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Game 5 Live Blog

Posted: April 19, 2008 by Gene
Category: Game Posts

Pre-Game

Will Eddie Olzyck think the crowd is 50/50 again?
Can the Caps box out the Flyers offense and prevent 2nd and 3rd chances that cost the Caps game 4?
Will Ovechkin find his scoring touch. Only one goal in the past 4 games?
Can the Caps prevent the Flyers from getting off to a quick lead in the first?
Will Briere continue his dominance on the Caps?

1st Period:

Looks like Bruce Boudreau is keeping the game 4 line ups.
:54 Bad play by Semin, you have play aggressive, but smart in a game like this. You can’t just punch a player in a scrum and expect to get away with it.
3:00 Decent PP kill by the Caps are still allowing the Flyers to get in front of the net and distract Huet.
5:00 Great save by Huet on Briere. Caps are still allowing Flyers to get the quick break out from their zone.
6:10 Interference call on Carter, can the Caps convert.
What the hell, thatshould be a penalty shot for Ovechkin, he was behind all the Phili players when the penalty happened. Oh well, 5-3, Caps need to convert.
7:30 GOALL!! Backstrom on the 5-3 from Semin and Laich. 1-0 Caps, they’re still on the PP. What a great pass by Semin on the goal.
Caps fans are booing whenever Briere touches the puck. Sorry guys, but Philli fans were louder on Ovechkin.
My Olzyck vision is telling me theres a 2:1 ratio of Flyers to Caps fan.
13:00 Pretty good “Flyers Suck” chant going. Semin just barely misses and hits the post on a mini break.
15:00 The Semin-Backstrom-Laich line is getting a lot of good chances today. Don’t be surprised if the get a huge 5 on 5 goal before the night is out.
19:30 Ovechkin is reminding the Flyers where their bench is. What a great hit.
Overall it was a good physical period by the Caps. The defense played great minus one Briere break away.
Caps are leading the hitting 22-9

2nd Period

1:40 SERGEI!!!!! My man crush gets the goal. What a great effort by Kozlov in the corner and a great scree/pick by Ovechkin in front of the goal
A quick goal was what the Caps needed. Let’s see if the D can lock it down now.
8:00 The Flyers just look that today. I’m not seeing them doing anything that made them successfull in the first four games. Only 5 shots on Huet so far.
Wow, I just noticed, Donald Brashear playoff beard is very impressive. I’m very jealous.
10:40 Flyers PP, Can the D throw down the hammer?
12:20 Flyers 5 on 3 for 20 secs. Prospal scores on great pass from Briere. Now the question is was on the clock for the penalty during the goal. If it was Fedorov’s time, it’s 5 on 5, if not it’s a 5-4. Looks like it wasn’t, still Flyers PP. 2-1 Caps
14:31 Caps kill off the remainder of Fedorov’s penalty. C’mon Caps, let’s get some insurance goals.
14:48 Caps PP. What a move by Ove. Get a man in front of Biron!!
16:02 WHAT THE HELL REF?!?!? The puck wasn’t even close to being covered. Bad whistle by the ref.
19:50 Green, gets caught being too agressive in the offensive zone again which leads to a good rush by the Flyers. The man needs to know how to stay defensively responsible.
So far so good, the Caps have managed not to give up the turnovers in their defensive zone which have haunted them over the series.

3rd Period

UNLEASH THE FURY!!!
1:00 Well the Caps just gave up one of those turnovers iwas talking about, good thing the Flyers couldn’t convert.
4:00 Flyers are really giving it to the Caps and getting back t the forecheck that has given them the 3-1 lead in the series
8:00 Interference call. Almost as weak as the Kozlov call the other night, but we’ll take it. Caps PP.
11:00 The refs are f’ing morons. That should be a penalty shot for Bradley. Not a power play. I think the refs need a refresher on when its a normal penalty call and a penalty shot. That’s the second time today they’ve blown that call.
13:00 Two really bad PP’s for the Caps, they had some chances, but no consistent pressure in the offensive zone.
14:30 Great PP goal by Semin from Green. See what happens when you get that much traffic in front of net like that. 3-1 Caps.
15:17 Hatcher scores, 3-2. It’s not over yet boys
Game. 3-2 Caps win! 3-2 Flyers in the Series.
Huet had a great game. Can’t wait for game 6.

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