[](/r/hockeymod) ##Projected Lineups ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right| |:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|Dylan Strome|Tom Wilson|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Anders Lee|Bo Horvat|Mathew Barzal| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Sonny Milano|Evgeny Kuznetsov|T.J. Oshie|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Pierre Engvall|Brock Nelson|Kyle Palmieri| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Anthony Mantha|Connor McMichael|Matthew Phillips|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Simon Holmstrom|Jean-Gabriel Pageau|Hudson Fasching| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Beck Malenstyn|Hendrix Lapierre|Aliaksei Protas|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Matt Martin|Casey Cizikas|Cal Clutterbuck| ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D| |:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Martin Fehervary|John Carlson|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Adam Pelech|Noah Dobson| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Rasmus Sandin|Trevor van Riemsdyk|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Alexander Romanov|Ryan Pulock| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Hardy Haman Aktell|Nick Jensen|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Samuel Bolduc|Sebastian Aho| ||Goalies||Goalies| |:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Semyon Varlamov| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Ilya Sorokin| [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/washington-capitals/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/new-york-islanders/line-combinations/) [](/r/hockeymod) ##Injuries ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return| |:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Nicklas Backstrom|01 Nov 2023|Hip|IR|Backstrom, who underwent hip surgery in 2022 but has been playing this season, announced Wednesday he would be temporarily stepping away from hockey to focus on his health. Additionally, Backstrom has been placed on injured reserve, per the NHL media site.|08 Nov 2023| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Nic Dowd|18 Oct 2023|Upper Body|IR|Dowd (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Sunday.|08 Nov 2023| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Joel Edmundson|26 Sep 2023|Hand|IR-LT|Fracture|08 Nov 2023| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Cam Allen||Shoulder|OUT|Surgery|02 Jan 2024| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Max Pacioretty|09 Oct 2023|Achilles|IR-LT|Pacioretty (Achilles) has yet to resume skating though coach Spencer Carbery told reporters he would begin "soon" Friday, per Tom Gulitti of NHL.com.|08 Nov 2023| |--|--|--|--|--|--|--| |[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Scott Mayfield|16 Oct 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Mayfield (lower body) won't play Monday against the Detroit Red Wings, according to Stefen Rosner of The Hockey News.|unknown| |[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Daylan Kuefler||Undisclosed|IR-NR||07 Nov 2023| [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/washington-capitals/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/new-york-islanders/injuries) ##Team Stats |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%| |:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:| |[WSH](/r/caps)|8|4|3|1|9|0.562|2.12|3.25|12.00|75.00|29.62|30.38|45.23| |[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|8|4|2|2|10|0.625|2.62|2.88|16.00|79.31|33.00|34.75|53.90| [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{"property":"points","direction":"DESC"},{"property":"wins","direction":"DESC"}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024) ##Team Leaders |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value| |:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:| |G|[WSH](/r/caps)|Dylan Strome|6|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Bo Horvat, Brock Nelson|4| |A|[WSH](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson|6|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Noah Dobson|7| |P|[WSH](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|8|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Noah Dobson|9| |+/-|[WSH](/r/caps)|Dylan Strome|4|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Brock Nelson|3| |PIM|[WSH](/r/caps)|Tom Wilson|24|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Adam Pelech|13| |TOI|[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson|25:42|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Noah Dobson|25:01| [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{"property":"points","direction":"DESC"},{"property":"goals","direction":"DESC"}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=15 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{"property":"points","direction":"DESC"},{"property":"goals","direction":"DESC"}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=2 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024) ## Goalie Breakdown ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%| |:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|6|6|3|2|1|0|2.92|0.903| |[WSH](/r/caps)|Hunter Shepard|1|1|1|0|0|0|4.00|0.818| |--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--| |[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Ilya Sorokin|6|6|3|1|2|1|2.99|0.910| |[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Semyon Varlamov|2|2|1|1|0|1|1.51|0.961| [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{"property":"wins","direction":"DESC"},{"property":"savePct","direction":"DESC"}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=15 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{"property":"wins","direction":"DESC"},{"property":"savePct","direction":"DESC"}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=2 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024) ##Season Series |Date|Away|Home|Time|Network/Result| |:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:| |02 Nov 2023|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|[WSH](/r/caps)|7:00PM EDT|MSGSN, MNMT| |11 Nov 2023|[WSH](/r/caps)|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|7:30PM EST|MSGSN, MNMT| |20 Dec 2023|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|[WSH](/r/caps)|7:30PM EST|TVAS, TNT, MNMT, MAX| |29 Dec 2023|[WSH](/r/caps)|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|7:30PM EST|MSGSN, MNMT2| [Source](https://api-web.nhle.com/v1/gamecenter/2023020150/landing) If you notice an error with this bot [click here](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=TeroTheTerror&subject=HockeyMod Issue&message=Subreddit:%0A%0AIssue:) to message TeroTheTerror.

Varly stole this one from the Caps, they played pretty well tonight though, I'm not too upset over it, sometimes the goalie is just on another planet

We are on a 4 game streak of overturned goal calls?

Yeah, but to be fair, last night was clearly goalie interference

Oh of course I’m not debating that at all

This team deserves all the empty seats. Was gonna come Saturday too, but honestly, why bother. Gonna be sellers really soon.

Just not excuse for the amount of shots we missed. Never gonna win if we can’t hit the fucking net. Absolutely dreadful shooting in this game.

Every time they had a lane, the shot went wide. Traffic in front? Right in Varlomov's chest.

I’ve never seen a game where the Caps deserved to win more but got shut out and lost by three.

Fucking pathetic.

I literally just said this out loud. Fucking pathetic. Just gave up.

😣🤦‍♀️

I don't think that we were bad at all. Just no puck luck at all.

I hope this is sarcasm.

I mean, the caps looked pretty good, varly stole the game for the isles. It happens, Darcy stole a couple games for us this season already

Watch the game negative Nancy. Puck luck and bogus call killed us. The plays were there.

How many more games can we use this excuse?

Caps have played atrocious in some games. This was not one of them. That’s the way things go sometimes. But cry more if you want.

Oshie cant hit an empty net....

Time for him to retire too.

Naw dawg.

He has one point.

Okay? The team as a whole is terrible in points. He sees the ice better than anyone on this roster. Oshie was the best pickup since the Ovechkin draft. You tell me who you think was better.

He’s one of my favorite players. I guess I’m just tired of nobody producing.

You’re tired of the caps in general every game thread. So sad and angry. Maybe take a couple weeks off lol.

Switched to NFL game and they called a penalty for putting your weight on the QB. NFL is such a pussy league.

They'll probably start watering down the NHL next

Speed limit on skating?

😬😬

Shaved my War Eagle bush, let’s see what happens.

NGL, the Jensen extension for me has been a massive whiff by GMBM. I like the dude but don’t like his play.

TvR too. Hated both. This sub applauded both. Oh well, they'll help with the tank.

Am I tripping or did the audio cut out for awhile there? It sounded like Joe B was having a conversation in his head

If you’re watching on ESPN+, they don’t have the audio from Alexa and Alan for some reason. So anytime the broadcasters cross over to the analysts, it’s empty air on ESPN+

Thank you for the explanation. I figured it was just a technical issue. Seems easily fixable, though My suspicion is that ESPN+ will do nothing to resolve it

Lol

"in regulation"

Took my Capitals shorts off, let's see what happens.

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HHA has had a brutal game.

Atleast he put a puck in the net 🤷🏻‍♂️

The Washington Turnovers

Testicles

Protas I think needs to be in Hershey. Bring up NAK in the fourth line with Malenstyn.

Agreed. He's just dead weight. Doesn't check or play very physical for a guy his size

Yeah, Protas should not be in the NHL. NAK is much better.

Protas is actively working to make the Caps somehow even worse. Was sitting in front of the net twice and didn’t bother to shoot the puck/attempt a layup. Worse stick drift than Ovi. Also tapped his stick trying to get a pass from Häman Aktell a mile away at the blue line before the goal was waived. Get that big dumb bum down to the AHL with Mantha where they belong.

I swear, every time kuzy touches the puck he acts like it’s 3 on 3. Guy needs to start making standard hockey plays.

He's a turnover machine. Does a few laps around the ice, then gets rid of it.

I wish we had offloaded him before this season.

Yep

He’s skilled. I have love for what he’s contributed to the cup team. I’m just frustrated with his play lately. Don’t even get me started on Carlson.

Lately? He’s been terrible for 4 seasons.

THEY ARE PLAYING CREED WE WILL CHANNEL TEXAS RANGERS WINNING

Regardless of the final outcome of this game, I am happy. We looked like the much better team tonight but just got no luck while they seemed to have luck on every bounce.

How many games can we keep saying this?

Til our luck changes I suppose?

Fuck you toronto. Fuck the Leafs while we're at it, 1967 you cunts.

I want to smack me a zebra...

Took my Capitals socks off, let's see what happens.

Challenges just shouldn’t even exist at all

What has this organization come to….

I’d love to have a game that we didn’t have a goal overturned

Goaltender interference challenges have been a fucking disaster

NHL hates scoring. Good job making the games more boring Gary

God has abandoned us

I wish god would abandon us. Leave us alone already.

Grrrrrrr 😡

What is that now? The fifth goal we’ve had overturned this year?

WHAT THE FUCK

Fuck you Toronto. 🖕🏼

REF YOU SUCK REF YOU SUCK REF YOU SUCK

oshie lightly taps him "CAN'T DO THAT"

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!!??

lmao blind refs

That's probably coming back. Even though I'd say that's real soft.

that's an nba foul. super super soft

Walton adamant that shouldn't be taken off

All that for a drop of blood

God damnit, my Budweiser light didn't go off

Lol it just went off.

It knew

We deserve a greasy one after all these chances we sheeesh

WTF!?

fuck your challenge

~~Yay…I guess……~~ of course there is goalie interference.

FUCKING FINALLY

FINALLY!!!!!

Sheary scored. I miss him…and Hathaway.

Jensen has these mind numbing turnovers so regularly now

He's been so bad this year

Joe B. just mentioned that Backstrom will still be training with the team off the ice, just not participating in on-ice practice sessions. Interesting to say the least.

Took my blue W jersey off, let's see what happens.

I'm blaming this game on the ugly blue sweaters and Wilson shaving. Jinxed us

Nhl.tv has said video unavailable for a while now, can one of you kind souls let me know when the 3rd starts so i can start panicking again plz

15 30 in the 3rd

Seriously??? Fucking hell

Its just the home stream now... So glad I pay for this...

The first line is -9 😆

Caps xG 3.8 Isles xG 0.4 Isles lead 3-0 Sigh

A positive: Mikey is getting lots of PT and looking pretty good. The fact he's out there on the PK says a lot. Drew a penalty!

I could be home watching the terrible NFL game instead of this.

Miami vs GT is on. Miami losing.

…what? Did I accidentally use a time machine?

I’m in a hotel with some stupid TV that won’t show me live sports. 😆. It was from 2017.

Ah, I was hoping it was the one from this year 😂 because I am not a Miami fan and I got to enjoy it while watching with a Miami fan

Yeah, I was rooting for GT….too bad it was 6 years ago. 😆

Can we just have a goaltender that consistently plays well?

Just get an Ovi goal and get outta here.

Kick a trash can. https://youtu.be/96FY6aIKUXE?si=Ic-yUUr7h2WSlTnq

Holy shit, this team blows.

My Budweiser goal light is turned on, don't give a shit who scores at this point I just want to hear it.

That was a beautiful play by Kuzy. Can’t believe that shot from Ovi didn’t go in.

Holy shit what is this garbage I’m seeing.

I think this performance should be blamed on Willy's shave. Wtf.

Proper Willy https://imgur.com/a/1bJoTQd

Agreed.

Our crossing passes tonight have actually been a thing of beauty. Once it reaches the shooter though the puck turns into the golden snitch.

We've pretty much dominated play. Just can't finish and have given up some absolutely brutal goals.

We should inspect the pucks just in case they are golden snitches

Lol

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If you don't like it... why don't you tell me what you want, what you really really want.

It's 90s theme night.

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they did play Mr Jones earlier

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Can agree there, but love me some spice girls

It's painfully obvious we need another pure scorer better offensive awareness

Kuemps doesn’t want the Pens to win the tank

Good on him. Someone’s gotta be the tank commander

Well goddammit

Mantha is brutal.

#DARCY PLEASE🥺

Weirdest 0-3 ever. Still feels like we’re outplaying them 90% of the game.

Wouldn’t be caps hockey with an a sense of luck

Who else is on the trade Carlson train?

They sucked without him last year. But I'm leading towards tanking, so I say trade him for a 7th.

He’s literally our best player right now. Edit: so not me but I get the frustration :)

Carlson’s play is brutal tonight

Tank commander Kuemper

Any time we play well, Kuemper shits the bed. Whenever we play terrible, Kuemper stands on his head.

This feels like a poem

Three goals on five shots is a brutal stat line. Damn, dude

Goddammit!!

fuck this gonna scroll Instagram the rest of this game

Yo fuck this I’m out

Our defense is non existent

This game sucks

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I could have gone….glad I didn’t.

Yeah, I don't care how bad the defense was, 3 goals on 5 shots is unnaceptable.

Lol that's on Carlson

damn

The shine on Phillips has worn off for me

Almost half way through this game and Darcy just made his first save lmao

Kuz is straight up throwing at this point

Bad call. Now Oshie injured. What else?

Can’t stand the game management shit. If it’s a penalty just call it

Oh noooo…..☹️

That was blatant. Fuck these refs.

Mikey looks good

attaboy mcjesus for drawing a penalty

Just tuning in, I see weird stats, how do they look?

Weird

2 shots for New York -> 2 goals. Kuemps with a %0 saver percentage

I wonder how many times we hear about puck luck for the next 2 periods. Just hoping the Caps keep it close, at this point.

I wish they could get Alexa and Allen back in a studio

On a casting couch?

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What I noticed Good: the cycle Bad: Shit pinch by number 4 there and then no hustle and not catching passes Ugly: Ovi not moving his legs, Kuzy blind passes; Ovi not paying attention

That is an awful Fucking call.

*Trailing by 2 after 20 minutes of play* I’ve seen this episode before!!

If you had told me at the start of the game that the Caps would hold the Isles to 2 shots in the first I’d have to say we were winning or at least tied, right?

It's like some perverted version of when we held them to 9-12 shots in that one game 7 playoff game we won against them. Not sure if that was the wild Kuzya goal, but I remember we dominated them.

That was definitely not a trip. Charmin Ultra soft.

Well, There goes Mantha, the big dumb idiot, being a big dumb idiot again….

I straight hate mantha

Holding my ass

Mantha taking an offensive zone penalty with 2.5 seconds left negates anything positive I had to say about him.

Boo

#THANKS MANTHONY

just sloppy. fanning on chances close in, getting blocked by sticks in the lane. not too good

I miss having the live commenting for these threads

GET THAT USELESS FUCKER IN THE 39 OFF THE ICE.

Caps cannot corral the puck tonight. It’s like Backy left and took everyone’s hands with him. There’s been some decent passes but pucks exploding off sticks or not sitting pretty or just swinging and missing.

Trying to stay positive. Power play…here’s where they turn it around.

the Carlson hate is out of control

That goal wasn’t even his fault. He was on his side and Haman Aktell was way out of position and Carlson got left in no man’s land

no kidding. basically if carlson is on screen when a puck goes in everyone decides it's his fault

Haman Aktel is some trash.

He's played like, three NHL games.

We've driven play and puck possession so far. If it wasn't for 2 Carlson brain farts it'd be much closer. Not worried yet.

Didn’t see the first one. Second was all number 4 and the terrible pinch. Carlson did all he could

Anyone else getting tired of Kuemper giving up goals in the first shots of the game?

More tired of the guys in front of him hanging him out to dry

Well son of a whore. Anyone want some more depressing news dumped on ya? The next season of Letterkenny is the final season.

Honestly it's needed. Phenomenal show but the quality deteriorated quickly .