Go Caps!

...and there it is!

GO CAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Prediction: one pp and one even strength goal for Semin. Fehr also pots one past Price. Caps win 4-2.

C-A-P-S CAPS CAPS CAPS!!!!

From the last thread about Pittsburgh. Scoring wise they are doing great but who knows how much of that is the Sens goaltending being horrible. The one thing is they are playing a low scoring team without one of their better scorers and they are still giving up 4 or so goals a game.

It's mostly all about Eric Fehr. 6 goals in last 7 games vs. Montreal now. WTF?

Semin is going to score tonight for sure. It's about time for him to remember how good he is. I know it's going to happen.

LET'S GO CAPSSSSSSSS!!!!

PP WILL STRIKE!

CAPS CAPS CAPS!!!

Anyone have a link for a game feed?

LETS GO CAPS

UNLEASH THE FURY!!!!

The only good Canadien fan is a silent one! Go Caps!

I LOVE these commercials where middle age people are poppin' and lockin' etc.

Don't know about the Sloan/Corvo combo. Rather have Erskine even if he don't match up too well against their smaller, quicker forwards. Still should run this team over!

again they cut out the US anthem

Go Caps Go! Go Caps Go!

Ok PP lets get this done early so we don't have to talk about it all night.

Our good friend #14 taking a dumb penalty.

pp already?

http://atdhe.net/ has three feeds to the game

Come on Caps bury the bisquit and show the Habs how good the PP can be.

Ok, I think they changed things up TOO MUCH on that PP!

Only one shot on the PP? Time for a better practice.

@visionof75

I too would rather have Erskine.

While there was only one shot they did have a couple of good looks which is more then you could say about the first three games. I would like to see Bradley a little more on the PP he almost had a goal on the first one.

Seems like a tight game, with so few shots. Are the guys playing tight? It is nice to see the Caps blocking so many shots.

Gotta get these pucks on net. They've missed on a couple of opportunities.

Wow missed penalty

Oh man, that's worth a suspension. Who hit Corvo there?

THEY ARE BEGGING FOR US TO SCORE ON THE PP!!!!!!!!!!!

@icehammer97

THANKS FOR THE FEED!

PP! Making up for the missed shot on Corvo?

OK second chance to redeem the PP -- Let's go Capsz!!!

Come on PP!! Go Caps!!

thank u

GGGOOAAALLL!!!

There's that shot on the PP. Nice!

OV = PP!

Yeah Ovi!!!

OOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVIIIIEEEE. Finally a PP goal.

YEESSSSSSS -- monkey off the back!!!!!

OVI Scores on the PP!! Go Caps!!

THAT is the old Ovie!

Great PP goal by Ovi!

Well at least they scored on a PP. Just an oddman rush though not a traditional PP goal situation.

way to go ovi - 1 for 16 on the pp = 6.25%. pp numbers on the rise - woooooooo

The Habs are playing themselves right outta the playoffs. Just absolutely DUMB hockey so far and last game.

What's with Schultz and Green? My God. They're going to let a guy just stand behind the cage? Give me a break. They've been so disappointing.

Our great lockdown combo at it again.

DUMB

...here we go with this crap!!!

STOP!

1 guy got a shot off with 3 Caps around him.

Soft in front of the net.

Ugh, a bad Caps habit, the rubber goal.

It looked like it might've been Maxim Lapierre with the blindside head shot on Corvo, because it looked like #40. If so, and if he's suspended, I don't think that really helps the Capitals' cause much.

I hope I'm wrong. I hope that it was someone else. I think he'll get suspended, whoever it was.

We had that crowd RIGHT WHERE WE WANTED THEM....quiet

NOW THEY R BACK!

Because of that crap I have HATED all season

im sorry green sucks

Jeez, those damn left handed defenders just shut down Ovie on the fast breaks

I like the person, but Mike Green, the hockey player sucks. He is sooooo SOFT.

@visionof75

I couldn't have said it better myself.

I cannot express 2 u how angry that stuff makes me....

DONT THEY SEE HOW HARD THE GAME IS BECAUSE THEY GIVE UP THAT GOAL!?!!?

So DUMB. Ovie's goal sucked out the energy of the fans like the vacuum of space, but of course we give their energy right back.

The Habs are going to fight hard for this game. They do not want to go back to DC down 3-1, so the Caps better tighten up and play tough. They have to take the body, keep their legs moving, and challenge the Habs up the middle.

Carlson and Poti should be the first combo. Then Sloan and Corvo. I get nervous w/ Lambo and Sarge.

This is getting old already. The Caps so much as breathe on a Hab and the crowd is looking for a penalty. Makes it hard to watch the actual hockey imo

we r doing dumb stuff

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WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING FLASH

Appears they are coming down with a case of the Stupids

Flash being LAZY...

Caps are making all the mistakes. That's why Montreal is staying in this thing. And there's Flash with a terrible turnover. Just skate it out, guy. I wouldn't be surprised to see him sitting out Friday, unless he explodes for goals tonight. He's not giving the team a thing.

Flash that was WEAK! Get your head in the game! I don't understand why BB has him and Semin on the same line.

Flash is looking bad so far. Horrible giveaway that almost cost us big.

dumb flash

We are soft and fundamentally unsound in our own end.

There is too much of a lack of a sense of urgency by both forwards and defensemen.

Tomas Fleischmann's failed clear.

One thing I've noticed about the Capitals in general is that they seem to be masters of the failed clear.

Time for hardcore pk! The Caps can gain some mo from a strong pk.

Oh, wow. He turned it over and got the penalty. Compounded his error.

GREAT PK!

Good PK

Noticed how Green and Schultz weren't out there for the PK. Hope BB has learned lol.

They didn't even get a shot.

I am so glad the PK turned it up to 11 in the postseason

FLASH is beggin' for the scratch.

He has been less than marginal for too long.

Good shift to end the period

well that was a nice effort at the VERY end

Caps are even, but I'm not sure they can be happy with that period. Should have scored a couple, and Montreal's best chances were a result of sloppiness and stupidity on the part of the Caps.

2nd best power play vs. the Caps' 74.9% effective road penalty kill.

Capitals should probably try to stay out of the box.

The Caps played with tremendous intensity and a sense of urgency in their own zone in the last game but that was a pretty foreign concept to this team. I don't know if you can expect that kind of effort more than once in a blue moon.

I'm so sick of Montreal fans screaming for a penalty anytime one of their players falls down.

And I'm starting to climb aboard the anti-flash train. Just dumb hockey decisions.

We have to keep working hard, keep playing team hockey and for gosh sakes, take the man in front of our net!

I kind of hope Flash does get scratched, but it's difficult to see it happening given some of his regular season numbers.

Right now, against this Canadiens team, it seems like Caps would be better off with someone else. I dunno.

We're tied after 1, so that means we get 4 goals in the 2nd, right? Habs "just have one bad period," right?

Just as I did last game, I feel lucky to come out of the 1st without a deficit.

...but this game was supposed to be diff, we were supposed to have the lead.

flash needs to sit a game

Flash on the clear - terrible play, but did not bite us.

Watching on the internet. So, who was in front of the goal on the Canadians goal? Was that Green? He is stinking up the place AGAIN. WTF. How many shots is he going to get blocked before he learns to maneuver around or pause and shoot over the defensmen? He has no patience whatsoever.

pk better without steckel...forwards showing grit....sloan is doing ok...green needs to stay in front of our net not chase guys behind it....and semin and flash are horribly lazy and brutal in our zone

Hey kids - just got home. 1-1 - are we happy/disturbed by this? Tie is better than being down obviously! Grade our Caps, please...

@natresgroup - I am pretty sick of it too. Has it always been this way in Montreal in the playoffs? I don't remember it being this bad. It's like everyone got together and agreed that the team wasn't really that good, except for their power play, and they needed to try really hard to yell for some calls.

If I were a Canadiens fan, I'd be kind of embarrassed about that.

Green's biggest problem in a playoff game is his slow release. In the regular season, goal scorers can wind up because they have more room. In the playoffs they have to score like Ovie did, just rip a wrist shot. Take what they give you.

As for Flash, I hope BB is making him sit in the corner in the locker room.

Did they boo the anthem again?

Didn't watch the very beginning - what happened with the Star Spangled Banner - any boos tonite?

Flash needs to sit a period, or he will look great in a St. Louis uni next year. He needs a timeout to get his head on straight.

And wtf with Sloan? Did not BB see my earlier message? Erskine! Humor me.

Flash is a great nickname cuz he is a very hot and cold player. He is cold now, but can have a hot flash. I hope he has one in the 2nd. As for Semin, Sasha is not a playoff player, he is a pick on weak defenses player. I can see trading away Semin for a player with more grit and tenacity next year.

Watching on the internet. So, who was in front of the goal on the Canadians goal? Was that Green? He is stinking up the place AGAIN. WTF. How many shots is he going to get blocked before he learns to maneuver around or pause and shoot over the defensmen? He has no patience whatsoever.

Posted by: rphilli721 | April 21, 2010 7:48 PM

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Exactly, besides his atrocious "D", why does he take forever to shoot the puck basically ensuring his shot will be blocked --> which too often lead to counter-attacks. I swear he's a good guy, but darn stupid ;) And BB loves him?!

new thread

Hmmm - sounds like Caps get a "D", outside of Ovi's goal. I would love to hear what BB is saying to them right now.

whew - great saves end to end!

I missed the beginning of the game. Did the fans boo the national anthem again?