And it turns out that gravity is still in effect for the Capitals. After an excellent start, the Caps turned in two poor periods against a powerful Rangers team, and somehow managed to only lose by two goals. D.C.’s team was called for eight total penalties, but managed to make each one really count, and surrendered three power-play goals in sealing their own fate.
- Brian Pothier may not have had the best game of his career. Let’s leave it at that.
- The only Caps worth a darn at the end of the day were Ovechkin and Kolzig. Everybody but Ovy should be forced to apologize of Olie, coaching staff included.
- At some point, it makes sense to question how bad the power play is right now. There’s a lot of “it’s only 4 games in” going around, but two points now counts exactly as much as it will when the man-up units find their chemistry. Something isn’t working, and it’s not wrong to point that out.
- Here’s hoping this is the worst first period the Caps will turn in all season.
- On the positive side of things, Kolzig looked excellent and pretty much single-handedly kept his team from really being out of it, and Ovechkin was excellent at both ends of the ice, scoring a highlight-reel goal and working diligently to get back on defense. Threw a good hit, too. If the team wasn’t playing tomorrow, I’d say give them a day off.
- This is directly from my game notes: “The Caps couldn’t be playing any dumber”. I wish I could disagree with that initial observation, but the penalties, turnovers, mis-reads and brain-cramps made this a hard game to watch sometimes.
- Other good news? In a game that the Caps should have lost by six goals, they lost by two. They didn’t give up, they didn’t pack it in, they continued to work hard.
This might be one of those games that teaches a team a lot about themselves, much like Sixteen Candles taught us all about Molly Ringwald. It’s the kind of knowledge that helps you grow as a person. Luckily, in my mind, the Caps get to hit the ice tomorrow night, and try to work and get the bad taste out of their mouths. The bad news is that it’s against a solid Buffalo squad. Hard work, smart, simple plays and discipline will all go a long way to settling things down.
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I thought that Mike Green had a decent game as well but overall didn’t look good in that first period
In the first two games they were passing the puck on the tape like five Gretzkys were out there. Now it appears they’re rushing everything.
Did they lose their confidence that quickly?
The good news: They started to pull it back together in the 3rd. I expect a much better game tonight.
PS. I think Petty had a good game too.
Empty you took the words right out of my mouth. I agree on #2 & it was the same for him as in previous games, but there were others who contributed just as much poor play i e Flash & others not quite as glaring. Way too much standing still & slow puck movement. I hope this is just because of needing time to learn to work together, but hmnnn, I don’t know.
A few guys got their acts together as the game went on; Green was one. But the team had an opening period like that, even after 4 days to prepare… unsettling, but hopefully just an aberration.
yes the game certainly was a bit disappointing but you could tell a game like this was coming. They need to pull it together. Let’s hope they have a strong outing tonight
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