Comments on: Mike Green Does the “Game Over” Thing: Caps beat Canes 4-3 (OT)

By: Alex Semin Talks About His First Goal of The Year, Getting His Necklace Yanked Off, and Matt Bradley

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:41:06 +0000

[...] was hard not to notice Alex Semin on Opening Night. Not only did he score the Capitals first goal of the season on a breakaway, he also made his [...]

By: Tampa Bay Lightning Pregame: Boucher’s Scar, Seal Team 6, and Carbon-dating Roloson

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:33:50 +0000

[...] eventually we shook it off. Like the off-season, Saturday’s game with the Canes found us at Nellie’s full of hope. We may have gotten carried away with the hope-y thing when [...]

By: Pattyo

Pattyo — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:11:00 +0000

My favorite part was when Brouwer checked Ruutu into the boards. Hard. ‘Twas awesome!

Here’s to a great season!

By: Greg Girard

Greg Girard — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:27:00 +0000

Laich – Ward – Chimera looks to be an unstoppable line in terms of puck possession. They were wreaking havoc in the o-zone all night.

By: Jessica Schneider Hughes

Jessica Schneider Hughes — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:51:00 +0000

Great recap. Was thrilled to see such a strong outing from Chimera — not much was said about him during the preseason. If he could actually have a consistent shooting touch with that speed, what a bonus. Go CAPS!

By: New Shoes, New View, New Season | Clydeorama.com

New Shoes, New View, New Season | Clydeorama.com — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:11:42 +0000

[...] be sure to read the regular places for recaps like Japer’s Rink, Russian Machine, District Sports Page (formerly Caps News Network) and the all the others that aren’t listed [...]

By: sean

sean — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:16:00 +0000

Nice, I could watch that all night.

By: Alex Semin’s Questionable Hit Results in Melee and Broken Chain

Alex Semin’s Questionable Hit Results in Melee and Broken Chain — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:14:20 +0000

[...] the Capitals thrilling 4-3 overtime-victory against division rival Carolina, there were several bigs hits of note. Nicklas Backstrom rocked Jiri Tlusty’s world with a [...]

By: David Zeile

David Zeile — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:45:00 +0000

Came down from Philly to see the game and definitely noticed/agreed with all of the stuff you (very very awesomely) mention above. Only other things I really noticed that didn’t get mentioned were:

- How awesome was the ward-laich-chimera line tonight? Every time they were on the ice (usually against Skinner-Staal-some Finnish bum) they were dominant, generating chances, etc. I hope that line stays together and intact through the inevitable shuffling (where does MJ90 in the lineup cause line combos to change, e.g.)

- I was more impressed by the other guy who played his way onto the team in Jay Beagle. He was chirping and skating hard all night. For a while there, it looked like Allen desperately wanted to take a stupid penalty b/c of it, and that’s exactly what I want to see out of that line.

- I’m interested in seeing how Brouwskie + Sasha is going to work. They seemed to keep trying to find each other, but Sasha’s proclivity for running a hitch route just inside the blue line, and Brouwers love of crashing the net led to a lot of instances where there was no way for them to interact.

Wins a win. Awesome night. Let’s go Caps. Don’t make me go back to Philly

Dave

By: Ian Oland

Ian Oland — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:59:00 +0000

Aw man, what a great counter hit.