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Game 6 Live Blog from my Couch

Posted: April 21, 2008 by Gene
Category: Game Posts

Pregame Notes:

I don’t have to tell you guys, but todays game is huge for the Caps. How huge? Huge huge. And to understand the scale of huge huge, think sextuplet preggers huge.
Semin is playing great as of late, especially with Backstrom at center. The two have great and are very dynamic together, expect another high production night for their line.
Ove, is well passed due in terms of goals, we’ve seen Ove go through a scoring drought in mid-Feburary but he’s too good of a scorer to only have 1 goal in a series. Expect to see Ovie light the lamp tonight.
Will the Flyers come out hard tonight and get back to the aggressive forecheck that was so successfull for them in games 1-4, or will they come out passive like in game 5?
Can the Caps finally keep Briere off the stat sheet?
Will the Caps continue to get in front of Biron on the PP which has been hot as of late?
Hip Hip Huet!! I’m sorry I called for your head earlier. Can Huet continue making the big saves in the clutch?

1st Period

:30 Great early chance by Semin on net. An early one goal lead would of been huge huge.
2:59 Bradley gets called for interference.
3:49 Costly penalty, Flyers score on a lucky bounce off the backboard, but still, a forward should have had the backdoor closed none the less.
According to the guys on comcast, the team that scores 1st wins 70% of the time in th playoffs.
5:00 What a great save by Huet, he stayed man with the puck and bailed out the two defenseman who were burned on the play.
7:20 Caps are giving the puck up in their defensive zone again, not a good sign for a Caps victory.
8:50 What a great scoring chance for Ove. He can smell that next goal coming to him soon.
13:00 Caps PP. Upshaw called for tripping Fedorov. Bit of a dive on Fedorov’s part, but we’ll take it.
13:30 What a great hit by Green.
14:00 Bad PP by the Caps, they never really got setup on the offensive zone and got only one shot off.
16:30 Another PP for the Caps, hopefully they can do something with this one.
18:30 What the hell is Poti crashing the net on the PP? I guess he’s been watching Green play too much.

2nd Period

1:20 Goal by Briere. It’s official, Caps=Briere’s bitch
Another too many men penalty. The basics boys, the basics.
3 interfence penalties against the Flyers. The Caps need to convert this.
9:30 GOAL. What great passing by the Semin-Backstrom-Laich line. There’s still some life left in the Caps. 2-1
Another GOAL!!! Semin-Backstrom-Laich line again. This time its Semin. Bad rebound on Birons part. 2-2 all even.
Caps are really pouring the pressure on the Flyers and its paying off. The Flyers are looking a little dead on the ice.

3rd Period

:30 The greatest sound any goalie can hear is the ping of the goal post. Caps need to lock down the slot, if they want to prevent another chance like that.
2:45 OVIE!!!!! We all new it was going to happen today!!! What a great pass by Kozlov to put Ovie on the breakaway. 3-2 Caps.
5:47 Caps PP. Let’s get some insurance.
A bad series of penalties by the Caps. Flyers will be on the 4 on 3 and the 5 on 3 PP when their penalty expires. Time for the defense to step it up.
9:15 Great plays by the PPK team. Could prove to be the pivotal stretch in the series.
10:41 GOAALLL!!! OVIE again. What a great PP goal. Assist by Fedorov and Laich. 4 unanswered goals. The pressure is officially on the Flyers for the rest of the series.
Game over, Caps win 4-2. Game 7 tomorrow.

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