Your Ovechkin highlight of the game...
Your Top Save of the Game...
With the 2-1 lead, Vokoun makes a marvelous pad stack save.
Vokoun's stats for the night are 43 saves on 44 shots for a save pct of .977. Besides the obvious standing ovation he deserves for his play tonight, one also has to be pretty disturbed by the fact that the Caps allowed 44 shots on goal and blocked another 25 that never made it to him. thats 69 attempted shots. That deserves a WOW. The Caps need to shore this D up quickly. As predicted, and I will continue to stick to this prediction, the Caps will ride Vokoun in the month of January and February and will come out at the end back on top in the SE division and amongst the leaders in the Eastern Conference, but as fellow blogger The Peerless Prognosticator pointed out in his recent article, the Caps' next 12 games (tonight included) are all against far inferior teams and the Caps could come out with 20 points or so during this span. Once this stretch is up, the Caps will need to have their D issues solved because the Caps will once again be facing the top tier teams again.
Back to tonight. You can really see the difference between early Vokoun from this season to his play now. In tonight's game, he was on his game. It is very apparent when you see his aggressive puckhandling and post to post play. He's picked up an extra step or gear in his play and is getting himself into position to make a save quicker. Alot of his recent highlight saves, are examples of how if he didn't have that gear, he'd be coming up just short for the save.
Ovechkin's hit...WOW. I love that type of hockey. On a day when his rap video is making circles in the media, he lays the wood and gets an assist on the night. I'll take it. Feel good story for Orlov's first NHL goal is also the game-winner. So much young D talent on this roster, lets just hope they continue to get better and healthy (Green), and the future looks scary good for them.
Last note of the night...as much as I absolutely despise all things Penguins or Crosby related, the antics of Jeff Skinner tonight were childish. I'd be embarassed to call him a teamate. Since Crosby will probably not see the ice again this season in any meaningful role, I will now be hoping that Skinner's season absolutely tanks (more so than it already has).
Your Top Save of the Game...
With the 2-1 lead, Vokoun makes a marvelous pad stack save.
Vokoun's stats for the night are 43 saves on 44 shots for a save pct of .977. Besides the obvious standing ovation he deserves for his play tonight, one also has to be pretty disturbed by the fact that the Caps allowed 44 shots on goal and blocked another 25 that never made it to him. thats 69 attempted shots. That deserves a WOW. The Caps need to shore this D up quickly. As predicted, and I will continue to stick to this prediction, the Caps will ride Vokoun in the month of January and February and will come out at the end back on top in the SE division and amongst the leaders in the Eastern Conference, but as fellow blogger The Peerless Prognosticator pointed out in his recent article, the Caps' next 12 games (tonight included) are all against far inferior teams and the Caps could come out with 20 points or so during this span. Once this stretch is up, the Caps will need to have their D issues solved because the Caps will once again be facing the top tier teams again.
Back to tonight. You can really see the difference between early Vokoun from this season to his play now. In tonight's game, he was on his game. It is very apparent when you see his aggressive puckhandling and post to post play. He's picked up an extra step or gear in his play and is getting himself into position to make a save quicker. Alot of his recent highlight saves, are examples of how if he didn't have that gear, he'd be coming up just short for the save.
Ovechkin's hit...WOW. I love that type of hockey. On a day when his rap video is making circles in the media, he lays the wood and gets an assist on the night. I'll take it. Feel good story for Orlov's first NHL goal is also the game-winner. So much young D talent on this roster, lets just hope they continue to get better and healthy (Green), and the future looks scary good for them.
Last note of the night...as much as I absolutely despise all things Penguins or Crosby related, the antics of Jeff Skinner tonight were childish. I'd be embarassed to call him a teamate. Since Crosby will probably not see the ice again this season in any meaningful role, I will now be hoping that Skinner's season absolutely tanks (more so than it already has).
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