GDT: Game # 28 | Wings @ Caps | 7:30 PM EST

[Frk It]

VS.

December 8th, 2015
7:30 p.m., FS-D


Verizon Center
Washington, D.C.

Lines:

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Justin Abdelkader|Henrik Zetterberg|Dylan Larkin
Darren Helm|Pavel Datsyuk|Brad Richards
Tomas Tatar|Riley Sheahan|Gustav Nyquist
Joakim Andersson|Luke Glendening|Tomas Jurco

Left Defense | Right Defense
Niklas Kronwall|Mike Green
Danny Dekeyser|Jonathan Ericsson
Brendan Smith|Alexey Marchenko

Starting Goaltender
Jimmy Howard

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Alex Ovechkin|Nick Backstrom|T.J. Oshie

Marcus Johansson|Evgeny Kuznetsov|Justin Williams

Jason Chimera|Jay Beagle|Tom Wilson

Brooks Laich|Michael Latta|Andre Burakovsky

Left Defense | Right Defense
Nate Schmidt|John Carlson

Karl Alzner|Matt Niskanen

Dmitry Orlov|Taylor Chorney

Starting Goaltender
Braden Holtby

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[Shoalzie]

Please don't be 1-0 again.

 

[SimplySolace]

Please don't be 1-0 again.

Please don't play the "let OV do whatever he wants and hope we win" strategy

 

[Hammettf2b]

 

[lilidk]

we gona loose in overtime , I think

 

[ap3x]

I would gladly take a point this time.

 

[korrowan]

Bet Howard gets owned by Ovi. This is a silly move considering how much trouble Wash has had against Mrazek.

 

[Hammettf2b]

Predicting a goal from Smith tonight. The way he was moving with the puck last game has me intrigued.

 

[TheMule93]

Bet Howard gets owned by Ovi. This is a silly move considering how much trouble Wash has had against Mrazek.

Well Mrazek has been bad his past couple games, makes sense to start jimbo

 

[sean3250]

Both goalies have been bad for their past 5 starts or so. At this point, idc who is in net as long as they play well. Hopefully no softies tonight. Both have had a problem with that lately.

 

[HadVokounOnFortSt]

Should be a great test, 3-2 Wings.

 

[TheMule93]

Last time we played in Washington, Howard (unsurprisingly) mishandled the puck behind the net, tore his groin trying to recover, and ended up letting in the goal anyway.

He was taken off the ice on a stretcher.

Howard would miss months, and would never regain form even after he returned.

Mrazek got his first start in the playoffs and performed admirably. Howard has slowly been losing his starting job ever since.

 

[DanZ]

Last time we played in Washington, Howard (unsurprisingly) mishandled the puck behind the net, tore his groin trying to recover, and ended up letting in the goal anyway.

He was taken off the ice on a stretcher.

Howard would miss months, and would never regain form even after he returned.

Mrazek got his first start in the playoffs and performed admirably. Howard has slowly been losing his starting job ever since.

Mrazek hasn't played well the past few games. The bias against Howard on this board is hilarious. I have no problem with Howard starting tonight after Mrazek's past few games. That's the benefit of having two good goalies.

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

Mrazek hasn't played well the past few games. The bias against Howard on this board is hilarious. I have no problem with Howard starting tonight after Mrazek's past few games. That's the benefit of having two good goalies.

After having solid starts, they've both been kind of struggling. I don't have any problem going with Howard either.

 

[theYman]

Why is Howard in? Why wouldn't you go with the guy who singlehandedly won the game for us 1-0? And played well enough to win the 2nd game. I can honestly say Holtby is better than Howard at this point. Soft serve comin up tonight.

 

[Ezekial]

Why is Howard in? Why wouldn't you go with the guy who singlehandedly won the game for us 1-0? And played well enough to win the 2nd game. I can honestly say Holtby is better than Howard at this point. Soft serve comin up tonight.

Because Mrazek has a .890 save% and a 3.25 GAA in his last 4 games(2-0-2). Jimmy has a .908 and a 2.5 in his last 4 (4-0-0).
It also saves Petr for Montreal.

Really not a bad move. Jimmy and Mrazek have both been good this year, plus Mrazek probably should've had 2 of those 3 Weber goals.

Such a joke that people treat Jimmy Howard like he's Bernier.

 

[19 for president]

Because Mrazek has a .890 save% and a 3.25 GAA in his last 4 games(2-0-2). Jimmy has a .908 and a 2.5 in his last 4 (4-0-0).
It also saves Petr for Montreal.

Really not a bad move. Jimmy and Mrazek have both been good this year, plus Mrazek probably should've had 2 of those 3 Weber goals.


Such a joke that people treat Jimmy Howard like he's Bernier.

I don't get it either. I want Jimmy to split starts and play well. We are eventually going to need to trade him and that won't happen if he doesn't prove he is a competent starter.

Petr is our goalie of the future but he is still inconsistent. He has a rough few games, keep them rotating.

 

[Ezekial]

You can honestly say that Holtby is better than Mrazek too, Holtby is 8th in S% and 3rd in GAA..................

 

[Classicnamesup]

Don't want OT, Kuznetsov will style all over this teams D

 

[DeYarmond Edison]

Jimmy has certainly been playing better than Mrazek as of late.

Having 2 top 20 goalies is a good problem to have. (maybe even top 15?)

 

[One Blurred Eye]

3:40 seems pertinent to the goalie discussion.

 

[Ezekial]

3:40 seems pertinent to the goalie discussion.

Are you insinuating that the disparity between Mrazek and Howard is the same as Daryl Strawberry and Homer Simpson?

 

[TheOtherOne]

Why is Howard in? Why wouldn't you go with the guy who singlehandedly won the game for us 1-0? And played well enough to win the 2nd game. I can honestly say Holtby is better than Howard at this point. Soft serve comin up tonight.

Yea! Why don't coaches just do exactly what worked in one game previously, instead of carefully analyzing all the other factors they have available to them!

 

[One Blurred Eye]

Are you insinuating that the disparity between Mrazek and Howard is the same as Daryl Strawberry and Homer Simpson?

I might be! But who is Homerin' Homer and who is the Straw in my insinuation? Well, Mr. Ilitch had done it; the pizza plant had won it, with Glendening clucking all the while... Abdelkader's tragic contract made us smile...

Or really just indicating my amusement at the general idea of "playing the percentages," regardless of which starter one prefers, when either should wholly suffice provided the rest of the team shows up to the game, maybe actually scoring some goals for a change against this particular opponent, and limiting their stupid penalties so we don't have to sit around and watch Ovechkin camp at the top of the circle all night practicing one-timers.

 

[theYman]

Don't want OT, Kuznetsov will style all over this teams D

I know Washington still has Backstrom but why don't they try Kuznetsov with OV? Seems like it would fit no?