Post-Game Talk: Birds that can’t fly @ Majestic eagles 7:00 PM

[Corby78]

Deserved the win. Hopefully Samsonov plays better next game than Vanecek

VV had a good game, way to many chances for Pitt. He kept us in it for good stretches

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Hopefully we get Sammy, Ovi and Carlson next game and we plant them 5-0

 

[pman25]

Pens will always beat us in OT, we do not win against them there lol

Wilson secured us a playoff berth, thas cool

 

[mad4comp]

VV had a good game, way to many chances for Pitt. He kept us in it for good stretches

rofl.. wut?

 

[Corby78]

Pens will always beat us in OT, we do not win against them there lol

Wilson secured us a playoff berth, thas cool

Kuzy says hello

 

[Corby78]

rofl.. wut?

Please tell me how many of those goals were poor goaltending where Sammy saves it? The breakaway snipe to the corner? The OT tip? How about the turnover behind the net walk right in front goal?

 

[DrewGl]

No Ovi ...prob could have got a goal or made a difference, whatever

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Caps need to figure out Guentzel. The guy just kills us.

 

[ToddBrew]

Kuzy says hello

KUZY SCREAMS HELLO!

 

[chilimac]

Please tell me how many of those goals were poor goaltending where Sammy saves it? The breakaway snipe to the corner? The OT tip? How about the turnover behind the net walk right in front goal?

Sammy cant even stop an unscreened slapper from the blue line.

 

[crab]

Please tell me how many of those goals were poor goaltending where Sammy saves it? The breakaway snipe to the corner? The OT tip? How about the turnover behind the net walk right in front goal?

The breakaway snipe to the corner was from a terrible angle.

Jarry made many difficult saves while Vanecek only made a few.

Scoring chances and high danger changes heavily favored the Caps. The Penguins were lucky to win this one and it came down to goaltending.

 

[BallardEra]

A regulation win would be nice to see next game.

Pens finish the season with 4 easy games after that.

 

[TheLegendOfPatPeake]

Please tell me how many of those goals were poor goaltending where Sammy saves it? The breakaway snipe to the corner? The OT tip? How about the turnover behind the net walk right in front goal?

The second Kapanen goal was not a good look. He was off his angle on that one.

 

[JMUcapsfan07]

Not exactly the ideal place to be with 6 games to go where the debate over which goalie should start in the playoffs centers on who is playing worse.

 

[SoulessGingerCapsFan]

The second Kapanen goal was not a good look. He was off his angle on that one.

They’re both... just awful. Get ready to be bounced in the first round again

 

[tycoonheart]

We should have won that game and we should have won that game in regulation. They completely shut down the Crosby line. Dude was crying around yelling at Hathaway, lmao.

Garbage goaltending cost us today.

 

[twabby]

Pretty even game. Not going to draw too many conclusions from this one.

 

[Corby78]

The breakaway snipe to the corner was from a terrible angle.

Jarry made many difficult saves while Vanecek only made a few.

Scoring chances and high danger changes heavily favored the Caps. The Penguins were lucky to win this one and it came down to goaltending.

Jarry did outplay VV, but this was on the caps having poor puck control. You can’t let a talented scoring team that many chances. I don’t know one goal that was a “bad” goal. The snipe angel wasnt that bad, it was a great shot. For those who don’t know, the goal is bigger than the goalie.

 

[caps4cup]

VV had a good game, way to many chances for Pitt. He kept us in it for good stretches

He gave up 3 goals more than expected. He was terrible.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

VV had a good game, way to many chances for Pitt. He kept us in it for good stretches

The numbers don't agree. At 5-on-5 the Caps controlled 60.5% of the scoring chances and 68.8% of high danger scoring chances but were outscored 4-2. VV did not play well and rarely bailed them out when they needed him to. Jarry won the game for Pittsburgh or Vitek lost the game for Washington -- pick whichever one you think is more fitting.

 

[Eirikrautha]

Sammy cant even stop an unscreened slapper from the blue line.

I defended Sammy against that accusation, and I'll defend VV with the same declaration: The players in front of him were mostly responsible for the goals tonight. VV missed several very difficult saves he never should have had to make.

 

[Eirikrautha]

They’re both... just awful. Get ready to be bounced in the first round again

How about you head for an early exit with your negativity...

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

The team is playing better we just need the goaltending to catch up

 

[caps4cup]

The second Kapanen goal was not a good look. He was off his angle on that one.

He was also off his angle on Kapanen’s first goal. He completely flubbed it and it still looked like an easy goal because Vanecek was on one side of the net. Was also off angle on the Pens second goal. The puck never even left the ice.

Look, Vanecek has had some good games recently and has had some good stretches this season but I’ll take Samsonov’s upside over VV’s mediocreness (yeah that’s not a word but still).

 

[txpd]

He gave up 3 goals more than expected. He was terrible.

More than expected? Ah...more fancy s.....actual goals are overrated.