GDT: G14: City of Lost Wages @ Chocolate City - 7:08pm EST

[Raikkonen]

2 points. gg.

awesome!

Lindgren all 3 stars obviously, but boys hustled hard

 

[Empty Goal Net]

JC74 led the team with 28:02 of ice time.
It's good the guys can rest for a few days before their next match.

 

[EYEuhFRAYtee]

Nice to see Lindgren get the SO. Ovechkin fumbling the empty netter is a microcosm of his season so far.

 

[JayBeagleFanAccount]

we’re actually cooking, be very careful NHL

 

[IafrateOvie34]

McMichael and Malenstyn need to be permanent Caps. Nothing can be gained for them at the AHL level and they are just getting better.

 

[Raikkonen]

McMichael and Malenstyn need to be permanent Caps. Nothing can be gained for them at the AHL level and they are just getting better.

they already are, 100%

 

[IafrateOvie34]

we’re actually cooking, be very careful NHL

Getting the goaltending and the team responding to a new coach and system sure gets us excited. If they can fix this power play it should scare the NHL.

 

[Raikkonen]

did oshie have a shift in the end? didnt notice him

 

[bacchist]

I hope Phillips is ok. We may have won the battle but lost the war.

 

[Langway]

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Oh I forgot before I'm done for the night. I hate Vegas and this win feels great.

 

[StrikingDistance]

 

[Kalopsia]

First shutout win since January 19th against the Coyotes. Oh how I've missed these!

Side note: the Caps lost the next game after each of their 5 shutouts last year. I'm going to the game on Saturday so can we please break that streak?

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

So many doubters this morning! Easy formula…score first!

Statement win there people. 2pt night!

 

[Monsterrain]

Chucky was unreal. The sticks in the lanes were huge tonight, so many broken up chances. Lujo playing with some confidence. Tank is off.

 

[EXTRAS]

Should trade Wilson and get a buttload of futures. We aren't good. Keep ovinto go for the record, but trade any other 27yo+ guys that can get good futures.

 

[tycoonheart]

McMichael and Malenstyn need to be permanent Caps. Nothing can be gained for them at the AHL level and they are just getting better.

NAK too. He is perfect on that 4th line.

 

[Silky mitts]

McIlrath led the team in Corsi, Fenwick, xGF%, and NOPTMAGHTOHATD, which is number of punches that made a guys head twist one hundred and twenty degrees.

 

[hockeykicker]

and now time for only one game (saturday) in next 7 days

 

[StrikingDistance]

Should trade Wilson and get a buttload of futures. We aren't good. Keep ovinto go for the record, but trade any other 27yo+ guys that can get good futures.

You lose money tonight?

 

[twabby]

It still matters, don't know a non-sports way to explain it

Surely it matters. Winning those battles will certainly yield better overall results.

But I think the forest is being missed for the trees again. Why hyperfocus on certain things he's bad at while ignoring the bigger things he appears to be good at, such as playing a responsible two-way game? More than every Capital he avoids getting hemmed in his own zone according to the numbers, for instance. His individual impact on chances against is the best on the team right now, according to RAPM.

It seems like another instance of results being ignored in favor of nitpicks. If he's such a bad player then why do the results suggest otherwise?

 

[Calicaps]

Obviously Charlie was the difference, but when Vegas pulled the goalie, the Caps suddenly had all the puck control. Up a man and the Knights couldn't buy a forecheck. Loved the commitment. 2 points!

 

[HTFN]

Surely it matters. Winning those battles will certainly yield better overall results.

But I think the forest is being missed for the trees again. Why hyperfocus on certain things he's bad at while ignoring the bigger things he appears to be good at, such as playing a responsible two-way game? More than every Capital he avoids getting hemmed in his own zone according to the numbers, for instance.

It seems like another instance of results being ignored in favor of nitpicks.

We may be having slightly different discussions just based on our viewpoints here.

What I mean when I say that is, like... Phillips is no doubt a very high IQ player who knows how to hustle for the pucks that really matter and make plays on them, and that's great. It's got a lot of value, and I don't even deny that he should probably stick around.

But if you can get a guy even close to that who won't be erased from the play as often, that's got a lot of value too. and so Phillips comes at a disadvantage where you'd hope to see one more elite tool

 

[Marshall]

Nobody run to the mains and post a "Caps 7 - 1 - 1 are burning you villages!!!!!un!" thread - the more under-the-radar this team is, the better.

 

[Monsterrain]

Man that 4th line is perfect