March 1 hockey

I gots Pitts in NYR on my tv
Laraque and Roberts make their Pens debut
Staal is now on the pens 3rd line

pitts d man Eaton tries to hit a rnager and misses
seems to have injured his leg

looks like the pens still believe in the loosey goosey d play

roberts plays with crosby and recchi

Novotny in the lineup. 0-0 seven minutes into the first period.

"roberts plays with crosby and recchi"

There's something that sounds wrong in that combo. Two geezers circling around a kid.

MORRISONN, FROM THE LEFT POINT! 1-0.

Caps scored on their first shot of the game.

pens get a pp and look awful on it
0-0

they coulda put Staal with the oldtimers

Assists: Jurcina and Fleischmann.

congrats to morrison

WASHINGTON Capitals

Ovechkin Beech Semin
Laich Novotny Fleischmann
Pettinger Gordon Bradley
Brashear Sutherby Clymer

Jurcina Morrisonn
Pothier Schultz
Eminger Erskine

Johnson
(Cassivi)

pens get a 2nd pp and once again do diddly on it
now gonchar takes a pen
nyr on the pp

marty biron may not be the answer in philly
2-1 Bos
wideman has both tallies for the B's

a non eventful 1st per ends in NYR
0-0

TAMPA BAY Lightning

Prospal Lecavalier Fedotenko
Perrin Richards St. Louis
Tarnasky Craig Ward
Steward Taylor Wanvig

Ranger Boyle
Pratt Sarich
Kuba O'Brien

Holmqvist
(Denis)

Craig wins the opening faceoff of the second period against Novotny.

Then Novotny lays his first hit as a Cap.

Tampa scores! Lecavalier took the initial shot, it bounced off a skate (Jurcina's?) and Prospal sent the puck into the net.

The other assist goes to St. Louis. 1-1.

still nothing happening in NY
0-0 6 mins into the 2nd

Laich, centering feed to Novotny, who can't one-time it (he would have had a wide open net).

Looks like Novotny is trying to win the job. The Caps are a great opportunity for him, after all.

just showed a replay of the TB goal
looked as if Johnson shoulda had it

Not easy to shut down those two scoring lines. We have two checking lines, tonight, and we try to send them against Lecavalier's and St. Louis' lines, but it doesn't always work.

OVECHKIN SHOOTS AND SCOOOOOOOOOOOORES!!!!!

#38.

2-1 Caps.

Novotny is going to get an assist!

Caps have 2 goals in 7 shots.

Ovechkin's goal happened soon after a good opportunity for Richards and Fedotenko, but Fedotenko missed the net.

Assists: Novotny and Eminger.

Another wrister by Ovechkin, but Holmqvist makes the save! No rebound.

PETTINGER FIRES ONE AND SCOOOOOOOOOOORES!!!!! 3-1.

Big mistake by Tampa's defense, it seems.

I just saw a replay of the AO goal and if todays goalies played their positions(angles)
goals like would never go in
shortside

Holmqvist gave up a rebound, on a shot by Gordon; the d-men didn't clear the puck and Pettinger jumped on it.

still 0-0 in ny
both teams are down to 5 d men

a few boos have been heard directed towards the rangers

TB looked drunk on the 3rd goal
just saw the replay

Meanwhile, in Boston, the Bruins blew a 2-0 lead, and it's now 3-2 Flyers, thanks to a short-handed goal.

Wait, 3-3, now. Chara on the PP (a Betty).

Caps kill two consecutive penalties, but...

Fedotenko scores! 3-2.

ex cappies have scored
Jagr(pitt dman kicked it in his own net)
Nylander scores(awful shortside goal let in by Fluery)
2-0

End of second. Not bad, so far.

Assists on Pettinger's goal: Bradley and Gordon.

jordan"not old enough to legally drink" staal just scored a tasty shorthanded goal
2-1 rangers

armstrong scores another shorty to tie it at 2
Betts comes back and scores on the pp
3-2 nyr

Ding! Semin hits the goal post behind Johan Holmqvist!

And a shorty here, too: Lecavalier! It's 3-3.

tsn guys described the vinnie l goal as being a rocket
cannot disagree

Prospal, checked hard by Jurcina!

bad news for the rangers
they get another pp
can another shorty be coming up ?

forget it
7 tics into the pp and betts gets a goalie interference pen

cheap call

Novotny and another Cap collide, and Tampa scores again! 4-3. St. Louis.

Caps on the PP with less than 2 minutes left.

that wasn't a good goal
the cap d man was there and did nothing
(just showed the replay)




gonchar just tied it at 3

Ovechkin, wide!

Ovechkin, to Pothier, to Semin...

Johnson pulled, extra attacker.

Whistle.

5-on-3 + extra attacker = 6-on-3, now!

Johnson pulled, but another whistle!

Hooking call against Perrin.

Johnson pulled again.

Pothier... one-timer... denied.

Ovechkin...

Richard looking for the empty net... missed.

CAPS SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!! With ten seconds left.

4-4.

late in the 3rd and the rangers almost score
pitts d plan seems to be confusion

Overtime.

on one hand I am happy that the caps have tied it
on the other..............it is now time to think about draft position

OT in ny also

By the way, that was goal #42 for Lecavalier and #39 for St. Louis. Won't be easy to catch those ones.

Caps goal was by Semin (#33). Assists: Ovechkin and Beech.

Another PP for the Caps! LOL!

Roberts hasn't exactly shined in his Pitts debut

4-on-3.

Ovechkin, Semin, Beech and Brashear for the Caps: four forwards!

Semin hits the goal post again!!!

no probs with 4 forwards
but Brashear ?
ain't known for his offense

1:02 left, and Sutherby gets called for holding.

Jurcina to the box for cross checking.

The Caps don't lose a man: Tampa gets one more. 5-on-3.

Ten seconds left. Important faceoff.