This is the blowout we've been waiting for. The Caps came up big for game one of OV's suspension. Although Florida was a tired team - 2 games in 2 nights, 3 in 4, arrived at 3 am - they put on an early flurry and once Semin scored and Flash barely a minute later (first in a while) they cruised for the remainder of the first period.
The second period started out roughly with Florida out working the Caps for the full first minute and forcing them into a penalty - the game might have taken a very different course but Bradley's short handed goal (first of the season!!) took all of the wind out of the Panther sails and it was easy going from there.
The other "highlight" of the game was some idiot named Duroc mugging Giroux in "retaliation" for a perfectly clean and less than violent check behind the net. After jumping him from behind and throwing a handful of punches as they slid across the ice he was assessed a minor, a major and a pair of misconducts for a 7 minute power play. Since this was his second game up from the minors I'm guessing he'll also have a ticket back to Rochester real soon as the Caps converted two goals on the ensuing PP.
Dave Stecke seemed really agitated for most of the second half of the game. There was an extended period where he was being restrained in the offensive zone and he subsequently rubbed out someone along the boards and could be seen jawing with the Florida bench. It seemed he didn't get many shifts the rest of the night so maybe some frustration from his lack of goals.
A good effort from Varly who made some early saves to steady the ship before the Caps could start their scoring. He lost the shutout late when Weiss came across the blueline surrounded by four Caps and took the long shot - Varly gave up an atypically deep rebound right back to Weiss - still surrounded - who buried it. So, yeah, someone should have tied him up and it was a bad rebound.
As mentioned - this was a tired Florida team and there were some soft goals out there but a solid win where they closed deal and all without the big man in the lineup.
The second period started out roughly with Florida out working the Caps for the full first minute and forcing them into a penalty - the game might have taken a very different course but Bradley's short handed goal (first of the season!!) took all of the wind out of the Panther sails and it was easy going from there.
The other "highlight" of the game was some idiot named Duroc mugging Giroux in "retaliation" for a perfectly clean and less than violent check behind the net. After jumping him from behind and throwing a handful of punches as they slid across the ice he was assessed a minor, a major and a pair of misconducts for a 7 minute power play. Since this was his second game up from the minors I'm guessing he'll also have a ticket back to Rochester real soon as the Caps converted two goals on the ensuing PP.
Dave Stecke seemed really agitated for most of the second half of the game. There was an extended period where he was being restrained in the offensive zone and he subsequently rubbed out someone along the boards and could be seen jawing with the Florida bench. It seemed he didn't get many shifts the rest of the night so maybe some frustration from his lack of goals.
A good effort from Varly who made some early saves to steady the ship before the Caps could start their scoring. He lost the shutout late when Weiss came across the blueline surrounded by four Caps and took the long shot - Varly gave up an atypically deep rebound right back to Weiss - still surrounded - who buried it. So, yeah, someone should have tied him up and it was a bad rebound.
As mentioned - this was a tired Florida team and there were some soft goals out there but a solid win where they closed deal and all without the big man in the lineup.
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