Definitely not a great game put together by the Caps, tonight. It started out pretty well, with the Caps taking it to the Jets pretty well. Semin scored a very nice goal on a 3-on-2 with Laich and Chimera about four minutes in, and things were looking great. They continued to look pretty well through the rest of the first, despite Kane tying the game up four minutes after Sasha Minor's tally.
And they weren't looking too bad into the second until Kane scored again 6:38 in. That, by itself, wasn't too terrible, but the wheels were separating from the axles. I forget which of the remaining two goals was which, but the Caps were looking great on the penalty kill on one of them, even getting some play in the offensive zone. But as soon as that zone play was broken up, the Jets turned up-ice and scored almost immediately. The other goal had the Caps get a two-on-zero (Laich and... maybe Halpern) from forcing a turnover at the blue line. Laich's shot didn't even manage to be on net. Terrible. Then the puck was shot up the left side of the ice where the Winnipeg forward blew past Hamrlik like he was standing still, and deposited the puck behind Neuvy.
I was so irritated, I turned the game off at that point. Given that there was no further scoring, I'm not upset at that decision, although it would be nice to know if the play improved, at least.
We'll see, on Saturday, if the Caps can keep the road trip from being a sweep, but it's been ugly, so far.
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