The Pens traveled to Washington D.C. last night after beating the Hurricanes in a shootout. The last time the Capitals beat the Pens was March 8th, 2006. In the last 8 games against Washington the Penguins are 7-1.
Don't let this fool you. It will not be an easy game. The Caps are rested, and ready to go. The Pens may still be jubilant about the OT win last night an may not be at the top of their game when the puck drops at 7pm.
The Pens have more firepower and should play a more fundamentally sound game than the Capitals are capable of. Assuming Fleury is starting, and his mechanics are better, he should easily be capable of holding the Caps to a couple of goals. This is usually a gritty, hard nosed game, which should play right into the way the Pens have been playing as of late.
Nonetheless I think Therrien will have the team ready and I stick by my prediction of yesterday (http://penshome.blogspot.com/2007/10/weekend-preview.html), a 5-2 win for the Pens.
On a side note, check out Japersrink Blog. This is a Capitals based blog and these guys have invited several Penguins fans to comment on tonights game and have posted the comments for all to see. Good to see that the healthy competition between our teams lives on, even if the Caps can't get it done on the ice. Thanks guys, and keep up the great work!
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Preview Pens at Caps Tonight
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
I gotta say ... I was trolling the NHL website recently, and saw that the Caps have gone back to the red, white and blue motif - which is fine. What I hated was that they went back to the freakin' ugly Capitol logo with the hockey stick ..... butt freakin' ugly !!
I was never really a Caps fan, anyhow, but at least when they changed to the Screamin' Eagle and the Blue, Copper, and white colors, they at least looked cool (IMO). No matter, change sometimes is good, it forces their fans to spend more money on overpriced merchandise to "keep up with the current logo and colors"
Post a Comment