Minnesota Wild vs. Washington Capitals: Game 19
by nathaneide on Nov 24, 2008 6:00 PM CST
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Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild, Nov 24, 2008 7:00 PM CST
Washington Capitals (11-6-3) @ Minnesota Wild (11-6-1)
Xcel Energy Center @ 7:00 CST
Television: Versus (HD)
Radio: WCCO 830AM or Listen Live
For the Washington perspective, check out On Frozen Blog
Tonight's lines:
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Minnesota Wild |
Washington Capitals |
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Veilleux - Koivu - Mittens Johnsson - Schultz Backstrom |
Ovechkin - Backstrom - Kozlov Poti - Sloan Theodore |
NOTES:
- Left wing Alexander Semin has missed each of the last four contests and defenseman Mike Green has missed two straight. Neither are expected to play tonight.
- Washington is 11th in the NHL on the power play at 19.8% and 22nd in the league with a 79.8% kill rate.
- The Wild are eighth in the NHL in power play proficiency with 20.8% and have the league’s top penalty killing outfit with a kill rate of 91.4%.
- Niklas Backstrom is fourth in the NHL with a 2.00 GAA and a .932 save pct.
- The Caps are 5-4 against the Western Conference this season.
Questions to Answer
- With Semin out, the Wild are saved the task of having to key on two offensive powers. Will they be able to shutdown Alex Ovechkin?
- Now that the number of shots has been increased lately, can ANYONE find the back of the net?
- Will Niklas Backstrom or Nicklas Backstrom have a better game?
- Does tonight end the Burns at forward experiment?
- Will the Wild "ruin" yet another nationally televised game by playing "their style" better than the Eastern team plays theirs?
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Recap
So, while I’ve been gone, Cal Clutterbuck has scored twice and Marek Zidlicky scored on the power play after both Poti and Ovechkin were busted for closing their hands on the puck
Caps goal.
Saw that coming, they were absolutely buzzing around the WIld’s defensive shell. Goal for Bradley
What is with this team?
Why do they constantly let up after scoring or let up with a lead? Time and again this happens, and it’s terrible. Is it coaching?
I Dont think its Coaching
I Think its the Mentality of the players…Thinking they have the game locked in the bag they play halfassed
Wow, how’d this get to 4-3?! I was checking during the Islanders game, just kept seeing the Wild build a 4-0 lead, so I stopped checking, assuming it was in the bag.
(Plus, the Isles game got crazy. Ryan O’Byrne of the Habs “tied” it 3-3 by scoring into his own net during a delayed penalty. So of course the Isles won in a shootout, while O’Byrne was booed mercilessly by the home crowd.)
SBN now has a NY Islanders blog at LighthouseHockey.com.
Blech
The Wild went into a defensive shell and played a prevent D, allowing the Caps to take shot after shot without trying to put any forecheck on at all. The Wild cannot win without the forecheck.
Sounds like the Islanders! Only with fewer wins and stuff…
Catching the recap on VS. now.
SBN now has a NY Islanders blog at LighthouseHockey.com.
Game Summary
Scoring Summary
1st Period
Minnesota 13:54, Cal Clutterbuck 1 (Marc-Andre Bergeron)
2nd Period
Minnesota 5:09, Cal Clutterbuck 2 (power play) (Brent Burns, Eric Belanger)
3rd Period
Minnesota 3:07, Marek Zidlicky 3 (power play) (Marc-Andre Bergeron, Mikko Koivu)
Minnesota 7:17, James Sheppard 1 (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Brent Burns)
Washington 14:43, Matt Bradley 3 (Eric Fehr)
Washington 16:07, Alexander Ovechkin 9 (Tomas Fleischmann, Milan Jurcina)
Washington 18:16, Nicklas Backstrom 5 (power play) (Brooks Laich, Eric Fehr)
Penalty Summary
1st Period
Minnesota closing hand on puck – 2 min 7:25, M. Zidlicky
Washington holding – 2 min 9:22, B. Laich
2nd Period
Washington holding – 2 min 3:13, M. Jurcina
Washington tripping – 2 min 5:55, J. Erskine
Washington elbowing – 2 min 6:24, S. Morrisonn
Minnesota hooking – 2 min 9:09, K. Johnsson
3rd Period
Washington closing hand on puck – 2 min 2:21, T. Poti
Washington closing hand on puck – 2 min 2:48, A. Ovechkin
Minnesota hooking – 2 min 17:13, M. Zidlicky
Shots on Goal
Washington – 11-6-11 for 28
Minnesota – 9-17-7 for 33
Faceoffs Won
Washington – 31
Minnesota – 31
Power Play Conversions
Washington – 1/3
Minnesota – 2/6
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