CAPS GOALIE REPORT: 4 GA IS ENOUGH

The Caps only let up 2 goals Thursday which should be good enough to put a team in a position to win. However, the stingy Bruins would have none of that and the Bs and TimThomas walked away with a 2-0 shutout.

The Caps restored some offensive firepower in the Bell Center on Saturday where the Habs have struggled going just below .500. The Caps followed their recent trend of getting down by multiple goals before restoring ties or leads.

The first goal was a trend that I don’t like to see, of Kolzig diving head first after pucks in desperation play. The Caps got lucky minutes later on similar play that saw Kolzig out of the play and the Habs jamming the puck into the post and Caps defensemen all the way back into the crease playing 2nd and 3rd goaltenders.

The second goal against saw Mike Green get completely undressed before beating Kolzig in tight to the far post over his butterflied right pad.
The Caps rebounded and caught Carey Pryce a bit shakey up high on the next 3 goals all at some range. The Habs tied it at 3s with a bad bounce off the back boards and caught Kolzig on one side of the net.

The Caps again took a lead at 4-3 on another high shot at range from OV who went 1 on 3 just over the blueline as he came out of the box. Shooting high shots from the center lane through defensemen and scoring was a common theme at both sides of the ice. Kovalev did the same with goal 4 to tie it to send the game into OT.

The Caps scored in OT on a low shot by Green getting Pryce to have to readjust side to side.

I thought both Pryce and Kolzig could have shaved off 1-2 goals from their total goals against in this game.

GWG v Carey Pryce...