Lots of Video clips tonight in the win...enjoy...my recap to follow Your Ovechkin highlight of the night...
Your Wacky play of the game ...
Your Save of the Game...
I chose this save because of his reaction to pickup the rebound (off Hamrlik's skate) where if the Canadiens had put it in, it would have changed the game. Neuvy had a few quality glove saves as well. He did get lucky on Bourque's shot at about 6 mins into the second that went off the post glove side.
Now to the Recap...
SHOOT THE PUCK! This will continue to be my major problem with this team right now. Canadiens outshot the Caps 31-16 tonight. If not for a stellar night in net from Neuvirth (31 Saves for the Shutout), the Caps could have gotten off to a sour start on another road trip. But they didn't and finished with a valuable 2 points on the night to keep them tied with Florida for the points race in the SE division (even though the Caps are now 3rd in the Division with the tiebreaker).
Congrats to Neuvy for the shutout tonight after many expecting some signs of rust from him. Hopefully this will build his confidence and provide some good goalie competition with Vokoun for the rest of the season. Vokoun is still the clear cut #1 netminder though and that should be apparent to everyone and if it is not, it will be over the next stretch of games.
Ovechkin nets his 19th goal of the season (on 1 shot on net all night?, come on Ovie, shoot the puck!), Hendricks fights Bourque (with Bourque coming out victorious), and nine different Capitals had points in the victory. Quality secondary scoring from Perreault and Johansson tonight. All good signs, but this trend of not getting shots on the net needs to end. With the talent on the roster, it baffles my mind why they aren't putting more shots on net. It is not like the new defensive scheme of Coach Hunter has shut down our weapons, we're being outshot more times than not in most games.
Luckily, tonight we made the most of our chances and got some good goaltending. Until next time, GO CAPS!
Enjoy the Hendricks Fight...Too bad Erskine didn't get to him first
Your Wacky play of the game ...
Your Save of the Game...
I chose this save because of his reaction to pickup the rebound (off Hamrlik's skate) where if the Canadiens had put it in, it would have changed the game. Neuvy had a few quality glove saves as well. He did get lucky on Bourque's shot at about 6 mins into the second that went off the post glove side.
Now to the Recap...
SHOOT THE PUCK! This will continue to be my major problem with this team right now. Canadiens outshot the Caps 31-16 tonight. If not for a stellar night in net from Neuvirth (31 Saves for the Shutout), the Caps could have gotten off to a sour start on another road trip. But they didn't and finished with a valuable 2 points on the night to keep them tied with Florida for the points race in the SE division (even though the Caps are now 3rd in the Division with the tiebreaker).
Congrats to Neuvy for the shutout tonight after many expecting some signs of rust from him. Hopefully this will build his confidence and provide some good goalie competition with Vokoun for the rest of the season. Vokoun is still the clear cut #1 netminder though and that should be apparent to everyone and if it is not, it will be over the next stretch of games.
Ovechkin nets his 19th goal of the season (on 1 shot on net all night?, come on Ovie, shoot the puck!), Hendricks fights Bourque (with Bourque coming out victorious), and nine different Capitals had points in the victory. Quality secondary scoring from Perreault and Johansson tonight. All good signs, but this trend of not getting shots on the net needs to end. With the talent on the roster, it baffles my mind why they aren't putting more shots on net. It is not like the new defensive scheme of Coach Hunter has shut down our weapons, we're being outshot more times than not in most games.
Luckily, tonight we made the most of our chances and got some good goaltending. Until next time, GO CAPS!
Enjoy the Hendricks Fight...Too bad Erskine didn't get to him first
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