Result:
5-4 Caps Win
My Player of the Game:
Jeff Schultz
1 Goal
2 Assists
+3 Rating
Hands down. I've been reading fan comments on various news sources and there has been a lot of hate for Schultz, this game should quiet that down.
Thoughts:
The second period was as great as the third was terrible. Let's take the one at a time.
The second; nothing wrong here. The Caps allowed no goals and played passable defense. The key tonight was secondary scoring. Any game the Caps can put up 5 goals and Ovechkin doesn't score one of them things are going well.
The third; not much good here. I hate; no wait LOVE to say I told you so. I said in my last post that the PP was dangerous (giving up 2 breakaways). We got lucky then, but not tonight. I'm frankly amazed we won a game when the opponent had more short handed goals than we had PP goals. Varley did well considering a break down in the defense but he showed his inconsistency and why Theo should be our number 1.
On the plus side, we showed that we are not a one (or two) trick pony. Good job for Clark, Schultz and Brads picking up their games with one of our major gunners out of the game.
Caps Homework:
60 minutes in a game fellas...
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I had the game on at work, but was swamped with IMs and emails. All of a sudden we're up 3-1?! Then I look again and it's 2-2. I thought I was going nuts.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet your wife was going nust when Brads scored. And definitely hot shit that Ovie didn't score one of the 5. I flippin love the guy, but I love seeing the others get some goals. Ya know? Great blog, Kris. Keep 'em coming.