Recently mentioned progress on Bejeweled Blitz. Well, I said that I was getting close to the end of tournament progress, just based on how close I was getting to my personal high score.
It turns out that I was even closer than I thought, because the Phoenix at 1M points is the last one. When you defeat it, it shows up at the top of the list again the next week, again at 1M points (all others increase their scores a bit after being defeated). So I think that's the end of the road.
I guess my next goal in the game will be to try to reach 1M coins available (I've gotten a little over 800k before, and am currently at 640k).
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20140312
20140310
Lucky in Glove?
I wasn't able to watch Saturday's Caps/Yotes game; we were having friends over to watch the Duke/Carolina game (my wife went to Duke). I tried to avoid finding out what happened; I ignored the TV that had the game on when I went to pick up food. I did watch five or so minutes of the beginning while waiting for people to come downstairs for the basketball game (and the Caps looked pretty good). When I saw a hockey score on the chyron during the basketball game, I resolutely ignored it. But towards the end of the game, I happened to look down right as the Caps score came up.
Knowing the result, I haven't yet gotten myself to watch the whole game.
There was certainly some scary stuff in the lead-up to the game. Beforehand, the Caps needed about a 106-pt pace for the remaining games to hope to make the playoffs. I also saw the lines, and the centers were (in order, top to bottom): Backstrom, Beagle, Fehr, and Stoa. After Nicky, that's a scary bunch, and not for the opposition (Beagle, 2C? Really?).
Also, Kuznetsov finally signed with the Caps, but wasn't available for the game (no practicing, I would guess, although I didn't hear a reason given).
So I was shocked when the Caps looked pretty good for those few minutes. And I was similarly shocked when I found out they had won, 3-2.
So how did they do it? Well, they did outplay Phoenix for the first ten minutes or so. Then, they flat-lined for the rest of the period (yes, zero (!) fenwick events), and were still outplayed for most of the rest of the game. But Halak stood strong (never thought I'd be happy to say that), and only allowed two goals, and it looks like the Coyotes went to sleep in the middle of the third.
In that bed-a-bye time, Alzner and Laich (Huh? and huh?, respectively) scored, with Brouwer picking up a power play tally a few minutes later for the decider. The three scorers had five shots, between them, although Alzner and Brouwer were one and two in CF% on the team (Chimmer, Ward, and Hillen were the bottom three).
So, overall? Well, we'll take the result, unlikely as it was.
Next up are the Penguins, home and home, tonight at the phone booth. Let's hope Kuzya (fourth line, to start) shines, and Caps abuse the Pens bottom two lines, because that's what it'll take for them to win. Go Caps!
Knowing the result, I haven't yet gotten myself to watch the whole game.
There was certainly some scary stuff in the lead-up to the game. Beforehand, the Caps needed about a 106-pt pace for the remaining games to hope to make the playoffs. I also saw the lines, and the centers were (in order, top to bottom): Backstrom, Beagle, Fehr, and Stoa. After Nicky, that's a scary bunch, and not for the opposition (Beagle, 2C? Really?).
Also, Kuznetsov finally signed with the Caps, but wasn't available for the game (no practicing, I would guess, although I didn't hear a reason given).
So I was shocked when the Caps looked pretty good for those few minutes. And I was similarly shocked when I found out they had won, 3-2.
So how did they do it? Well, they did outplay Phoenix for the first ten minutes or so. Then, they flat-lined for the rest of the period (yes, zero (!) fenwick events), and were still outplayed for most of the rest of the game. But Halak stood strong (never thought I'd be happy to say that), and only allowed two goals, and it looks like the Coyotes went to sleep in the middle of the third.
In that bed-a-bye time, Alzner and Laich (Huh? and huh?, respectively) scored, with Brouwer picking up a power play tally a few minutes later for the decider. The three scorers had five shots, between them, although Alzner and Brouwer were one and two in CF% on the team (Chimmer, Ward, and Hillen were the bottom three).
So, overall? Well, we'll take the result, unlikely as it was.
Next up are the Penguins, home and home, tonight at the phone booth. Let's hope Kuzya (fourth line, to start) shines, and Caps abuse the Pens bottom two lines, because that's what it'll take for them to win. Go Caps!
20131112
Power play central
I didn't watch Friday's Caps/Yotes tilt, although it looks like the Caps played pretty well. It was a weird game, though, with four of six goals scored on the power play.
The lineup was basically the same as against Minnesota (I'm still wondering if Fehr's injured), although, with the back-to-back, Holtby was held back for Saturday's game.
Those four PPGs were scored on thirteen total power plays, with an even split on both opportunities and scores. Because of all that, less than half of the game was played at evens, close (although more than I would have guessed, especially with the Caps having a two goal lead for nearly an entire period).
Overall, it appears to've been a pretty good game for the Caps, although it's impossible to avoid it feeling like a missed opportunity, with the two very late goals allowed. Still, Corsi/Fenwick/shots were all heavily in the Caps favor during those twenty-six minutes of 5-on-5 close play, which is encouraging for the future.
One other bit of slight weirdness. Those two power play goals were scored by Brouwer and Carlson, the former getting a secondary assist by Neuvy. Have to figure Green (with the primary assist on that goal) did just about all of the work, there. Still, congrats to Neuvy for his first point of the season.
Anyway, those two late goals left another game going into overtime, where the Caps again failed to register a goal (despite another power play).
And this time, their run of shootout luck came to an end, as Neuvy failed to stop a shot, and the forwards failed to pot one.
I do wish I could have seen the game. Ah, well.
The lineup was basically the same as against Minnesota (I'm still wondering if Fehr's injured), although, with the back-to-back, Holtby was held back for Saturday's game.
Those four PPGs were scored on thirteen total power plays, with an even split on both opportunities and scores. Because of all that, less than half of the game was played at evens, close (although more than I would have guessed, especially with the Caps having a two goal lead for nearly an entire period).
Overall, it appears to've been a pretty good game for the Caps, although it's impossible to avoid it feeling like a missed opportunity, with the two very late goals allowed. Still, Corsi/Fenwick/shots were all heavily in the Caps favor during those twenty-six minutes of 5-on-5 close play, which is encouraging for the future.
One other bit of slight weirdness. Those two power play goals were scored by Brouwer and Carlson, the former getting a secondary assist by Neuvy. Have to figure Green (with the primary assist on that goal) did just about all of the work, there. Still, congrats to Neuvy for his first point of the season.
Anyway, those two late goals left another game going into overtime, where the Caps again failed to register a goal (despite another power play).
And this time, their run of shootout luck came to an end, as Neuvy failed to stop a shot, and the forwards failed to pot one.
I do wish I could have seen the game. Ah, well.
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