Play By Play: Capitals Come Up Short In Game 5 Loss To End Season
It's that time, folks. After a couple of days off, the Washington Capitals are set to host the Carolina Hurricanes for a Game 5 match up that will hopefully see the Capitals extend their season. It's do or die tonight for the Caps.
Final: 3-1 Canes.
Look for Sammi's takeaways as we enter another offseason. Thanks for reading along.
3rd Period:
00:00 - 3-1 Final.
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Jarvis seals it with an EN goal. 3-1.
1:59 - well. 2-1 Canes.
3:41 - HUGE save by Thompson.
We're still tied but the Caps are definitely bringing it now. Big hit by Thomas Wilson. Big block by Chychrun. Just a much higher level of energy this period. I also appreciate that the refs are letting them play.
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THIS. THIS IS THE PUSHBACK THEY'VE NEEDED.
13:34 - Caps almost break through but Andersen keeps it tied.
19:04 - PLD breaks through and gets a quality chance that's stopped by Andersen. Caps to the power play.
Martinook attempted to remove Wilson's head from his shoulders with that hit. Hopefully Wilson makes him pay on the scoreboard.
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Away we go.
2nd Period:
00:00 - Capitals escape the second period still tied, after it looked like they had taken a lead.
I mean they literally escape…Seth Jarvis rings one off the crossbar at the end of the period, after a poor turnover that should've ended the period more comfortably for DC.
Shots are 17-9 in favor of Carolina.
Capitals played a better period but they still need more.
Carolina will start the 3rd with 19 seconds of power play time remaining.
1:41 - Hurricanes pressing. Thompson making some big big saves.
TVR getting a penalty for a retaliation against Gostisbehere. Not an ideal time for that.
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9:21 - PK looking solid for the Capitals as they successfully kill off the penalty.
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D.C. crowd really uniting around their general dislike of the referee right now.
Overall, Washington is looking better this period. They strung together some good pressure in the offensive zone and showed how to beat this Carolina system.
Now they just need to score more goals.
11:21 - Beauvillier with an interference penalty, because apparently that was interference. Caps to the PK.
12:33 - Canes kill the penalty.
14:33 - Caps back to the power play.
And it's called back. Remains tied.
17:45 - Just like they drew it up. Broken play turns into a Matt Roy blast.
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Play is offside though. It's being challenged but it will certainly come back.
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The Capitals must be THN readers because it seems like they have more energy coming out this period. I can't help but think I had a role in this.
We are underway in the second.
1st Period:
End of the first period. Not sure what Thompson was doing swimming at the end there, but he also came up with some big-time important stops to keep it tied. Also an unfortunate post by Chychrun that could've given the Caps the lead.
Shots: 8-4 in favor of the Hurricanes. The Corsi isn't as bad as you'd think however...only a 51.35 percent in favor of the Canes.
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That period could've been worse, but the energy level still needs to come up. The Capitals aren't playing much like a team that will be making golf reservations tomorrow if they don't get it into a new gear.
Good thing for them is the Hurricanes aren't exactly playing like a team that wants to close out the series either. The Capitals can seize on this.
6:19 - Beau! 1-1!
Not really a big energy play, but the crowd is alive. Sometimes you just have to take advantage of the other team's mistakes and Beauvillier did just that. Let's see if that breathes some life into that bench.
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9:00 - Someone needs to step up for Washington. There is zero energy right now and the crowd can definitely tell.
10:22 - Jordan Staal beats Thompson over the shoulder. LT really should've had that one.
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12:30 - Ovechkin gets caught on a turnover and the Hurricanes kill some time off the power play. Capitals' PP looked disorganized and out of sorts until the last 30 seconds, when they finally string together some good play. Still scoreless.
14:30 - Caps going to the power play after a Dmitri Orlov hooking call.
17:44 - Caps controlling the play so far for the most part. Still no official shots for either team.
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20:00 - And awayyyyyy we go.
Pregame:
The puck drops at 7 p.m. at the Capital One Arena.
Washington Capitals Line Combinations
Alex Ovechkin-Dylan Strome-Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas-Pierre-Luc Dubois-Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane-Connor McMichael-Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime-Nic Dowd-Taylor Raddysh
Rasmus Sandin-John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun-Matt Roy
Alex Alexeyev-Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
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