[Gameday Preview]It's always a joy to go to the MCI Center when the Red Wings come to town just to see how many Wings "fans" come out of the woodworks. And there's hardly a bandwagoner among them. No sir. These folks are old school Wings fans. We're talking Sergei Fedorov-era Wings fans. Heck, go tonight and you might even see an Igor Larionov jersey (representin' the 313, yo!). John O-who-nick? Never heard of him. But that's alright. Let them enjoy the Steve Yzerman Farewell Tour's stop in D.C. and reliving the past while we enjoy our nightly look at the future.
Today's WaPo discusses the Caps' awful special teams and how they seek to remedy the problems (which begs the question - when the Caps scrimmage the power play against the penalty kill in practice, which squad is successful?). The WTimes has a similar story, and for some opposition flava, the Detroit News says some nice things about Alex Ovechkin, as does the Freep. Needless to say, with the Wings coming into the game with the top-ranked power play in the NHL, the key to tonight's game for the Caps will be staying out of the box. Then again, that's the key every night, isn't it?
In other NHL news:
- The injury bug bit the Nashville Predators last night and bit them hard, as the team lost starting goalie Tomas Vokoun (hard-luck Aiken Award winner - see below) and first-line center David Legwand to knee injuries. Coincidentally, both are on my floundering fantasy team that has been a MASH unit all season (I'd like to apologize in advance to Vinny Lecavalier and Ilya Kovalchuk for their inevitable pending injuries).
- Jeremey Roenick played 11:50 last night (only two Kings got less ice time) and was -1 with no points and two shots on goal. Way to impress opposing coach and Team USA bench boss Peter Laviolette, J.R.
- Hart: Ethan Moreau (2 SHG, including the game winner, +2)
- Ross: Jaromir Jagr, Patrick Marleau (G, 2A each)
- Norris: Andrei Zyuzin (2A, +2)
- Vezina: Martin Gerber (W, 35 saves on 37 shots against)
- Richard: Ethan Moreau, Mike Sillinger, Petr Prucha, Erik Cole, Mark Smith (2G each)
- Calder: Tomas Vanek (Penalty shot goal)
- Aiken: Tomas Vokoun (L, 2 goals against on 8 shots in 20 minutes)
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i switched my tickets for tonight's game to go see a concert in Philly tonight. However, it looks like the weather may be too bad for me to make the trip. If that happens, i will be doubly pissed at my loss. And Eagle's Nest tickets tend to sell out on weekeneds, making the disappointment all the more bitter.
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