J.T. on the turd period:
-I hope Santa brings Pleky a linemate or two for Christmas. He kills himself to score and gets stuck with Kovalev game after game. It's 2006 all over again. Kovalev is the anchor to his sailboat.
-Ovechkin: I have no words. English is such a limited language.
-Lang for a D, and sign Sundin anyone?
-When Jose Theodore shuts you out, your offence has about as much bite as the Conservative environment policy.
-Dominating the Stanley Cup champions in one game, then losing to a team with eight regulars out of the lineup in the next one. The Habs continue to baffle, confuse and annoy the faithful.
-I don't mind that Carbo did what he threatened and actually put the fourth line out on the PP. It couldn't be worse, and they deserve the time.
-If this team had a theme song tonight it'd be "I Hate Myself For Loving You."
-Poor Halak. He played well.
-I wonder how much money Theo had on the table for this win tonight? Too bad the Habs didn't make it hard on him.
-Is it required somewhere that before winning the big one, a team must face humiliation at the hands of every former player it's moved elsewhere? And is this what the Habs are going through? If so, who's left? Souray. Ryder hasn't really unloaded on them yet. Huet. Garon. The list goes on. It's going to be loooooonnnnnngggg year.
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3P 1:00:
He's going to get a shutout
3P 2:22:
Pleks line on ... the ice, anyway. On their game? No.
3P Break:
The guys who work hard can't score and the scorers don't work hard
3P 3:00:
Kovalev and Plekanec benched
3P 4:00:
Koivu always plays like it's 0-0
3P 5:00:
Behind the net, Bouillon plays it up the boards
3P 7:00:
Team slogan: "La rondelle lui échappe .."
3P Break:
This team can drive you nuts. Just folded like a tent in this period.
3P 9:20:
Bégin, Lapierre and Kostopoulos on the PP. Then Dandenault.
3P 9:50:
T the B on the PP?
3P Break:
Another PP. At least ruin his shutout! Geez.
3P 11:13:
Two Kovalev turnovers. Steckel, checked by O'Byrne, redirects Lopisto shot
3-0Â
3P 14:21:
Another O-zone hook by Lang, this season's Koivu
3P 15:34:
No finish around the net. They make it easy for Theo
3P 16:19:
What are you gonna do?
2-0Â
3P 17:30:
My bad: Breeze block
3P 17:50:
Lang block keeps it 1-0
3P 18:45:
hamrlik makes a great play or Kozlov finds Ovechkin behind O'B
3P 20:00:
Props to Halak, eh? Good on the road. Should have played in Toronto that night
Boone jinx:
Gee, I wonder if Theo will get a SHUTOUT!!!!
Michel Bergeron:
Relentlessly promotes Latendresse. Can't figure out why Tom the Bomb, rather than Gui!, is playing with Koivu. Duh! Maybe because they were great in Detroit. Bergeron is very entertaining but God, he can be a schmuck.
J.T. on the second period:
-Worst thing about elevating Tom the Bomb to the first line: now he thinks he should stickhandle.
-This game is a good illustration of how tough it is to get offence going when you lose most faceoffs. Sometimes watching the Habs feels like going back to hockey kindergarten.
-Koivu in the corner with Ovechkin is like a rabbit in the corner with a great white shark.
-If Halak drinks all the beers his teammates owe him in one sitting, he'd better leave his keys and wallet at home.
-One thing I love about Josh Gorges: He might lose the puck, but if he does, he makes darn sure he gets the guy who took it instead.
-Does Ovechkin think that going permanently without his left front tooth is a fashion statement? I think it reveals a pathological fear of dentists and the Habs should make low buzzing sounds whenever they pass him.
-The Habs would have been great military scouts. Deadly on the perimeter.
-I swear before this game all I knew about Fleischmann was that someone distantly related to him sells yeast.
-I don't think I've seen a team dominate so thoroughly with so little reward since last May.
-Kovalev is not listening to the Lord.
Gui!:
Praised by Demers and Bouchard. Demers says cycling wears down Washington D.
Ovechkin :
Four shots, another five blocked and six hits
2P 00:00:
Can't say they're not skating and trying
2P 1:40:
Pleks a backpass to ... no one
2P 2:04:
Backstrom nearly sprang Ovechkin
2P 3:30:
Good work on Ovechkin and his line
2P 5:30:
Bégin with Pleks and Kovy
2P Break:
All Canadiens. But they can't score.
2P 6:50:
Gui! wins a race!
2P Break:
AK46 with Dandenault and Lapierre? Brisebois with Markov?
2P 9:29:
Too many icings. Gonna cost eventually.
2P 10:00:
Theo is heating up
2P Break:
Nice pressure by fourth line. No way Theo holds the fort behind that defence tonight.
2P 13:20:
Halak is keeping this close
2P 14:00:
Ovechkin comes close from close in. Koivu had a chance to clear but got no help
2P 16:00:
There have to be more chances against that AHL defence
2P 16:30:
AK46 has awakened ... for now
2P 17:02:
Arrrrgh! Kovy offside
2P :
Halak getting his mask fixed after an Ovechkin shot dinged him
2P 20:00:
Hamrlik and Gorges
2P 20:00:
yay! RDS gives us the faceoff
Biggest gee whiz! interviewer on TV:
Renaud Lavoie. No one's close.
Welcome back! J.T. on the first period:
-I think Ovechkin is built of the same stuff they make airplane black boxes out of. If the Caps' plane went down, only the black box, some pre-packaged snacks and Ovechkin would emerge from the wreckage.
-The Caps have Theo and an AHL defence tonight. If the Habs' PP can't score in this game, it needs to be sent to the junkyard and crushed. Then the little cube that used to be the PP can be packaged in a trade for a hard-shooting pointman.
-It's not hard to tell Jaro hasn't played in two weeks. He's treating the puck like a vial of nitro.
-Medical mystery: How does a heart the size of Saku's fit in that body?
-There's really no need of the excessive siren when Washington scores. That's just childish.
-Bouillon's been watching advance copies of O'Byrne's forthcoming DVD: How to Play Defence, the Rhino Way. If that goal was a living thing, it would be an earwig. Completely disgusting, dirty and of no benefit to humankind.
-If anyone needs to spend Christmas in Steeltown, it's Sergei K. Switch him for D'Ago and make him earn his way back. The boy is nowhere close to being the player he was last year. Then, tell Andrei he's not getting his brother back until *he* steps it up too.
-When the Caps are up and Ovie hasn't scored...you spend the rest of the game waiting for the other skate to drop.
-Overall, the Habs look like they're just disappointed the Detroit game is over. They need to get back to work now.
Joël Bouchard:
If he were in the room after the first period: "Boys, that's not the goal that's going to beat us."
Phil Kessel:
12 goals already. Turning into a helluva player. And Blake Wheeler got his 7th.
Stats:
washington advantage in shots, hits, faceoffs and, oh yeah, the scoreboard.
1P 1:04:
Another good night for the fourth-line pluggers
1P 2:00:
Nice team defence on Ovechkin
1P 3:00:
Lively crowd in D.C. Good to see hockey alive
1P Break:
Bad play by AK46. He's taking his time getting untracked this season.
1P 4:29:
Dumb hook by Fleischmann
1P 5:23:
O-zone hook by Sergei. Bad
1P 5:35:
Official stats showno giveaways for Bouillon. Wassup with that?
1P Break:
Dandenault continues to skate well. If they can keep it to 1-0. What a brutal turnover that was.
1P 7:00:
Plekanec line bottled up and has to ice it.
1P 8:00:
Canadiens have to regain composure. That goal was brutal
1P 8:57:
What a gaffe by Bouillon
Fleischmann
1-0Â
1P 10:11:
Very few whistles
1P 11:00:
washington D looks very vulnerable
1P 12:00:
Canadiens 5-0 system kicking in
1P 13:00:
Sergei is good tonight
1P Break:
Gonna be a tough one. All those Washington subs play hard.
1P 14:00:
Another good shift for the Ovechkin line
1P 15:40:
Sergei did a great job coming back with Ovechkin. Other than that and, a quiet PP ... though Higgins had a chance
1P 17:39:
How did AK46 miss that? That's a goal last season
1P 18:20:
Capitals playing like they've been shot out of a cannon. Halak will have to be hot early
1P 19:15:
Ferocious forecheck produces chance for Brashear
1P 19:95:
RDS blows the opening faceoff
1P 20:00:
An intelligent, defensive game like the one in Detroit will be just dandy here.
O'Byrne:
Patience, says Demers. Boiuchard on Ovechkin: Don't wake him up. Trying to run him won't work.
Ovechkin on O'Byrne:
I can't bear to think about it
Price on stopping Ovechkin:
"Close my eyes and hope it hits me."
Joël Bouchard:
Says jaroslav Halak has to be careful of lose pucks near the net because Ovechkin can score from anywhere ... thinks Kovalev, with his strength, should go to the net more
Number 36:
D'Agostini skating in the warm-up
Plekanec:
More emotional, says Benoit Brunet. A good sign.
Theo's stats:
Not good: 3.24 GAA, save percentage of .885. Anyone still wondering why the Canadiens drafted Carey Price?
New jerseys:
Today for Flyers and Bruins, who annihilated the Islanders (two goals by Ryder, a dirty hit from behind by Lucic: unpenalized)
Doug Jarvis:
Is away because his father is ill. Roland Melanson will be behind the bench tonight.
Ovechkin:
10 goals, 14 assists in November. Different player since he got back from visiting the ailing Gramps in Russia.
Jacques Demers says:
If it were the playoffs, Tanguay would be in
RDS Top 10:
Alexander Ovechkin's highlight goals, at 6:30
Tanguay:
Skated a bit this morning, talked to Graham Rynbend and that was it. Probably hard to move his head, which can be important in hockey.
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