Pre-Game Talk: Leafs @ Capitals 7 PM Tuesday TSN4

[Budsfan]

Goals


#8 AlexOvechkin
Washington Capitals LW
Goals 9

#34 AustonMatthews
Toronto Maple Leafs C

• Goals
• 5
  
• Assists
• 3
  
• Points
  8

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[1specter]

Game is on Tuesday bud

 

[Budsfan]

Game is on Tuesday bud

Thanks I was reading it wrong , just changed the title.

This may be a tough game to win OV has been scoring at will.

 

[MR4]

Thanks I was reading it wrong , just changed the title.

This may be a tough game to win OV has been scoring at will.

We gotta be prepared but Caps got demolished last game by Flyers with Ovy pointless and -4, tied for worst on team. Hopefully we missed Ovy's hot streak and he plays trash.

 

[slozo]

The kids will be pumped for this game too, I think. We were so close in the playoffs, and the whole series was a bounce or two away from a Leafs upset.

Should be an awesome game to watch, too bad I'll miss it. Will have to watch the highlights later.

 

[JacobimMugatu]

Matthews doesn't have 5 points

 

[GoodNewfieBoy]

Their defence is not very good on paper. Looks like three AHL defencemen. Probably another high scoring shootout game

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

We've coasted through our last two games and Washington has some big guns that got humiliated against Philly. We could be in for a brutal shock if we don't come out hard and skate our asses off all game

 

[Damisoph]

lol "Capitols".

 

[Drytoast]

Mathews has 5 goals and 3 assists...8 points.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Hopefully Matthews gets 5 more points to double his season stats against the Capitols tomorrow night.

 

[MJ65]

This is going to be a very interesting game

Backstrom and Kuznetsov with 11 points each are the leading the league in points, while Ovi with 9 goals is leading the leagu in goals

Goals for (GF)
Leafs 26 in 5 games (1st in the league)
Capitals 22 in 6 games (3rd in the league)

Goals per game (GPG)
Leafs 5.2 (1st in the league)
Capitals 3.67 (9th in the league)

Goals Against (GA)
Leafs 19 (26th)
Capitals 22 (29th)

Goals against per game (GA/PG)
Leafs 3,80 (28th)
Capitals 3,67 (24th)

PP
Leafs 30.8% (1st)
Capitals 30% (2nd)

PK
Leafs 79.2% (18th)
Capitals 76.9% (20th)

As long as we avoid unnecessary penalties and keep Backstrom / Kuznetsov - Ovi - Oshie line in check, we should be fine - this line is responsible for 17 of 22 goals scored (unreal). I believe Kadri's line is going to get that assignment but since Capitals are a home time they are going to try their best to expose Bozak's / 4th line

 

[Budsfan]

Mathews has 5 goals and 3 assists...8 points.

I just changed it....Thanks

 

[White Shadow]

It's not Capitals anymore?

 

[Raym11]

Andersen has to have his first great showing of the year or we are in for one. Capitals just got embarassed by Philly and look like they are really pissed off this year with themselves.

Gonna need Gardiner at his best as well



Moment of silence for the Bozak line after this one

 

[Cor]

I hate playing in Washington.

Think we take the L here

 

[MJ65]

Andersen has to have his first great showing of the year or we are in for one. Capitals just got embarassed by Philly and look like they are really pissed off this year with themselves.

Gonna need Gardiner at his best as well



Moment of silence for the Bozak line after this one

I hope so, as a Leafs fan we want all of our lines to succeed

 

[4evaBlue]

This should be some good pond hockey.

 

[TML11]

Haven't posted in a while. Hopefully we can recreate the excitement of last spring's playoff run! Everyone knows the one spot on the ice where Ovi breads his butter...amazes me how he can still manage to get open and score from that wing area after all these years! would love to see the percentage of goals from his spot than other places in the offensive zone. Let's put Kadri on him all game. I think if we manage to stay out of the penalty box we will be good.

 

[CanadasTeam]

That punk Tom Wilson better not be boarding any of our players.

 

[Jozay]

Gonna be a tough game. Caps looking to have a strong bounce back game.

Would be the right time to have a really solid game all around.

 

[Cleetus]

they have to be better than the last 2 games to get a W in this one.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

I hate playing in Washington.

Think we take the L here

I don't think Matthews is going to allow that with the way he's been playing

 

[MJ65]

Losing that playoff series against these Caps should give us the motivation to play better and win this game

 

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