Washington’s capital finished the regular match 82 of the regular season during a road defeat against the Pittsburgh Penguins, for whom the regular season is the only season they will play. It was not a good performance of the caps, but he contained goals in duel of Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, so it could not have been too bad. (It was still quite bad.)
The first was Connor McMichael, on the race with Tom Wilson. Bryan Rust welcomed the Caps Clay Stevenson Caps goalkeeper in the big leagues with an unstoppable goal of a rebound.
During the second period, Rust scored again – this time, helped Sidney Crosby, who scored the next back door like Howlin ‘Wolf himself. Alex Ovechkin designed the caps in one with a power game goal on your part.
During the third period, Danton Heinen covered him on a breakaway, then 16 seconds later, Philip Tomasino scored on a three -for -one rush. Superb Washington defense there.
The traffic jams lose.
- For reasons that I cannot understand, Spencer Carbery has chosen to drive with 13 attackers and five defenders, the worst range of range possible outside 18 attackers and zero defenders. Roy and Carlson were out, more Fehervary, probably so that he did not have to face his tormenting tyrant, Sid Crosby. (Fehervary actually injured his ankle.)
- Brandon Duhaime missed almost the whole first period with An apparent injury in the lower body after a certain awkwardness along the boards. He returned for the second period but did not play a full workload.
- Connor McMichaelThe goal has been its first since March 22. He is striated. He scored seven goals in two weeks at the end of October and November. For a caps team that has been devastated by poor finish at both ends of ice for about a month, a McMichael of warm -up would be delicious.
- Clay “another guy” Stevenson26 years old, made his NHL debut after three years with the Hershey Bears. He was able to watch, from the back, some of the worst Washington defensive games of the season. The pens have had 25 scores for two periods. Clay became bankrupt. I thought maybe he was making a cut of skaters, but no, they played badly.
- Even before his goal, Pittsburgh fans congratulated Alex Ovechkin For having won the title of all time. It must be the first time in the story that Erenna has sang “ovi!” If it happens before, it was certainly sarcastic. Like a style note: I try not to use the word chic oor classlessBecause these terms are reserved for the imminent revolution, but it was a nice gesture of a beautiful city.
- Then Ovechkin scored 897, a single time on the power game above the game point. This is 44 goals in 64 games, during a season where – and I did not check this recently – he broke all his basin. The only goals in front of him are William Nylander and Leon Draisaitl. Nylander’s number one song was “always my baby” by Mariah Carey. The number one song of Draisaitl’s birthday was “Fantasy” by Mariah Carey. If you are at your top top, there is a chance of 69% Mariah Carey had a successful song at your birth.
- At the other end of the ice, Sidney Crosby was a sorcerer. Kevin Weekes described this help in the second rust goal as “sick”, “disgusting” and “incredible”, all in a window of ten seconds.
- Even in a terrible game, what a treat it was to get goals from Ovechkin and Crosby at the same time. It is not certain that we will never see him again. We will certainly not see it in the playoffs; The Penguins did not qualify. Again.
- Oh, too, Ovechkin went cheaply offside on a Dylan Strome Non-goal, costing the distinction for a season of 3 goals.
- Recruit of penguins Koiveunen city Almost had the first goal of his career, but apparently, they do not consider him a goal if you crush into the goalkeeper, then push the washer over the line with your hand. Soft League. Garbage league.
- I can’t wait to have Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin calling match 1 next week. That’s all I would say about the ESPN broadcast.
A pitiful performance of the caps to close the regular season. They had a lot of apology, which I will include here in a slightly smaller text: The playoffs have locked themselves up, the title of locked division, the title of the regular season of the conference season, all the adversaries of the playoffs, Ovechkin Record is established, the opponent had only pride in playing, a group of injured players, trying to rest, low expectations for a first goalkeeper, a low morale Evil, drowned attempting from Ford La Rivière Laramie, porphyric hemophilia, date of release from Silksong not to have been announced. These apologies are zero and the caps simply put a bad precedent for the playoffs.
Speaking of that, now it starts.
LOFFS. Playoffs in the era of mass layoffs. The two best weeks of North American hockey in this last American season. And it comes with the capital of Washington having played a lot the worst month of their season. They died as a safeguard percentage since the day of Saint-Patrick. Each guy who obtained an extension of the contract this season quickly forgot how to skate. Two high -level players in Thompson and Protas were recently injured.
But maybe they are about to be in good health, and probably the things lying around in the caps are the least likely things to persist in the playoffs. In any case, I don’t think we will see the team that it disinterested on Monday evening.
Let’s go.
