Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals started the season off on the wrong foot, with a 7-4 loss to the Atlanta Thrashers. The Caps offence looked good scoring 4 goals, and 2 of them on the power play, but Washington's defence and goaltending was, to say the least, terrible. Atlanta scored 3 power play goals on 9 chances. Bruce Boudreau wasn't happy with anybody's performence last night. Hopefully Washington gets back to playing they way they did at the end of last year. Jose Theodore is expected to get the start in goal tonite. The game is sold-out and the crowd will be rocking the red. This should be a huge boost for the Caps tonite.
Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago started off the 08-09 season with a loss to the New York Rangers. Christobal Huet gave up 4 goals on 29 shots. Chicago did score 2 goals last night. The Blackhawks were 0-3 on the power play last night, and killed off all 3 off New York's power play chances. Chicago is a very young team this year, but they are really talented. They are a lot like the Caps from last year. I don't know who will start in goal for Chicago tonite
Washington's top 3 goals
1. Mike Green-2 goals
2. Alexander Semin-1 goal
3. David Steckel-1 goal
Washington's top 3 assists
1. Alexander Semin-2 assist
2. Mike Green-1 assist
3. Sergei Fedorov-1 assist
Washington's top 3 points
1. Mike Green-3 points
2. Alexander Semin-3 points
3. David Steckel- 1 point
Washington Capitals line-up
Alex Ovechkin - Nicklas Backstrom - Viktor Kozlov
Brooks Laich - Sergei Fedorov - Alexander Semin
Tomas Fleischman - Michael Nylander - Chris Clark
David Steckel - Boyd Gordon - Matt Bradley
Shaone Morrisonn - Mike Green
Tom Poti - Milan Jurcina
Jeff Schultz - John Erskine
Jose Theodore
Brent Johnson
Players to watch- Jose Theodre, Alexander Semin
Chicago Blackhawks line-up
Andrew Ladd - Jonathan Toews - Martin Havlat
Patrick Kane - Patrick Sharp - Dustin Byfuglien
Kris Versteeg - Dave Bolland - Jack Skille
Adam Burish -Colin Fraser - Craig Adams
Niklas Hjalmarsson - Brian Campbell
Duncan Keith - Brent Seabrook
Brent Sopel - Jordan Hendry
Christobal Huet
Nikolai Khabibulin
Players to watch-Dustin Byfuglien, Patrick Sharp
Key to Caps victory
The defence has to be better. So does the goaltending. The Caps can't score 7 goals a game, the defence has to step up and make some defensive plays. Erskine and Jurcina need to be more physical and Green needs to not be lost in the defensive zone. We also can't take 9 penalty's like last night. That's unacceptable. I'd also like to see Alex Ovechkin get on the board and score a goal.
ROCK THE RED
2 comments:
I agree with your comments on Greener. He gets praised for his offensive ability but he absolutely has to be better positionally in the Capitals zone, I can't even count the times he leaves players untouched on their way to the net.
I like your picks for Chicago's players to watch but I still think that Kane, Toews and Campbell should be on that list, unless you're talking about under the radar players. If so, then Havlat should be added IMO.
Nice write-up Backs!
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