kinot-1 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 TONITE, OUR VISIT OV AND THE CAPS 7:00 PM CBC,NHLN, US,TVAS,CITY,CSN-DC, TSN Radio 690 STUFF Over the past ten games, the two teams are on the opposite end of the standings. Montreal, at 1-9-0 in their past ten, is dead last in the NHL over that span. On the flip side, the Caps are 8-1-1 and have won six straight, both tops in the league in that time. Montreal’s blueline may have some changes coming from their last game, a 2-1 loss at the hands of Minnesota. Jeff Petry, who has missed the last two games, was skating earlier in the week and may be ready to return. Tom Gilbert will not play after leaving early against the Wild due to a lower body injury. Greg Pateryn will likely draw back in either in place of Gilbert or Jarred Tinordi; the 25 year old last saw game action back on December 10th. Will the Habs be suffering from holiday hangover,,, or will they rise to the challenge? The Capitals’ power play ranked at or near the top of the league for three straight seasons, the 1-3-1 formation predating even Coach Barry Trotz.Trailing Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-0, last Friday, the Capitals clawed their way back into the game with three power-play goals, eventually winning, 5-3. They scored two power-play goals against the New York Rangers two nights later, and after being down, 3-1, they won, 7-3. Projected Montreal Lines: Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Dale Weise Tomas Fleischmann – Tomas Plekanec – Paul Byron Lars Eller – Alex Galchenyuk – Daniel Carr Brian Flynn – Torrey Mitchell – Devante Smith-Pelly Nathan Beaulieu – P.K. Subban Andrei Markov – Jeff Petry Alexei Emelin – Greg Pateryn Mike Condon Projected Washington Lines: Alexander Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – T.J. Oshie Marcus Johansson – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Justin Williams Jason Chimera – Jay Beagle – Tom Wilson Brooks Laich – Michael Latta – Andre Burakovsky Nate Schmidt – John Carlson Karl Alzner – Matt Niskanen Dmitry Orlov – Taylor Chorney Braden Holtby kinot-1's GDT Record 8-3-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Loving the D pairings. Not loving the forward lines at all. Why Byron remains in the top 9 is beyond me. Why there's a 4th liner on eah trio makes no sense. Why Andrighetto is not playing is bizarre. And don't get me started on ice time distribution... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs_93 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Refs are Kelly Sutherland (#11) and Ghislain Hebert (#22). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marathon.Man Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 GO HABS GO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Loving the D pairings. Not loving the forward lines at all. Why Byron remains in the top 9 is beyond me. Why there's a 4th liner on eah trio makes no sense. Why Andrighetto is not playing is bizarre. And don't get me started on ice time distribution... But,,,but,,,but,,,Byron is our top goal scorer in Dec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Team also announced Gilbert would not play on the current road trip, so at least 4-5 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Hope the boys went light on the turkey and come out flying tonight. Likely going to miss a portion of this game, depending on how quickly i can dump the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs_93 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I'm in the process of automating my gameday briefing posts, so I won't have one today. But I'll summarize: Washington is good, but they're also on a fantastic run at the moment. We're good but monstrously unlucky. A good portion of that is likely non-random and induced by personnel, deployment, and tactical decisions, but either way it's not great at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I'm in the process of automating my gameday briefing posts, so I won't have one today. But I'll summarize: Washington is good, but they're also on a fantastic run at the moment. We're good but monstrously unlucky. A good portion of that is likely non-random and induced by personnel, deployment, and tactical decisions, but either way it's not great at the moment. Thank you,,,,you know who. Must be a mod thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Regis2 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Loving the D pairings. Not loving the forward lines at all. Why Byron remains in the top 9 is beyond me. Why there's a 4th liner on eah trio makes no sense. Why Andrighetto is not playing is bizarre. And don't get me started on ice time distribution... Tell us how you really feel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest habs1952 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Tell us how you really feel He would have to ban himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 This is actually a bit of a trap game for Washington. The Caps have to be feeling good about themselves right now, they're at home, and they're looking across the ice at a team playing without its MVP goalie and on a horrendous losing skid. The tendency would be to think, we play our game and we got this. On Montreal's side of the ice, there are personnel deployment issues but the injuries really aren't playing as big of a role as that. I think the big problem is that we're putting the wrong guys on the ice in the wrong combinations, such that we have really fast and/or smart players (Flynn, Byron, Weise, Carr, etc.) who are getting set up by talented players (Plekanec, Desharnais, Galchenyuk, Eller, etc.) for chances but aren't converting on these chances because they lack the shooting skill to do so. I think this largely accounts for our domination in shots and chances but lack of finish. What do the Habs need to do to correct this? They need to fix their lines, first of all. But short of that, they need to capitalize on the PP when we actually have talent pooled together and they need to be able to score first and take a lead. I think if the Habs can get on the board first tonight, it'll be a great confidence boost and perhaps rejuvenate a little of the mojo we add earlier in the season. I've been pessimistic about the Habs chances in December, and predicted no more than 4-6 points on the 9 game road trip (thus far 0 pts in 5 tries)... but IF we can get momentum early, this is a game that could easily get us back on track as a surprise win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 FWIW,,, DD practiced on the point today on the PP, but he may or may not play there during any PPs in tonite's game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 FWIW,,, DD practiced on the point today on the PP, but he may or may not play there during any PPs in tonite's game. He played on the PP point last game already. It's a bad idea. He has zero inclination to shoot, so it just means the other team can leave him alone and match up 4-on-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 He played on the PP point last game already. It's a bad idea. He has zero inclination to shoot, so it just means the other team can leave him alone and match up 4-on-4. Maybe MT forgot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs_93 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I don't have it ready yet, but I'm working on being able to produce useful and hopefully interesting info about players when I generate the Corsi graphs. Ice times, our best/worst possession players, rates, and so on. It might be ready for the end of the game. Or the second intermission if it's a particularly brutal one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I don't have it ready yet, but I'm working on being able to produce useful and hopefully interesting info about players when I generate the Corsi graphs. Ice times, our best/worst possession players, rates, and so on. It might be ready for the end of the game. Or the second intermission if it's a particularly brutal one. Just what I need,,,,,,,,,,, more confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habby67 Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 12-1 Caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Orpik is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest archey Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 12-1 Caps. The odds? Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 12-1 Caps. Don't keep us in suspense,,,,,,,,,,,who gets the Habs goal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest archey Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Don't keep us in suspense,,,,,,,,,,,who gets the Habs goal? Unscramble the letters. acrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted December 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Unscramble the letters. acrr That's a toughy, archey,,,,,,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest archey Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 That's a toughy, archey,,,,,,,,, Yeah, but I have worse so.... Ya know that 79 on the periodic table is gold? I wish he was though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habby67 Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Don't keep us in suspense,,,,,,,,,,,who gets the Habs goal? Condon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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