Post-Game Talk: 7:15 Est, Game 5 ECSF. CAPS vs Pens: Do or Die Edition

[Barry Amsterdam]

EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI FINALS GAME 5


Washington vs Pittsburgh



Caps Lineup
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65 Burakovsky - 19 Backstrom "A" - 77 Oshie
90 Johansson - 92 kuznetsov - 14 Williams
8 Ovechkin "C" - 20 Eller - 43 Wilson
26 Winnik - 83 Beagle

9 Orlov - 2 Niskanen
44 Orpik - 74 Carlson
88 Schmidt - 22 Shattenkirk
27 Alzner

70 Holtby​

Pens Lineup​

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59 Guentzal - 87 Crosby “C†- 72 Hornqvist
14 Kunitz “A" - 71 Malkin “A" - 81 Kessel
43 Sheary - 13 Bonino - 17 Rust
62 Hagelin - 7 Cullen - 34 Kuhnhackl

8 Dumoulin - 65 Hainsey
3 Maatta - 6 Daley
28 Cole - 4 Schultz

29 Fleury​

“Obviously, I didn’t play my game at all tonight so I think, me personally, I have to play much better,â€

- Ovechkin on his game 4 performance

“Our top guys didn’t step up tonight, which was unfortunate. Our top players need to play like top players. They didn’t.â€

-Trotz on his top guys performance

What its gonna take to win the series


Marc Andre “Brick Wall" Fleury Game 5


Rest of the penguins Game 5


Defy the odds, make history, win​

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[peterthegreat12]

Prove us wrong Caps, prove us wrong.

 

[SpinningEdge]

Either we live for another day.... or it's time to blow it all up.

 

[ovikovy817]

Now or never.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

The Ovy-Eller-Wilson line looks fun.

 

[Valhuen]

Well, I may end up watching on mute........

Have zero faith left they can pull out this series, however I do expect them to win game 5. If nothing else they can then give the usual excuse "we tried, but did not get the breaks we needed".

Keys to winning the game:

- Number of shots is meaningless, Caps shot attempts in this series thus far have been weak. Shoot high and force MAF to make a good save, quit shooting low!

- Holtby needs to mentally toughen up and start playing like a $6 million tender. If he can't get his emotions in check and "believe" he can beat the Pens, find another way to make a living.

- Cycle with the damn puck! The only time the Caps dominate games is when they are able to cycle. Quit dumping it in or shooting a low percentage shot on goal from the circles or blue line!

If they are able to do even a few of these things they have a chance of taking game 5. Don't believe they'll suddenly break their terrible habits, and don't believe Trotz is capable of coaching them through it......

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Thanks TheDayMan!

4-2 Good Guys!

 

[RandyHolt]

 

[Raikkonen]

Wtf is this gdt?

 

[Raikkonen]

Btw, conspiracy or not, the league would be glad to see this series going to at least 6 games. Fans too. Maybe even Caps players.

I mean, PP vs PK situation shouldn't be unchanged from last game.

 

[StrikingDistance]

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is Ovi.

 

[aonb]

Wtf is this gdt?

no effort GDT's are not helping, so time to change something

in all honesty i would rather lose tonight that in G6 or G7. it won't hurt that much

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

 

[BiPolar Caps]

Caps fans:

"You **** up, you trusted us
My advice to you is to start drinking heavily"

/s/ Your Washington Capitals

 

[BiPolar Caps]

 

[RaindanceMaggie]

Just wanted to say that I hope the capitals organization let Rogers/Sportsnet know they crossed the line by showing this sign on national TV, such a ****ing joke. I know they want OV to be the villain and whatnot but I mean WTF.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTp3TkWBT5k/?taken-by=nhl.discussion&hl=en

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Not sure if I'll have time to watch that one. Go Caps anyway. We've blown 3-1 leads before and so have the Penguins. We haven't made a 3-1 series comeback since 2009 when we beat the Rangers in the 1st round I believe.

 

[BiPolar Caps]

Scratch 44 for this one (hasn't it been the 44/22 pair that the Pens, Bonino in game 1 and Hornqvist in game 4 just went straight up center ice and split that pair and score).

Roll with 27/22 as the third pair. We can call them the "no return pair" as this could be the last time either one wears a Capitals jersey as well as since they'll be UFAs we'll get no returns on them when they sign elsewhere.

 

[RandyHolt]

Full practice. Gassed later alert

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Just wanted to say that I hope the capitals organization let Rogers/Sportsnet know they crossed the line by showing this sign on national TV, such a ****ing joke. I know they want OV to be the villain and whatnot but I mean WTF.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTp3TkWBT5k/?taken-by=nhl.discussion&hl=en

******** are scum....news at 11.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Full practice. Gassed later alert

Might as well get in a good workout!

 

[Turd Ferguson]

I don't give a **** if we win or lose at this point. But I do give a **** about if they play with heart and the desire to win tonight. I can accept a hard fought loss. What annoys me is a 60 minute boo hoo feel sorry for themselves pity party.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

I would recommend that everyone try and enjoy watching tonight's game, and any other games this team manages to play if they win tonight. Tonight may well signal the end of an era.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

Gdt gets a lot of effort cause we know our boys won't !

 

[Sam Spade]

The Ovy-Eller-Wilson line looks fun.

It looks stupid, desperate, and like the Caps are just giving up.

Just another reason for the rest of the hockey world to rip on Ovie.