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Capitals edge Hurricanes 2-1
Published: 2012-01-15 20:42:00
Updated: 2012-01-16 05:58:13
Jan 16, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Dmitry Orlov broke a third period tie with his first NHL goal, and the Washington Capitals moved into a tie for the Southeast Division lead with a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.
The rookie defenseman, playing in his 25th game, put in the rebound after a shot by Jason Chimera at 1:12 of the final period.
The Capitals, struggling so mightily that they fired coach Bruce Boudreau in late November, have won three straight overall and seven in a row at home, moving them even with the Florida Panthers for the top spot in the division.
Washington is 12-9-1 since Dale Hunter replaced Boudreau. Alexander Semin also scored for the Capitals, and Tomas Vokoun made 43 saves.
Jussi Jokinen broke his 25-game goal-scoring drought for the Hurricanes.
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RE: Capitals edge Hurricanes 2-1
It's been along time since I've seen two teams play eachother from back to back games where the other team ran out of gas before the Canes did. This game could have ended up in a totally different direction if all those shots we bombed at the Capitals net went in.
This is a problem I think that this team could well be improved in. I'm not saying that getting shots to the net is a bad thing, but not having an idea where the're going could be. If the Canes have enough time to make that many shots, they need to work more on trying to get closer for sure shots. Hitting the opponents boot from the blue line is just bruising his toes. Mcbain drives me crazy with this. Sure, that one 90 mile an hour shot looks great when it happens, but 9 times out of 10 it doesn't. Go Canes !
RE: Capitals edge Hurricanes 2-1
Having watched the Caps - Pens physical battle earlier on Wednesday night, I was totally surprised at how 'straight' (non-physical for the most part) the Caps played. I figured Skinner would be a prime target but they seemed to give jeff his space.
Vocoun is a very good goalie - problem he had in Florida in the past was that he didn't have much of a team in front of him. John and Tripp kept commenting on the team shot differentials - Washington is a team that dsoesn't block many shots and lets Vocoun see them whereas the Canes try to block shots to help Cam and as you look back how many of those 'help' attempts have endded up in the Cane's net this season. Joslin's attempt to block the first goal was rather weak - he just screened Ward on that one.
RE: Capitals edge Hurricanes 2-1
A well played game, especially considering the way they played so hard and fast against the Bruins. I think they would have won if they had a little more rest.
The shots were flying from the Canes! Hope we can keep this momentum up.
RE: Capitals edge Hurricanes 2-1
I think we can all see the improvements since Muller has taken over, and while it's too late for the Canes to make the playoffs, I love seeing how hard they're skating and battling, even in this tough second game of a back-to-back. I wish they could have come away with a point (or two) with the way they out-shot the Caps, but there were a lot of positives to be taken from this game.
RE: Capitals edge Hurricanes 2-1
They are skating harder. I really enjoyed Faulk's fight at the end of the Game. He got tired of there junk!
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