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LET'S GO, CAPS!

Laich to the box, for tripping.

Caps on the PK, and....... killed.

Two good stops by Johnson while shorthanded, another after the penalty ends.

This will probably put an end to it, but the boys are playing well so far!

Not a lot of action, but what there is is good- positioning, shots, defense- they've got it together for the moment.Several good hits, and they all seem to have their legs.

WASHINGTON Capitals

Ovechkin Clark Zubrus
[Friesen] Sutherby Willsie
Clymer Laich Bradley
Friesen Gordon Forbes

Witt Heward
Morrisonn Majesky/Yonkman
Biron Muir

Johnson
(Kolzig)

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PHOENIX Coyotes

Nagy Lundmark Doan
Comrie Nedved Devereaux
Saprykin Sanderson Sjostrom
Gainey Ricci Nash

Mara Gauthier
Ballard Michalek
O'Donnell Jones

Boucher
(Joseph)

Boucher is in goal for Phoenix.

Strange goal, but it counts! Zubrus is fighting for the puck with someone, the guy hits it toward the 'Yotes' goal, and the Dman taps it under Boucher for the Caps.....

And the Caps go to the PP again, just like that.

Sweet.

Marc, it was an "own" goal all the way- Zubrus never touched it.

AO to the box, for interference I think, so they skete 4 on 4 for about a minute, and then the Dogs get a short PP.

Ballard ties the game. 1-1.

Majesky tries an "own" goal of his own, but Johnson comes up big........... lol.

But the 'Yotes keep the pressure on, keep the SOGs on net, and finally tie it up at 1-1 on a wrist shot by Ballard through a heavy screen (it may have been tipped by Doan at the end- we'll see if they change the scoring later on).

1-1, end 1st.

Pretty good period from both teams.

Thanks for "Boucher in goal." I had not checked yet who was in goal for the Coyotes.

Does Clark center Ovechkin's line at even strength? He took the first three faceoffs on that line, at least. Zubrus took faceoffs on the power play, only (Ovechkin-Zubrus-Willsie, Biron-Muir).

Yes- at ES, it seems it's going to be Clark as much as possible. Hanlon's been raving about the game Ovechkin and Zubrus had against the Ducks, and JB/CL have been raving about how Clark seems to have picked their game(s) up and the game HE had against Anaheim. Clark was the interview, but I missed all but a couple words of it.

I'd expect him to stay there, barring an offensive collapse by that line.

CL disagrees with me, calls the 1st period "sleepwalking"..... maybe I need to reassess.....

nope.

I thought they played well enough; and now CL's talking about how the "wingers and centers complemented the D in the 1st"......

dang, Craig- make up your mind.

Laughlin takes credit for this goal "They must have listened to me!"...... sure, Craig.....

Clymer from Laich and Bradley, on a nifty little pass to the front of the net.

2-1, Caps, at the 19:30 mark of the 2nd.

Oh, no, I missed that goal too! The Caps radio works, though, so everything is not entirely rotten.

ZUBRUS SCOOOOOOOOOOOOORES!!!! On the power play. 3-1 Caps.

Assists: Ovechkin and Willsie.

Sutherby mishandles the puck with AO the only man in front of the net.... he'll see that in his sleep tonight.

But now the Caps go on the PP again, and have control.......

Zubrus!!!!! Rocketman!!!!!

Willsie to Ovechkin, who, in CL's words, "threads the needle" over to Zubie, who one-times it hard into the open short side of the net!

3-1, still early 2nd period.

Biron is back, and suddenly our power play works again... a coincidence?

He's not much involved in those two goals, but still... We only had one game without a power play goal, with him (and for about ten games we had one of the best power play units in the league).

Phoenix gets a PP..... but suddenly, the ref notices.... they've had 6 men on the ice, for several seconds! Bad Coyote line change......

bye bye, PP..... 4 on 4, and then the Caps get a 1:34 PP again!

And now, AO draws another penalty, and it's a 5 on 3 for 1:11!!!!

On the 5 on 3, the Caps get 4 SOGs, but no goal.... one of those, AO from the goalie's right, rebound just out of the reach of Zubrus' stick and between his legs, with a gaping wide open net for the hat trick....

then Boucher comes up big on a sharp angle shot from AO.....

then on the 5 on 4, nothing.

Some good work, but more luck, for the Coyotes.

I want that first goal to go to Zubrus: "the Capitals are 4-8 when Ovechkin scores their first goal."

Interesting stat from the same recap of our last game: "Washington is 10-0 when allowing fewer than three goals."

Well, if he's going to catch Selanne, I guess Ovechkin needs every point he can get.

Dammit! Comcast missed the goal off the faceoff!!!

But it IS a CAPS goal- 4-1!!!!

That was Bradley, from Clymer and Laich. The crowd is booing and the rink announcer is about to burst out weeping or commit suicide.

Laich with the shot, the rebound goes to the right and behind Boucher, where Clymer does the spin and fires it to Bradley, who pounds it in.

Just for chuckles, JB/CL have no idea that first goal has been creditted to Ovechkin- they just said "5 on the board, none of which belongs to number 8.".

And I sure wish they'd change the wording on this Ovechkin commercial- "The future is now.... one man does it all." I'd rather hear one man CAN do it all.

5 on 3 for the 'Yotes for 1:38.... 

After a lot of hard work, Witt clears..... then, Morrisonn breaks up a pass.... then, I think it was Gordon....

and they kill the whole thing.

Great, great work.

AVYECHKIN SHOOTS AND SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORES!!!!

6-1!

A Caps win is not perfect without a great Ovechkin goal.

JB says "That is the goal if the year- don't even bother sending in votes!"

Marc, he gets knocked over by the Dman, and shoots it while sliding ON HIS BACK......

you won't believe this goal!

edit: and I didn't realize- he's sliding on his back diagonally away from the goal, and HIS STICK IS OVER HIS HEAD, and he's rolling toward the goal- absolutely incredible!

5 goals in two games. Not too shabby.

Can't wait to see that goal, Roger. And thanks again for the link to rh71's page. I'll burn all those videos into a CD to watch them on my big TV. Must buy (again) a DivX player, though, because my children have mine.

If we don't give up 5 goals in one minute, it's a win.

Ten seconds...

Final horn! Caps win again!

Assist to Witt on the last goal.

Stars:

1. Ovechkin
2. Clymer
3. Nash

I think Johnson got robbed again (no star in our last game either).

There's already a recap at Yahoo:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/recap?gid=2006011624

"Washington D Jamie Heward sat out the third period with a lower-body injury."

rh71	Today, 01:38 AM Post #85
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