Follow @james_tanner123 The Capitals and the Penguins will be playing tonight - after an extra day off - in game five of their divisional playoff series.
So far, the results have been terrible for the Caps - they have more shots, shot-attempts and scoring chances, they've had the injury /health advantage and could easily have gotten better results while doing nothing different - but the fact remains, they face elimination.
Who could have foreseen Marc-Andre Fleury reviving his career to such an extent? Other than Fleury's wife and mother that is? Good for him though, by all accounts he's one of the nicest /funniest/ best-role model-for-the-kids type guys in the NHL.
Too bad his karmic revival had to come at the expense of the Capitals. Such is life.
The Capitals have made some adjustments heading into game five. They have moved Ovechkin down to the Lars Ellar line in an attempt to spread out the offense and get the team going.
Personally, I don't think they need to make any adjustments. Splitting up one of the NHL's premier lines because you had some bad luck is exactly the kind of over-adjustment that almost always blows up in a coach's face.
But, I ain't no doctor. If the Capitals are going to make a comeback, better to do it with their best player in the game.
Tonight's game should be good, as long as the NHL and the goal judges don't completely make a mockery of themselves like they have for the last two Oilers games, that is.
Seriously, not to wander off topic, but that is a joke. The NHL's pathetic replay system has cost the Oilers two consecutive games. They should be at home awaiting the Predators to finish off the Blues and getting a mini-holiday. Yet, due to horrible incompetence they somehow find themselves down 3-2.
Anyways, Go Caps!!