Jose Theodore gave up 4 goals on 17 shots and was pulled midway through the second period. Brent Johnson replaced him and looked fine until the Thrash pelted him with a barrage of shots in the third. Three of the four goals Theodore gave up were inexcusable, particularly the goal to Slava Kozlov on an odd man rush where he played the pass instead of facing the shooter square.
Not a great way to start for both goalies. Tomorrow night will be a big game in defining what the goalie situation in Washington for here on out. I realize that its just one game and there are many more. But another performance like that from Theodore will undoubtedly raise questions in the head of Coach Boudreau.
As predicted, the powerplay was a big factor tonight. Atlanta had 8 powerplays to the Caps' 6 and it felt like there was more special teams play than actual 5 on 5. Three of the Caps' four goals came on the powerplay while Atlanta cashed in at three as well.
Alex Ovechkin was held without a point after playing even strength, on the penalty kill, and nearly every second of Caps' powerplay time. He missed a penalty shot that would have given the Caps the lead in the third period and also committed two penalties. If I were Chicago I would be worried. Throughout his career, on games after Ovechkin was held without a point he has absolutely torched his next opponent. And you know he'll have it out for Huet (if he starts) at Verizon.
Mike Green had two powerplay goals in a span of one minute during the Caps' comeback attempt in the second period. Both were one timers off of passes from Michael Nylander and Alex Semin. Before the game Green said his goal for the season was 25 goals. If he continues to have games like this he could reach that by January.
Still looking at the glass half full, Alex Semin was another of few bright spots for the Caps tonight. He scored the Caps' first goal to make it 3-1 in near the end of the first period and was buzzing around more noticeably than any other player on the ice. He spent some time on the penalty kill and had an assist on Steckel's shorthanded goal. Semin finished with 1 goal and 2 assists.
18 year old defenseman Zach Bogosian seemed a little in over his head tonight in his first NHL game. He committed a holding penalty 2 minutes into the first period and a hooking penalty later in the second. His major mistake however came late in the 3rd period when he picked his first ever fight with heavyweight legend Donald Brashear. If you didn't see it, I'm sure you can imagine how it ended.
In the end it wasn't pretty, and the third period was painful to watch. Of course losing that badly in Atlanta is always made worse because of those annoying goal horn staccato notes that count every goal the home team scores. Listening to seven of those at the end of the third was a bit too much for me.
We just gave up seven goals to Atlanta There's only one acceptable action to take at this point.
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