GDT: Caps vs Sens 7pm Dec 22(Ovi another try for 801)

[max21]

Let me guess. We start with the three slowest players and they score. Yay.

Nice

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Such a different Mojo, love it.

 

[pman25]

W

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Top sniper Mojo

 

[twabby]

Well earned win IMO. NST had Washington at 73% xGF at 5v5. That’ll do.

Shout out to Darcy Kuemper as well. Would have been easy for him to show rust after the long layoff, but he was solid throughout.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

MoJo with a little Bonzai energy on that one.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Nice

It’s always nice to be wrong.

 

[Devil Dancer]

Is it wrong that I like Gus?

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Is it wrong that I like Gus?

Yes but hard not to given recent play.

 

[Fred22406Capsfan]

Way way too many penalties but 2 on the road? Take it.

 

[hockeykicker]

Remember when we were all so mad that they signed Gustafson and re-signed mojo? Good times lol

 

[tycoonheart]

Is it wrong that I like Gus?

I've been a fan of his!

 

[usiel]

Well done Mojo.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

This winning thing they’re doing is great and all but Ovi needs to score.

 

[BallardEra]

Not gonna lie. The way they were playing earlier this season I thought Lavi was fired and the team was done. All the injuries at the same time was like a huge snowball just barreling downhill and out of control.

What do you guys/gals feel the turning point was?

 

[g00n]

Not gonna lie. The way they were playing earlier this season I thought Lavi was fired and the team was done. All the injuries at the same time was like a huge snowball just barreling downhill and out of control.

What do you guys/gals feel the turning point was?

Oshie coming back and GMBM calling them out in the press

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Oshie coming back and GMBM calling them out in the press

Bingo.

To a lesser extent, they made a sneaky good pickup in Milano. 15 points in 22 games, not bad for a guy who got rejected by 2 teams this year.

 

[StrikingDistance]

Don’t look now, but we’re in the Wildcard #2 spot.

 

[Midnight Judges]

Not gonna lie. The way they were playing earlier this season I thought Lavi was fired and the team was done. All the injuries at the same time was like a huge snowball just barreling downhill and out of control.

What do you guys/gals feel the turning point was?

IMO it's just the fact that the line-up has been shaken up so much, it took time to gel.

 

[twabby]

Not gonna lie. The way they were playing earlier this season I thought Lavi was fired and the team was done. All the injuries at the same time was like a huge snowball just barreling downhill and out of control.

What do you guys/gals feel the turning point was?

They finally excised the team cancer (Connor McMichael) once and for all.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Oshie returning?

 

[marcel snapshot]

Marcus instrumental on 2 consecutive OT winners. Really glad to see him showing such strong play. Think he has always been under-appreciated and has been hammered for the things he doesn’t do rather than valued for what he does.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Not gonna lie. The way they were playing earlier this season I thought Lavi was fired and the team was done. All the injuries at the same time was like a huge snowball just barreling downhill and out of control.

What do you guys/gals feel the turning point was?

Well in another thread I posted I didn't think certain player had a winning attitude. It has changed thankfully even though I still want a certain player to contribute more and not try to be a passing machine, but shoot. I love our goalies and the change in atmosphere. We still have a long season, however being six points out of the metro lead is remarkable considering the rough start and other ailments.

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

They have also had a relatively easy schedule lately. Detroit, Chicago, Ottawa, Philly are bad teams. Toronto win was great don’t get me wrong but earlier in the season they had a pretty tough stretch of playing a lot of good teams back to back.

 

[twabby]

My for real answer is I think the defense is just playing better. Orlov and Jensen had a rough start to the year somewhat uncharacteristically. Gustafsson wasn't nearly as effective as now. Carlson was making a bunch of mistakes. TVR has been his normal solid self. Even Irwin has been fine in a 6D role.

Pre-Thanksgiving they were 23rd in xGF% at 5v5 at 47%. Since Thanksgiving they are 2nd at 58%. Most of that improvement came from the defensive end where they went from 2.72 xGA/60 to 2.09 xGA/60. They improved offensively but not to the same extent.

If only I had any faith in John Carlson not falling apart in the postseason again, should they make it.