GDT: Detroit @ Washington - 10.29.14 7:30 PM - NBCSN

[SimplySensational]

Team Stats

| |
Record | 4-2-2 | 4-2-2
S/GP | 29.0 | 29.5
SA/GP | 25.0 | 26.9
PP% | 25.9% | 6.7%
PK% | 80.0% | 96.2%

Starting Goalies

|
Holtby | Howard
3-1-1 | 3-1-2
.922 | .929
1.92 | 1.96

Statistical Leaders

| |
Goals | Ovechkin (5) | Nyquist (4)
Assists | Green (5) | Zetterberg (7)
Points | Green (8) | Zetterberg (7)
+/- | Green (+6) | Kindl (+3)
PIM | Orpik/O'Brien (14) | Zetterberg (8)
FO% | Backstrom (56.1) | Glendening (57.9)
Hits | Ovechkin (33) | Abdelkader (24)

Ovechkin-Burakovsky-Ward
Johansson-Backstrom-Brouwer
Chimera-Kuznetsov-Beagle
O'Brien-Latta-Wilson/Fehr

Alzner-Niskanen
Orpik-Asshat
Schmidt-Green

Holtby
Peters​

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[Alexander the Gr8]

Bura is one the top line ? What ?

 

[thelebaron]

the return!

 

[Acallabeth]

Interesting line-up...

 

[The Flying Finn]

wow detroit has a terrible pp%

 

[trick9]

wow detroit has a terrible pp%

I think they may have the best PK in the league though. 6.7% PP is definitely the worst in the league but 96.2% PK is ridiculous even if it very early in the season.

Feeling lazy and not really bothered to check anything, but is Datsyuk healthy already?

 

[g00n]

Interesting line-up...

at the moment it looks like line assignments are being based almost entirely on merit shown on the ice in recent play. Which is the complete opposite of what Adam Oates used to do: demote the better players for whatever reason.

 

[BobRouse]

Glad to see Wilson back in the lineup and hope he shakes off the rust.

Lines are fine. Only concern is the Backstrom/Brouwer combo which brings both players down for some reason.

Teams seem pretty evenly matched in terms of their start to the season.

Why is this a rivalry game? I don't understand NBCSNs criteria for this.

 

[SkinsFan09]

In a rematch of some Stanley Cup series from the 90s!!!!

Seriously, rivalry?

Anyway, I love that top line. Burakovsky + Ovechkin with Ward crashing the net cleaning up the dirt. Yes.

 

[trick9]

Glad to see Wilson back in the lineup and hope he shakes off the rust.

Lines are fine. Only concern is the Backstrom/Brouwer combo which brings both players down for some reason.

Teams seem pretty evenly matched in terms of their start to the season.

Why is this a rivalry game? I don't understand NBCSNs criteria for this.

Same conference and both are bubble playoff teams, i guess that is enough.

In all honesty, not like this is the only ''Wednesday night rivalry'' game that actually isn't even close to rivalry.

 

[Acallabeth]

Feeling lazy and not really bothered to check anything, but is Datsyuk healthy already?

Played their last 3 games, has 3 points.

 

[txpd]

Same conference and both are bubble playoff teams, i guess that is enough.

In all honesty, not like this is the only ''Wednesday night rivalry'' game that actually isn't even close to rivalry.

bubble playoff teams? last season? to call any team a bubble playoff team at this point is kind of silly.

 

[Vladiator16*]

I think they may have the best PK in the league though. 6.7% PP is definitely the worst in the league but 96.2% PK is ridiculous even if it very early in the season.

Feeling lazy and not really bothered to check anything, but is Datsyuk healthy already?

Yes, he is. You didn't see that goal he scored and then got robed by the refs in his return a few days ago?

the return!

4-1 Caps (a little too ambitious i think)!

 

[tycoonheart]

Need a win here.

 

[HunterSThompson]

Alex Prewitt ‏@alex_prewitt · 15m
Tom Wilson early on the ice with Volpatti/Hillen to help shoot during goalie work.

Don't know what this might mean, maybe nothing.

 

[The Deadly Pook Gas]

Alex Prewitt ‏@alex_prewitt · 15m
Tom Wilson early on the ice with Volpatti/Hillen to help shoot during goalie work.

Don't know what this might mean, maybe nothing.

They have him rotating with fehr on the 4th line right now.

EDIT:

Adam Vingan @AdamVingan
Full lines: 8-65-42, 90-19-20, 25-92-83, 87-46-16/43. #Caps

 

[BrooklynCapsFan]

They have him rotating with fehr on the 4th line right now.

EDIT:

Priority #1 is to keep Beagle in the lineup as a RW.

 

[tycoonheart]

Woah, Fehr 'bout to go from looking awesome on the 1st line, to centering 3rd line to being benched.

 

[Holtbyisms]

Priority #1 is to keep Beagle in the lineup as a RW.

God why... He literally had nothing to offer to an nhl team. He's just not a nhler. He belongs in the AHL.

 

[Holtbyisms]

Woah, Fehr 'bout to go from looking awesome on the 1st line, to centering 3rd line to being benched.

Probably not playing Wilson tonight... :/

 

[ulvvf]

Normally Ovechkin and Backstrom get about 20 min, will they still get that now when they play in different lines? So will it be 2 "first" lines now when Backstrom and Ovechkin plays in different lines?

But yes interesting lines, see how it goes.

 

[foundhockey]

God why... He literally had nothing to offer to an nhl team. He's just not a nhler. He belongs in the AHL.

He's good on the PK.

 

[BobRouse]

He's good on the PK.

And faceoffs.

He also is good defensively and our hardest working player.

That said he should be on the 4th line unless in critical situations where we need to win a draw.

 

[The Deadly Pook Gas]

Greens back on PP1 now too.

 

[Holtbyisms]

Greens back on PP1 now too.

Good it needed little boost. Looking stagnant lately.