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Well, one might quetion the logic of playing 4th line once Ovi was back on the ice after penalty. C not covering the open man.

Starting Goalies Markstrom Keumper Posting open

Capitals Lines and Pairings LW C RW ALEX OVECHKIN DYLAN STROME CONOR SHEARY SONNY MILANO EVGENY KUZNETSOV T.J. OSHIE MARCUS JOHANSSON LARS ELLER ANTHONY MANTHA ALIAKSEI PROTAS NIC DOWD GARNET HATHAWAY DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS ERIK GUSTAFSSON JOHN CARLSON MARTIN FEHERVARY NICK JENSEN MATT IRWIN TREVOR VAN RIEMSDYK 1ST POWERPLAY UNIT MARCUS JOHANSSON DYLAN STROME T.J. OSHIE ALEX OVECHKIN JOHN CARLSON 2ND POWERPLAY UNIT SONNY MILANO EVGENY KUZNETSOV CONOR SHEARY ALEX OVECHKIN ERIK GUSTAFSSON 1ST PENALTY KILL UNIT NIC DOWD CONOR SHEARY TREVOR VAN RIEMSDYK NICK JENSEN 2ND PENALTY KILL UNIT LARS ELLER GARNET HATHAWAY MARTIN FEHERVARY JOHN CARLSON

LW C RW ADAM RUZICKA ELIAS LINDHOLM TYLER TOFFOLI DILLON DUBE NAZEM KADRI ANDREW MANGIAPANE JONATHAN HUBERDEAU MIKAEL BACKLUND BLAKE COLEMAN MILAN LUCIC TREVOR LEWIS KEVIN ROONEY DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS NOAH HANIFIN RASMUS ANDERSSON NIKITA ZADOROV MACKENZIE WEEGAR DENNIS GILBERT CHRIS TANEV 1ST POWERPLAY UNIT TYLER TOFFOLI NAZEM KADRI ELIAS LINDHOLM JONATHAN HUBERDEAU RASMUS ANDERSSON 2ND POWERPLAY UNIT ADAM RUZICKA MIKAEL BACKLUND ANDREW MANGIAPANE NIKITA ZADOROV NOAH HANIFIN 1ST PENALTY KILL UNIT ELIAS LINDHOLM BLAKE COLEMAN NOAH HANIFIN CHRIS TANEV 2ND PENALTY KILL UNIT MIKAEL BACKLUND DILLON DUBE NIKITA ZADOROV RASMUS ANDERSSON

Lines to be added

Mangiapane played his best when combined with Backs and Coleman. I haven't seen a lot of chemistry on his new line, but I will also say his shots are off just a bit with a low shottong %. He's missed wide open nets and one timers he was gold with last year. He's no more knocked off the puck this year than last year. It's always been his knock. Him and Dube share that concept. I think you want a bigger more sturdy player with Kadri, seeing as Kardi is a grinding in your face player.

Zone entries have been a problem since JG left. The best at it are the D, but they don't know how to set up after. But that is simplistic. We have good % when we gain the zone on a rush. We don't gain the zone on the rush often. If you like, slow transition.

Weak starter and ender for us. Wasted first shot. Backlund isn't exactly a sniper. Should have deeked

Backlund, ugg

Dirty goal Ras, maybe you should start

Darn we are toast.

Nice shut up goal.

What a miss.

He's playing out of his mind.

Ladies and gents, we have a new starter.

Oh my

Another late call, after they let Pens get away with the pick on Toffoli

Take the point. Get possession and not let the Pens get any rushes.

Fans are a joke. Like we are the most hated team in the league.

This is one of them games where Hubey looks sluggish. One goal on a handful of good chances.

Pens play inside the slot area quite well. Zone maybe.

How to not play against Malkin. Behind everyone. Hiding. Oilers type play.

Unless it's B2B, I don't see rolling 4 lines as a great idea. Not when you don't have last change.

Vladar keeping the Flames in it when they are really soft in the D zone. I must say, it's a treat watching Weegar do a zone entry. He carries the puck like it's on a string.

The ice times are really perplexing. Very little separation between 1st and 4th line. Sutter, look at what is happening on the ice.