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It'll be Chris Mason, who has suddenly come to the forefront of this battle. Yeah, and he's done it before in the playoffs, as we've talked about. Don't worry about the goals-against or the save percentage. Just know that he has stopped 47 of the last 49 pucks directed his way. And for the Montreal Canadiens, Carey Price, bothered by the flu over the last 48 hours, but he'll go tonight. Let's hope he's not fully recovered. He's tied for second in wins in the league with 28 and third in shutouts with six. So here we go. All sorts of new faces in the Thrashers. A lot of old faces to say hello to. And Brent Sopel, who was traded to the Canadiens late last week. We'll see how it all unfolds here tonight on Sports South. Jeff Halpern dumps one in. Toby Enstrom plays it away. And the Thrashers will look to get it out. Blake Wheeler out there with Bryan Little. Now Little will get one into the right-wing corner of the Canadiens' zone. Opening minute of play here tonight at Phillips Arena. Buckland shot. He fanned on it. And now Cammalleri the other way. A bit of a tuck at times from Buckland and Enstrom will take it away. I don't know if it was a tug or a pretty smart push of the stick that made Cammalleri lose control of the puck. Cammalleri has struggled as of late, although over the last couple of games he's started to pick it up. Gomez, and he'll flip one right back in, where Zach Bogosian will chase it to the corner. Now a chance in front. They were looking for Gomez that time. And it goes for Hammerlek, who will send one in behind the net. Zach Bogosian flips it along, and Evander Kane will try to get it up on the left wing. This one's taken away, and Gionta. He brings it right back and over the line, but Bogosian's there. Now Kane hustles it back through center. And Brent Sopel for the Canadiens will settle it down. That's a centering pass, and he'll dump one deep. All the way back, nearly too many men on the ice that time. Yep, they're going to get the Canadiens. And I believe the Thrashers will go to the power play. Too many men here, Darren. I think Eric Bolton called it first. And the ref got the linesman's attention. Bench minor for too many men on the ice. Jacques Martin's gang, exactly as you called it, Matty. Too many men on the ice. Poor line change puts his Thrashers on the power play early on here. So Jacques Martin now happy with the start here. As his Canadiens take a bench minor for too many men, this will get an offensive-zone face-off for the Thrashers. They'll be really hot with the Thrashers' cash on this one. Enstrom and Bufflin, the point men, they'll go a little up front with Ladd and Wheeler. Same unit that opened up this hockey game for Craig Ramsay. Enstrom has it. To Bufflin. Bufflin looking around. He'll give it to Ladd. Bufflin. Down to the corner. Blake Wheeler down low, worked over by P.K. Subban. P.K. Subban. Down the ice and down the length. 4 for 20 on the power play over the last five games. That's 20% and very respectable. Vancouver Canucks lead the league on the season at just under 25%. And again, The Canadiens will send it down the ice. The power play has been relatively consistent, remaining in the top ten. Enstrom will play it out of the low for Kane. Sopo battling for it there. Here's a chance, back of the line, Bufflin. Bufflin looking around, he'll take his shot. Sticked by Brian Gionta. No, he keeps it, a little tip to the corner. to the front, Bouncing puck all over the place, Settled by Enstrom. Kane somehow getting into that seam in front of the Canadiens' net with a great look. Really nice feed, Near side, This is what threw it off. Stewart looks like he's going to go behind the net and instead delivers A hard pass under two sticks, Tape to tape. Right here the defense looks, They think he's going around the net, He doesn't. That's a big save. You can see it just about squeak between the arm and the body of Carey Price. Evander Kane with a good bid there on the power play. 26 seconds left for the Thrashers on the man advantage. Ladd has it, tries to advance. They pretty much effectively kill off this Thrashers power play. The Michigan Wolverine is out of the box. And now a shot that's blocked away by Carey Price. He's in front. He'll steal it away and get it out to Travis Moen. Lars Eller. Eller trying to get it. Good block that time by Bryan Little. Wisniewski with a shot that deflects just out of the mark. Wisniewski and Hamrlik. They're a very defensive pair right now for Jacques Martin. Kostitsyn will play it in behind the net. Out of the zone for Hamrlik. Goes for a skate and plays it around. Mason made the save. There's a chance now. There'll be a slashing call on the Atlanta Thrashers. Good look at Craig Ramsay. Back to all square. Mark Stuart goes for slashing, And so the Canadiens will go to the power play. And here's Radek Dvorak. Mara takes him to the ice. And there's the emphatic buggy whip. So Radek Dvorak is out there. One of the penalty killers in the National Hockey League in his first game since coming over from Florida yesterday. Dvorak. Along with Oduya, Bogosian. And Thorbert. And the puck. Dvorak's going to go after it. Beaten to the puck barely that time.", "title": "NHL_01 03 2011 Montreal Canadiens - Atlanta Thrashers - YouTube-02", "category": null, "start_time": 492.14, "end_time": 522.14, "qa": []}
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But they have not had success in their last couple of games. They look to get back to their winning ways today. It's an afternoon game. The Canucks are in town. They look to get back to their winning ways this afternoon. Drew Stafford said that they know that they've got to turn things around. Nobody's waiting to help them out. They need to take care of their own business. There's one lineup change that by now everyone knows about. Dustin Byfuglien was suspended by the NHL on Thursday for four games for his cross-check on J.T. Miller. So he is out of the lineup. Jay Harrison draws in his place. It's just the way it's been going for this team. If they did have their best lineup against the New York Rangers, After all the trades and after all the injured players were back, They had that lineup for just one game. Down between the benches is Brian Engblom for what we expect to be a very good contest between the teams. The Winnipeg Jets and the Vancouver Canucks. Some battle scars of your own, But the Winnipeg Jets do start life without Dustin Byfuglien for four games. It's a shame for the Jets and obviously for Dustin Byfuglien. I don't second-guess how suspensions are handled because it doesn't do any good. Paul Maurice has that attitude too. And so do the players. It is what it is at this point. But the optics were bad for Dustin Byfuglien. And he ends up with four games. So we take a look at the pairings, The matchups on defense especially, Which will be rearranged a little bit. Not the top one. Enstrom and Myers have been together for a while. Stewart and Trouba have been together as well, and those top four will get more ice time because of it; they've been down this road before — they played extremely well as the six of them in the nine games when Dustin Byfuglien was out with injuries and they ended up six and three in that stretch. Of course they don't do it alone; they do it with the forward lines. The top line is staying together, as are the top two lines. The interesting thing will be in this game and as games go on, Where will Perreault, Tlusty and Stempniak, players like that, will they be rearranged? But for this game so far, That's the way it's going to start off. When you look at the Winnipeg Jets' schedule, They have five games remaining. It starts today against the Vancouver Canucks. The Jets have done a good job all season long at being prepared to start games. 34. Five-game winning streak. Jay Harrison maybe said it best yesterday. We don't look at it as having to win five games in a row. We look at it as winning one game five times. And it starts this afternoon. The Vancouver Canucks and the Winnipeg Jets as we send you down to ice level for some of the ambiance in this building in Canada. Mainstand, Remove your hats and welcome to your Winnipeg Jets zone, Stacey Nantras for the singing of O Canada. Lucky winner. Eddie Lack has played in 21 of 22 games. Since taking over from the injured Ryan Miller and Andre Pavlik, This is his ninth start in the last 10. He will get the start for Winnipeg. And that is off the stick of Yannick Weber and out of play. In a big game, you start your big guns. The little line starts with Enstrom and Myers on the back end, They get the puck right in the Vancouver zone to start it off. Control the puck along the wall. Be in the right position. Watch Frolik. A little reverse cycle there as Frolik comes up high in the top of the circle with the net-front presence well executed. Jacob Trouba in from the line. In for Blake Wheeler. And that goes off a stick and up and out of play. Play Winnipeg Jets hockey. Big, strong, and fast. And for Vancouver, rope-a-dope. Take the punches early and try to kill them with execution. The Nucks do not score a lot in the first period. The Jets do. At center. Scheifele chips it back in and goes after it around. Weber centers. For Wheeler, and he couldn't get a clean whack at it — knocked away Jay Harrison in the lineup with no Dustin Byfuglien. Gets it for Adam Pardy. Up for Adam Lowry. Now cross ice for Harrison. Through center. Mathieu Perreault couldn't handle it. Back in for Derek Dorsett. Dorsett in the front of the net. And it was ticked wide by Sean Mathias. In the corner Pardy. Try to send it around. Canucks control. Dorsett trying to spin it back in behind the Jets net. And he does. Dorsett out there with Lyndon Vey. Both of them played for Desjardins in Medicine Hat of the Western Hockey League. Stepniak in. In for Adam. Lowry gets some help from Stepniak to the line for Stewart. Stewart for Tlusty. It bounces in front. And Lyndon Vey grabs it off. Vey, left side pass. The Canucks in front for Dorsett. Jacob Trouba for Thorburn, for Slater. Chris Thorburn, NHL game 600 for him. Turned over at center; Edler for Jannik Hansen. Hansen takes it wide. Hansen to the front of the net. And a bit of a chance there for Sven Baertschi. Gionek got cleared away in his first game as a Vancouver Canuck after coming over from Calgary. Slater pass for Tlusty. Canucks break it up and some room for Jannik Hansen. Hansen will chip it in. Pavlik plays it up the near boards. Canucks control though. Daniel Sedin and it's turned over. Here comes Ladd. Ladd looking for some help. Enstrom joins the attack. Centers! And Frolik couldn't get a stick on it. Canucks control with Sedin. Bounces it out at center. Looking for Henrik Sedin. Burrows is with him. Burrows Plays it deep to Enstrom. Little stutter step to get away from Burrows. On for Little and on now for Myers. Frolik to the front of the net! He couldn't get a stick on it; his stick was lifted by the defenseman. Burrows rocked hard. Burrows had his back turned to Stewart. Stewart comes and just takes him out along the wall. No penalty called on him. But the Jets have got to sort out the rush of the Vancouver Canucks. Three big chances for the Nucks on the rush. Hand use for Weber. On for Radim Vrbata. 31 goals for Radim Vrbata. On for Bonino. Bonino's shot stopped by Trouba. And then Trouba roughs up Bonino in the corner. To the blue line for Kevin Bieksa. Bieksa trying to get a lane to the net. Stafford stayed with him. Jumping in from the blue line with Spisa and the glove save. And now we've got Stewart at the side of the net. All tied up. A glove save there by Ondrej Pavelec. I think both coaches are happy. There's finally a whistle. This game was getting out of control. Watch this hit by Stewart. Burrows is controlling the hit. Their players on the bench were warning Burrows that Stewart was coming. So he knew it was happening. On the rush, There's a graze at the post by the Vancouver Canucks. It was the third line that was getting the chances. Dorsett was in the middle of both of them. That was the second one. Berchi set up the first one and then Berchi goes to the net. He partially fanned on that one. It almost beat Pavelec anyway because it ended up being a change-up. But the Jets are not jamming the middle of the ice or playing man for man on the rush. You've got to do one or the other, or it's going to end up in the back of your net. Three good chances for the Canucks on the rush. Shawn Matthias out with Linden Vey and Derek Dorsett. Matthias came over in the Luongo deal from Florida. 18 goals on the year for him. It's been a good season for Shawn Matthias. Yuri Tlusty with Spisa. Slater trying to find it. Tlusty scores! Slater puts it in the back of the net. Big couple of games in a row there. The 1-0 lead. Slater came into this game with four points in five games, including two goals. But look at Tolusti get in there on the forecheck. And then he gets support from Slater. And then Slater is rounding the net to get back into good defensive position. He gets the pass and he comes out from behind the net. Adam Pardy back at his own line. Adam Lowry deflects this into the Rangers zone. Almost stolen there by Stempniak. Tanev threw it across. Big hit as Lowry goes across and steps into Bieksa. Corrado in his own zone. Puts on the brakes. Lost his footing. Gets some help there from Adam Pardy. Jay Harrison and Matthew Perone were complaining in the crease area; Daniel Sedin was going crazy on the referees afterward because you could see Eddie Lack was down and out, and Henrik Sedin was still talking to the referees — the other team was able to take advantage of the fact that Lack was down, but the referees felt like it was a hockey play; the door of the penalty box is open because they review every goal in every situation. 19. Penalties here. The referees are probably going to want to turn the temperature down a little bit like this. It has been a fantastic pace up and down, both teams flying, getting scoring chances. Let's watch the collision again and see exactly how Lack ends up getting flattened. When Perreault is pushed from behind, He falls down. His stick is even wedged between the legs of Eddie Lack. Eddie Lack is trying to get the attention of the referees. The referees call it a hockey play. And it's 2-0 Jets. Little and Perreault, The assists. And the Jets quickly take that lead. Stewart, in his own zone. Centered off, cutting into that Jets lead. Banked out at center, Eichmer puts it right back in, Delayed offside. Jets now with 48 first-period goals, or scored first 47 times, 71 first-period goals now for the Winnipeg Jets. Radim Vrbata doesn't miss chances like that very often. That was off the outside of the post. In comes Tlusty with the backhander. Wide, short side, Slater centers to the line. It comes to Enstrom. Enstrom pulls away from Matthias. And the save on the short side. He closes in on him for Sean Mathias. Mathias against Lowry. Lowry takes him to the boards hard. And the puck is grabbed off by Jay Harrison. In for Lowry as Mathias makes his way to the Vancouver bench. Eddie Lack is in some discomfort. He snares the long shot and hangs onto it. Terrific pace to this game. Slater opens the scoring. Bollink makes it 2-0. That's the top goal scorer in the Vancouver Canucks, Vrbata; he's got 31 goals, the second-highest total he's ever had. You don't want to give him too many chances if you're the Winnipeg Jets, and this is a pretty good one. He's being checked from behind a little, but that one clanks right off the post. Middle of your screen, watch Thorburn on this loose puck... Gets a chance at it and just at the last second is blocked by Bieksa and then Lowry on the backcheck; Sean Mathias is a big guy, he was at full flight, he wanted to do the stop-up, he had it measured perfectly. And he really put a hard hit on Sean Mathias. Mathias could still feel it on the bench when he came back during the TV timeout. Radim Vrbata leads the Vancouver Canucks in shots on goal with 2.56. And unless they rule that it went off Pavlik before it hit the post, That won't even be a shot on goal for the 31-goal scorer. Matthew Perrault in the corner. Shot attempts in this game: 14-6 in favor of the Winnipeg Jets, who had 73 shot attempts against the New York Rangers on Tuesday. Right-side chance — Stepniak got spilled as he fired that one wide; rebound around the boards and Matthew Perot will hunt this down in the Vancouver end, plays some give-and-go there with Adam Partey. Partey for Stepniak — just offside at the Vancouver line. And Stepniak. He got knocked down and is checking to make sure he's okay. The Vancouver Canucks have had a surprising year in my mind. They had a lot to recover from last year. The coaching changes, The goaltending situation. Willie Desjardins has done a heck of a job. I don't see one particular thing that Vancouver just overpowers you with. But they just found a way to win an awful lot of games this year. Two and one on this sport. The Vancouver Canucks will go to the power play. To the penalty box will go Bryan Little. And Michael Frolik definitely felt that one. Dennis. I mean, That was a shoulder drop, right? Into the chest by Dan Hamhuis. Hamhuis, The defenseman, Standing up at the Winnipeg Jets line. Trollick just wasn't ready for it; got almost a smile on his face like, ooh, I never saw that one coming. He wanted to make a little move right here. It was in his feet. He turns around. That's like running into a lamppost on your bicycle. And then later on, the same shift, Bryan Little blows a tire and ends up causing a trip. Adam Lowry. Sends this back into the Vancouver end. Zone. Slater in on the forecheck. Canucks quickly send it ahead for Henrik Sedin. Radim Vrbata and the two Sedins each have 23 power-play points on the year for the Vancouver Canucks. Vrbata leads them in power-play goals with 12. That is a career high for him. Weber at the line. Unloads it and Pavelec sees that one all the way and shuts it down. An interesting point, which I agree with, Dennis, when you talk about the top three guys on Vancouver. The Sedins and Vrbata all have 23 points. So that's a lot of guys for sure to keep track of. But make the other two guys beat you more. Where are the points coming from? You have to know where those three guys are on the ice all the time on the power play and take them away whenever you can. Cross-ice feed for Burrows and he didn't get much on the shot. Higgins. For Bonino and back for Tanev. Back for Higgins. He'll send it rink-wide. Hamhuis takes it off the sideboards. Slot for Bonino. Line for Tanev. Now for Hamhuis. Watched by Wheeler. Hamhuis. Bonino. To the goal line. It goes for Burrows. Burrows looking for that cross-ice pass. Parenteau had it blocked. Scheifele blocks the blast from Bonino. And it ricochets back to the neutral zone. Scheifele and Wheeler did a terrific job of getting in the shooting lanes each time the puck went back to the blue line. Higgins winds his way in, leaves it for Tanev, watched by Ladd to the blue line and out. The Jets do lead the league in shorthanded goals with ten. The Canucks, On the other hand, have given up the fewest in the National Hockey League with two. Hamhuis drops for Alex Edler. Edler's drop pass was almost picked off by Frolik because he read that play, but the Canucks do carry in. Edler, shot on Pavelec, got a piece of the rebound! On this he was being congratulated, That shot from the point from Edler was off the shaft of the stick of Trouba. I think it fooled pretty much all of the Jets. It took a lot of the steam off it. Here comes Edler's shot, goes off the shaft of the stick, and then, 48. behind Pavelec. Henrik Sedin was blocked out. In my view. Henrik Sedin sneaks in behind Pavelec. You can see how Pavelec was out to cut down the angle. I don't think he was sure where it went because he heard or felt the deflection. It was a little slow moving back to the post. And Henrik Sedin beat him there. 18th of the year for Henrik Sedin, his fifth power-play goal of the season, and a huge goal for the Canucks as they cut that Jets' lead in half. Penalty killing and power plays are always important. The Vancouver Canucks came in having scored seven goals on their last 20 attempts in their last eight games. So they're on a pretty good roll. And when you get bounces like that in situations. You know that you are on a good roll. Henrik Sedin. One of the masters on the power play. Usually on the passing end. More on the shooting end, but his instincts were correct there. You don't see a player get in behind the goaltender and get one like that very often. Adam Pardy, off the face-off, had trouble with that first pass. Baertschi is in on it. It bounces around at the line and is grabbed by Lee Stempniak. Stempniak takes it wide. Stempniak puts on the brakes. Plays it around the boards. Jay Harrison is after it. Luca Sbisa. Watched by Stempniak. The lead pass. Jannik Hansen. He has speed. Hansen to the front of the net and tipped away by Adam Pardy before it got to Sven Baertschi. Baertschi had a shot in front of the net as he batted that one out of midair. Back to the line for Edler. Edler looking to the front of the net. Steered away by Adam Pardy. Hansen back in behind the net for Bo Horvat. Horvat watched by Perreault. Pardy. For Jay Harrison. Up for Stempniak. And the Vancouver Canucks. That power play certainly has shifted momentum in this game. The Jets have one foot going backwards now. The temperature's down in the game. Which Vancouver would want. The Jets do not. Shots still 12-5. favoring the Jets. But a power-play goal by Vancouver. Higgins stopped in front of the net. Sends it on to Blake Wheeler. Leads the Jets in goals, scoring, trying to get it to Scheifele. Picked off. And the Canucks will start back Bonino. Ahead for Radim Vrbata. And a quick shot goes off the stick of Tiedemeyers. And out of play. So the Winnipeg Jets got a couple early. Henrik Sedin, on the power play, has the Canucks on the board. Harrison did not dress in the last three games. He played well when Bieksa missed the last nine games; bottom of your screen, though, Harrison gets caught in the offensive zone, and because of that, He has to scramble back really hard. Now, Adam Hardy comes back hard through the middle of the ice. Too. Hardy hadn't looked around. He hadn't realized that Harrison was really out of position after he had jumped up on the rush. So a little helter-skelter there. But Harrison and Hardy were able to work it out because they both hauled it back into their own zone. It's tough for Jay Harrison. From the end of January to almost the end of February. Tough to come in and out of the lineup like that. And they need him to play well with Bucklin out in this game; it's so critical. Good read by Tyler Myers to break that up. Ladd sends it around. After it, Edler clears it away. And the Canucks start back. Burrows. Yannick Weber heads to the front of the net. He'll leave it there for Henrik Sedin. Daniel deflects it while Little tries to tie up his stick, and it goes wide. Burrows. Back for Henrik Sedin. For Daniel Sedin. Watched by Enstrom. Back for Henrik Sedin. Fakes down for Daniel Sedin. He tried to back that off. But they kicked it away. Hamhuis down for Henrik Sedin. Stopped on the play by Frolik. Sends it ahead for Ladd. Ladd, on the backhand, knives it in and goes after it. Ladd and Weber to the backboards. Hamhuis down low to help out. Ahead for Derek Dorsett. Out of Kindersley, Saskatchewan, And Dorsett is stopped there by Jacob Trouba. Back in for Wheeler. And a defender snaps that away from Wheeler before he could get to it; Wheeler takes a bump there. A player sends it in. Lyndon Vey after it for Derek Dorsett. Watched by Stewart for Sean Mathias. Jammed away from him. They try to get it back to Mathias. Trouba stays in front of him. It's to the line for Spiza. Spiza fires. He rifled it high through some traffic. Stafford with Dorsett after him. Mathias is in. Stewart bumps him. And Mark Scheifele will take it in behind Ondrej Pavelec. The puck possession game has definitely shifted to the Vancouver Canucks. The Jets need to get back in the offensive zone and do some cycling. That's where they've been effective, and that's where they've got a lot of their energy from. Ondrej Pavelec coming off two losses. He's lost two of his last three, but he's also won six of his last eight. So it all depends: is the glass full or half-empty. People are wondering and second-guessing who should be in net. Ondrej Pavelec has been one of the best players on the ice for five or six straight games. Vancouver with their last chance there and have Pavelec moving out and back. The Jets a little tentative in their own end here about picking up their checks. Cleared back to Tanev. Selected by the Winnipeg Jets. Ondrej Pavelec named the Jets nominee for the Bill Masterton Trophy yesterday. And that is an award selected by the writers here in Winnipeg. At the line, Enstrom plays it in behind. Eddie Lack plays it around the boards. Lowry is in a battle on the far side with Edler. Stempniak trying to get back to the front of the net. Christopher Tanev will take it for Vancouver. This is going to be an icing call as Tanev was on his own side of center. Jets have won 13 of 17 face-offs in this game. Jim Slater, the best Jet in the face-off department, is going to get waved out. And Chris Thorburn in NHL game number 600 will go in and take the draw. Slater's shot goes off Edler's stick and wide. Higgins. With pressure coming from the line, Trouba steals, trying to get it back to the left point for Stewart; it ricocheted, which allowed Burrows to clear down the ice and this is going to be icing against Vancouver. There's been a lot of jockeying on the face-offs here and a lot of discussions with the linesmen, especially from the Vancouver side; in the last TV timeout Derek Dorsett, I know, had long discussions with the linesman about positioning who gets in time position, Stick position, Jumping into the face-off. There's a lot of tension here, And the details about face-offs are critical. Frolik, Back for Toby Enstrom, Back for Michael Frolik. That shot off a body in front and wide. Myers to the front of the net, And down low to help him was Henrik Sedin. For Enstrom, For Enstrom, deflected in. Frolik goes in after it as the Canucks get a line change in. Enstrom trying to hold it in. Ladd trying to put it back in behind the net. Radim Vrbata takes it away. Vrbata trying to play this through. Enstrom breaks it up. Webber back to center ice. We'll see whether Willie Desjardins comes right back with the Sedin line if he's trying to get them away from Myers and Enstrom. The Jets have now made a change. In for Stafford. In on Hamhuis. Wheeler. Trying to get it back to the line, and this climbs the glass and goes out of play. Jets are trying to tell the officials that this went off and did hit the glass. They're having a discussion, which is usual. The referees and the linesmen will all get together and say, what did you see? So we'll find out when we come back. Is it a Jets power play? 2-1 Jets. Dan Hamhuis is in the penalty box for delay of game. The puck comes along the glass and he flips it up; he's in the middle of your screen, away from the bench, and as the puck is along the wall he flips at it, gets a bad break and it goes up and over the glass — delay of game; big chance here for the Jets on their power play: they have scored power-play goals in two of their last seven games; Vancouver's road penalty kill is third in the NHL; physical play is certainly one area the Winnipeg Jets will miss Dustin Byfuglien for the next four games, including today. Wheeler through For Bryan Little. Little after, with Mathieu Perreault. Watched there by Higgins. Back for Little in the corner. Pressured by Bieksa. Perreault. Bank pass for Myers. For Bryan Little, Mishandled it. Settles it down. Looking for Wheeler at the side of the net. Wheeler couldn't do anything with it. Little now, In for Ladd, To the line for Myers. Back for Little, Slot for Ladd! Blocked by Bieksa. Hansen will clear it. That play didn't work for Toby Enstrom. But he was really smart not to do a back pass right along the blue line. Vancouver had a breakaway. He had two guys just chomping at the bit to make that play. And he didn't. Stafford for Frolik. Edler deflects it away. Trouba waits for it. Watched by Sean Mathias. Mathias tried to clear. Couldn't strike late. And Frolik trying to work it down low to Stafford. They do. Two shots on that power play for the Winnipeg Jets as Hamhuis is now out of the penalty box. Daniel Sedin will whip this into the Jets zone. 2-1 Jets came dangerously to the front of the net. Hamhuis, Down low, Radim Vrbata centered! Vancouver's really got it going in the Winnipeg Jets zone though. Once they get possession of the puck, It started on the rush with the two Sedins, And it's a line change with Vrbata coming off the bench. And because of that, The Jets are disorganized. Vrbata at the top of your screen moves to an open area, And as he goes in Behind the net, Ondrej Pavelec came out on the angle. Then he felt like he had a lot of area to cover; he's going to have to get back to the far post. See how he turns his head while Vrbata pushed it back out the short side to Sedin, and it's an open side of the net and an easy goal. So Frolik for the Winnipeg Jets — the Sedins have pulled the Canucks even. Adam Lowry sends it off a stick high; Perreault trying to work it to the side. Lack makes the save. Lack makes another stop. Trying to hold it in Kent. And he'll make his way back to center. Myers right back in with Mathieu Perreault. Right of your screen was the slam-dunker. But it was the line change for Vancouver at an inopportune time. And Myers just got on his horse and turned the tide to start the rush. 30. This is an icing call against Vancouver. Two assists in the game for Mathieu Perreault. Well, the Jets have had such balanced scoring, especially since they made the trades, and it's made a gigantic difference. In the last five games the third and fourth lines have come up with 15 points, the top two lines have had 14 points, and then the Jets come through with a biggie right there. We expected a wild one here at The FTS Center. And so far the two teams have delivered. In front of the net! Ducks came back close, even again, with a response of their own. Knows exactly what to do next. Things are out of control in his zone. He's a little out of control too. He's playing the net like it's wider than it really is, six feet. That is a gigantic save off the rush. Again, another rush chance against Pavelec, and you can see him looking around. I think he's quietly brewing there. In for Jannik Hansen, And that's off the outside of the net. We are into the final 45 seconds of the opening period as Stafford was grabbed and held. I think that was Sven Baertschi coming back on the play, and Baertschi's headed to the penalty box. It's a holding call. But this all started, I believe it was Weber, or Tanev, Excuse me. Tanev fell down in the neutral zone, and because of that, Vancouver was in trouble in the outnumbered attack on the rush. See at the bottom of the screen, yeah, It was a tandem. And then there's Bertie on the back check. He's the one who actually blocked the shot eventually, too. Otherwise, that one had goal written on it for the Jets again. And he locked him way out to cut down that angle. A puck never did get to him, though. Second power play of the game for the Winnipeg Jets. 20 seconds in the period. Three... Two... Jets up by one. Higgins delays and then slowly slides this back into the Winnipeg Jets zone. Tyler Myers in the dying seconds of the opening period. Wheeler, for one more shot at the buzzer, and the shot never does come. Yeah, the fans want one more shot. What a wild first period. Everybody is ready for a great second period, They hate 16 shots for the Winnipeg Jets in that opening period. Vancouver Canucks had 11 of their own in that opening period, their second straight game. But Slater opened the scoring. Michael Frolík made it 2-0. Henrik Sedin scored off the backboards on the power play. Daniel Sedin scored in tight. We're tied 2-2. And then Lee Stempniak with the go-ahead goal. Jets up by one. What a wild opening period at the MTS Center — coming off a couple of losses, the scoring in a wild opening period: Jim Slater, for the second straight game, got the game's opening goal; 50 seconds later Michael Frolík scored; the Canucks' power play got them back as Henrik Sedin capitalized off the backboards, then Daniel Sedin, and then Lee Stempniak with the go-ahead goal. We talked about Eddie Lack after the injury to Ryan Miller against the New York Islanders, as Miller left the ice and has not been back in uniform, At least in a game situation. He was on the ice here this morning at the MTS Center. That was a big blow to the Vancouver Canucks. A lot of people thought, Things were not going to be good for Vancouver. But as the storyline has gone throughout the NHL in the second half of the season, especially Eddie Lack has stepped in, very similar to the way Talbot did with the Rangers, Minnesota, etc. Of course, Ottawa have had some goaltending stories of their own. Let's take a look at the goals by period here and how much it changes for the Vancouver Canucks. They almost doubled their scoring from the first half. From the first period to the second period alone, so the Jets have to be aware of that. Vancouver were probably fairly happy that they came out down only one goal in that first period, with crazy stuff and a lot of great action. Daniel will always be able to tell Henrik, I was drafted higher than you. Daniel went number two, Henrik went number three back in the 1999 draft. Wow. That was an exciting action-packed period. Let him catch a quick 15 minutes and get him fired up here for the second period. Mathieu Perreault gets to the Vancouver line, no further. 36. Power play. Sven Baertschi with a minute five left in his penalty. Little on for Ladd, The pass back. Looking for Myers, But picked off by Higgins. Higgins for Benito. Mathieu Perreault back. Shot to the far side by Benito. And that just missed. The long reach. Myers' long stick made a difference there. Little back in for the Jets. Finds Mathieu Perreault. Myers back for Perreault. Tried to lock it in. Lost control of it. Ladd jams it back to Myers, over to Little, Back for Myers. He mishandled it, and that allows Bonino to clear it down the ice; Mathieu Perreault had to haul it in on that outnumbered attack to even it out. I think he was so tired that it affected his ability to handle the puck — he misfired on it, turned it over and went right to the bench. A shot from the left side sails high. The Jets were unable to get set up in the Vancouver zone as this power play comes to an end. Frolik across the line leaves for Enstrom. Enstrom goes cross-ice — one-timer. Trouba saves. Rebound off the side of the net — I think Stafford hit that right out of the air off the glove of Eddie Lack. I don't know how that didn't go in. Good shot by Trouba. Baertschi out of the penalty box, up the boards, Off the skates of Enstrom and grabbed by Baertschi. Baertschi carries in against Trouba. Trouba ties him up. Gertie's last game with Calgary was against the Jets in Calgary; he picked up an assist in that game and then was dealt at the deadline to the Vancouver Canucks, making his Canucks debut in this game this afternoon. He's been good in this game too. Dennis. He's made some big plays offensively. Henrik Sedin dumped it; Alex Edler back in his own zone. He leads the Canucks in plus-minus. Also leads them in average ice time per game. Burrows for Baertschi for Henrik Sedin to the line for Edler, around for Burrows; Thorburn takes it and chips it past Henrik Sedin. Stewart for Yuri Tlusty chips it through and Slater goes in after it — Slater, with five points in his last six games, to the line for Adam Pardy; Tlusty lets this Tlusty, the shot. And a left pad save by Eddie Lack. Tlusty didn't get as much on that shot as he would have liked. Tlusty back for Harrison. Now for Stempniak, who has the go-ahead goal. Through for Pardy and on for Lowry. Back for Stempniak. A little deep. Stempniak on the wraparound. Center to the short side. And Harrison all the way in front of the net. Couldn't get a whack at it, Stempniak. Back for Harrison, And Lack steered that away as Perreault tried to get a deflection. Adam Pardy takes it deep into the Vancouver zone. Pardy, center, trying to get that to Mathieu Perreault. Pardy has the stick knocked out of his hand. Stempniak is on it, tied up by Jannik Hansen, Linden Vey, out of Wakaw, Saskatchewan. Lead pass now, Mathias trying to spin around on Harrison. Matthias finally stripped of the puck and it's jammed ahead for Stempniak. Stopped by Linden Vey. Garrison to the line. Hamhuis tees it up. It goes cross-ice. Gets it back from Weber. Hamhuis looking for the carom off the backboards. Linden Vey, the L.A. pick. Stopped at the side of the net there by Adam Pardy. And Stempniak will get it out into the Vancouver zone. Smart play by Stempniak. Use the glass. Get it out. Don't take an icing. Let's take a look at a good scoring chance the Jets had at the beginning of their last shift. The pass to the point and Trouba's shot. Watch what happens after it. It comes off the glove of Eddie Lack. It's airborne there. It's Frolik that hits it, not Stafford. There were two sticks waving at it in front, but Eddie Lack has to fight this one off, but he can't catch it. And it almost goes in on that second chance. Edler for Vancouver. Higgins stopped by Myers who was all the way in from the line. Edler will try it again for Tanev. Tanev got knocked down in the corner by Stafford. Stafford now gets pinned to the corner board by Nick Bonino. Wheeler in there battling with Tanev. Wheeler jams it free. Scheifele goes after it. Scheifele in for Toby Enstrom. Enstrom circles. Enstrom finds Stafford, and that wrist shot goes wide. Rebound caroms all the way back to the Jets line. Myers with Vancouver changing, puts on the brakes, feeds it ahead. Tipped in by Stafford, no icing, forward in on the forecheck. Solid jolt there on Luca Sbisa, who's a little slow to get up. Then for Burrows, the wrist shot off the glove of Pavelec. And batted out of midair, and this is going to get called for a high stick. Faceoff will be back in the Jets' zone. There's the jolt on Tanev from Stafford. The Scheifele line hasn't been able to get a whole lot going so far. I haven't seen the puck on the stick of Stafford, who went through a stretch where he was the hottest jet by far. They've been up against the Bonino line, and that's important. They want to shut the Bonino line as much as possible. Paul Maurice said that over the last half dozen games, the Bonino line's been more effective than the Sedin line. Higgins in behind the Jets net. Weber at the right point. Back for Henrik Sedin. Watched by Adam Lowry. In for Daniel Sedin. Back for Henrik Sedin. Lowry sticks with him. And that forces a turnover and the Jets start back with Mathieu Perreault. On for Stempniak. Stempniak on that offside. Bieksa got a piece of that with his catching glove. And now play is whistled down. And the Vancouver Canucks will head to the power play as Jacob Trouba heads to the penalty box. Power play when we come back. Lee Stempniak created a great scoring chance for himself on that last rush. He and Perreault working so well coming through the neutral zone here. Watch how they go on The attack here. A lot more difficult than it looks. But Stepniak went. Okay. If you guys aren't going to come on me. I'll take it as far as I can. He was looking for a pass. And it was a save by Eddie Lack. Just fights it off. And then later on in that same shift. Just enough of a hook there by number eight. Jacob Trouba. Who's going to sit out in the next couple of minutes. Stepniak has now scored in back-to-back games. He had a goal against his former team. Michael Frolik has a goal in this game. Frolik starts up front along with Slater. Stewart and Adam Pardy. On the back end on the penalty kill. Second power play of the game for the Vancouver Canucks. And scooped off the boards and down the ice. They do have a power-play marker. Slater and Frolik head to the bench. And Andrew Ladd makes his way out along with Wheeler. They catch up to that loose puck. Weber. Looking for Daniel Sedin. And he'll have to take it back into his own end. Great idea there by Andrew Ladd. Just a throw to some open ice for Wheeler. It just slid a little bit too far along. He should have gone with the wedge instead of the 7-iron. That might have held up. Wheeler right back now with Stewart and Lowry. Wheeler in for Mark Stewart. And that shot never got to the net, as Lowry was in front along with Weber. Myers breaks this up at the Jets' line. He gets it for Wheeler, and Wheeler sends it back in. Over the boards for Lincoln Stetniak. He will send it back into the Vancouver zone. Tanev. Ahead now for Benito. From a sharp angle. Pavelec makes the pad save and will hang on to this. Shot from a bad angle. But just coming through the... 42. Hung up in his pad — maybe it's stuck; Burrows took a look in the middle but decided to try to hammer one and it went five-hole, Pavelec looked to see if he still had it and he did; faceoff win by Little, Pardy couldn't clear and Bieksa couldn't get it deep, and Ladd clears as Little goes after it for his own mistake while Andrew Ladd came in late on the play and did the right thing. He just tried to get him moving. But Eddie Lack was quick on his feet there. He tried to pull the puck into his glove. Eddie Lack did. And inadvertently pushed it away. Then Ladd came in and was able to make the play. A little dicey there for Lack. But he gets the job done. Boy. Did he get to his feet quickly. Which he had to, because if he had tried to shuffle across... Andrew Ladd would have had a half-open net; offside would have been called against the Jets at the line. Power play is over. He's had quite a run. Eddie Lack's done a really good job with Miller out of the lineup. Here's how the rush starts. Little's in on it. Watch Eddie Lack. That puck is rolling. He pushes it away. He tries to pull it to his own glove. And he missed his glove. That gave Ladd the chance. Baertschi after him — Lowry. Sven Baertschi in a foot race there with Adam Pardy. Pardy gets back first. He draws a penalty. The puck sits deep. And as they get touched in the corner by Bieksa. Now the Winnipeg Jets will go on the power play. Is it Baertschi headed back for the second time? Yes. It was that foot race. Dennis. Pardy's pretty fast. But look at Pardy — really smart, gets body position there; it was that initial little bit of a hook and then even just the casual nuance of the open hand going around the outside. I don't know if he called it hooking or holding; it didn't matter. But they had two chances. That's a really good look; they slid to the right of Lack. Those two guys should have got a penalty there. So for the Winnipeg Jets, their third power play of the hockey game. Opening period, bounces around. gets it to Perreault. He had Little. Canucks will break it. Weber sends it left side for Bonino. and Bonino will send it in. Changes now for Vancouver, and Myers will lead the attack. Myers with that long stride to the outside on Tanev. Ladd trying to get a stick on at Kent. Mathieu Perreault. They've got control with Hansen. Poked away from him by Little. Comes Frolik. Leaves for Stafford. Back, looking for Frolik. He had to get that left leg stretched out. Has that changed direction? Enstrom. For Stafford. In for Michael Frolik. Back for Stafford. Came to the front of the end, and Luca Sbisa. On the backhand, He'll send it down the ice. That's some good stick work there by Sbisa. He stopped the puck. He's right in front of his own goaltender. He's on his backhand. He made it look easy. but if you don't get it all the way out, you're in trouble. Trouba carries against Sbisa. Centres for Link Donowak. Sbisa gets it again. Trouba holds. Boy, the Jets have really made a lot of plays right at the net. There's so many times in this game where Eddie Lack has ended up on his backside or pushed back into the net. They put a lot of pressure on him. Two shots on that power play for the Jets. Power play is over. Berchie out of the penalty box. Sends it to center. Knocked out of the line by Myers. Myers slips it ahead for Mathieu Perreault. Perreault with Stempniak. Stempniak to the front of the net and Hamhuis breaks that up, and he is looking for Daniel Sedin. Perreault stops it and offside is called at the Vancouver line; 23 to 13 the shots favor the The Winnipeg Jets are up by one; there have been a lot of big rushes in this game. Toby Enstrom made a terrific defensive play. Look at this two-on-one. Look at the whole situation. He knows where the puck is. He knows where both Vancouver Canucks players are. And his timing is absolutely perfect on Hansen's pass across. And then Frolik with a terrific scoring chance going to the net. The puck won't stay flat for him. He can't get a good first shot. Doesn't get a second shot. The Jets off the rush in tight have done that many times in this game. All the scoring in this game came in the opening period. The Jets grabbed a quick 2-0 lead before the game was five and a half minutes old. The Canucks came back and tied it, and then a late first-period goal by Lee Stempniak. Matthias deflects this in. Gets a bump there from Adam Pardy. Matthias is after him. Up the boards for Thorburn. Thorburn couldn't get anywhere. Matthias using that size. But Pardy blocked the shot. And it goes off Adam Pardy into the netting in the Jets' zone. Adam Pardy has done a heck of a job killing penalties when he's been in the lineup this season. His coach has talked about him. This is his 13th straight game, but it's really been a tough season for him. I think he's done a heck of a job. He missed 27 games this year — nine consecutive in early November and 11 consecutive in early January — and has come back to play a strong role. He's played left side. He's played right side. If you can kill penalties, you can get gainful employment with the Jets. That's for sure. Jets with over 200 man-games lost to injury. Four players have played all the games. Scheifele is one of them. Drops it back for Stafford. Wheeler is in on it. Wheeler trying to get back to the front of the net. Could not. Ladd for Lincoln Slater are the others. Here comes Higgins. Higgins to the front of the net. Steered away by Pavelec. Bonino back into the corner. Scheifele on the loose puck and Scheifele trying to slide it ahead to Wheeler. It gets tipped but ends up on the stick of Stafford. And Stafford will get the center and snap it in. You talked about this line not having a lot of offensive chances in this game. Sedin drops it back. Slap shot by Sbisa. 43. Off a leg and wide. For Link. On for Ladd. Ladd knocked down at the blue line. As Bieksa stepped into it. In for Little. Little across the line with Foley. And deflected away by Spiza. Daniel Sedin. His pass didn't get anywhere. Spiza with Ladd in pursuit. Spiza uses the net to find a bit of room. On for Daniel Sedin. Burrows heads to the front of the net. Sedin tried to get it there. But Enstrom stays with Burrows. Face off to the right of Pavelec. No Dustin Byfuglien for today and three more games for the Winnipeg Jets. Byfuglien is sitting at 596 NHL games played, So he will not reach the 600 mark this season. Harrison. Kicks it off the boards. Lowry had a stick lifted, but Pardy was there to cover up. So do 15,000 odd Jets fans here in the building. He was making a move through the middle and Weber didn't have great positioning on him, which could easily have been a penalty call there. Perot has great hockey sense. He's very intuitive about what's happening around him. He knew that somebody was converging on him. He knew exactly how much room he had and what he had to do to get back into the middle. I thought he deserved the call there, too. Slater, Ferber, Tlusty back out; Tlusty, With an assist in this game, He has five points in his last six games, as does Slater. Slater turned it over and could not carry it in. At center ice between forward and Edler, here comes Matthias. Matthias on the backhand stopped by Pavelec. Derrick Dorsett centers it; it comes off a skate as it went off Slater and Pavelec was quick to pounce on it. Derrick Dorsett has been an effective player for Vancouver. In and a lot of pucks made some good plays in this game and not all of them ended up in the back of the net by any means but he's always on it and Andre Pavlik could see how quickly he had to react there he had some support in front of the net certainly but the backhand play on the initial rush by Matthias and then Dorsett is the second man in there he just gets his back into the playing area in front of Andre Pavlik has been a real good fit for the Vancouver Canucks seven goals on the year for him a couple short-handed Bonino came over in the Kesler deal. His pass got blocked. Here comes Stafford. He ripped that wrist shot wide. Wheeler. That one's deflected just off the Spiesa stick. He had a good angle to the net. Dennis. I'm looking right over Stafford's shoulder. He had the inside post pegged and it just deflected off Spiesa's stick. Back, Jets winding it up. Stafford from Stewart. In for Blake Wheeler. Slap shot. Blocker. Save. Lack. Scheifele on the rebound for Stewart. Off the stick of Radim, Vrbata, and high and wide. Stafford is on it. Stafford for Wheeler. He got rolling on him. Chipped it back for Stafford. He couldn't trap it against the boards. Higgins trying to carry out. Can't against the checking of Jacob Trouba. Down for Scheifele as the Jets get a line change in. For Link, a shot at Eddie Lack. Another save. Lead pass. Now a break for right. The Jets get crossed up in the offensive zone. Frolik gets a good scoring chance, but the only defenseman back is Myers. Myers shifted over to the bottom of your screen. As you can see, Trouba was out there as well. They have two right-handed D-men. Trouba was down in front of the net. Myers didn't sort it out very well. Trouba doesn't get back in time. And when Myers overshifts, Vrbata is open in the middle of the ice — and talk about a timely save for Ondrej Pavelec. Outstanding. Nice start in 10 games for Pavelec. He's 6-2. Weber at the line. Henrik Sedin watched by Toby Enstrom. Burrows on the loose puck. Back for Hamhuis, The shot. That was blocked by Michael Frolik. Jets can't clear, and now Myers will control. Myers being hounded by Burrows, but Myers, with that long reach, gets to center and sends it in. After it, it's Andrew Ladd, steered away from him by Eddie Lack, the former Moose. Through center. Daniel Sedin leaves for Henrik Sedin. Back for Daniel. Into the high slot. Edler, the shot to save the rebound. And Frolik had a stick lifted. And another chance for the Canucks. Tanev at the line. Tanev has his shot blocked by Ladd — breaks his stick. And Lowry on the loose puck and sends it ahead. In for Mathieu Perreault. Back for Lowry. Back to Perreault. Really good job trying to bank that to Mathieu Perreault coming off the bench. Here's Vancouver with Henrik Sedin under pressure — three guys around him — he still gets the puck to his brother, who drops it past to Edler, and that's what caused the problem for the Jets; Pavelec can't get a handle on it, and then you see Perreault coming off the bench along the blue line, Lowry coming in for support, and then they're pushing each other. What a pass by Henrik Sedin — it was outstanding. I mean, he had three guys all around him and he just put it through this narrow little window to his brother, who trusted him. Okay, He'll be fine. I'll just go to the open spot. He'll get it. Got that — get it to Edler and they create a dangerous play. Get it to Edler and they create a dangerous play. And then he had three Jets recovering to get back into the play. I guess that's How do you get 698 career assists by making passes like that. They're identical and they look like there's four of them out there sometimes. At center, Adler, A shot on Aubrey. The Jets, Again, An odd-man rush and a chance for Vancouver. Hanson for Spiza. Stempniak, As that got away from Spiza. Stempniak finds Toby Enstrom. The shot blistered that one wide. Stempniak on the wraparound try and locked back to the back post in time. Enstrom teed it up again. Wow, Two shots, The same shift. Slater up. Off the back boards and Bieksa clears it away. Tobias Enstrom got a little under that one too much. That went over the net on a good scoring chain. That is a slap-shot glove save by Lack. Well, It's getting wild again. On the last shift for Jacob Trouba, He went for the big hit in the neutral ice area. The problem is when you don't make them, You're in trouble. Now, He's caught big time, and it's an outnumbered attack for the Vancouver Canucks, and they have to sort it out. Trouba's usually pretty good in the open ice there, Making those hits. Yes, It can make an impact, But you have to be careful. You have to know who you're out against, And you have to realize that there's a rush coming against you. You are the last line of defense, And if you miss it, Then you end up giving something up offensively the other way. You've got a 3-2 hockey game and a crucial game. You've got to be careful when you go hunting. The Jets started the four-game homestand with the win over Montreal, Then losses to Chicago and the New York Rangers. They have a 3-2 lead on Vancouver. This will close out the four-game homestand for the Jets. It closes out a four-game road trip for the Vancouver Canucks. I'm not sure that's a blessing. They have a better record on the road than they do at home. Correct. This puck goes up into the netting. I don't think anyone saw it. The back linesman finally whistles it down. The Jets will take to the road and... Every game, Every point. Critical. Now, Los Angeles and the Jets have 90 points. Los Angeles More regulation and overtime wins. Therefore, They claim the second wild-card spot. They play Colorado later on, and then Calgary. Of course, That's a critical team that the Jets are looking at. They're playing Edmonton. Calgary is just finishing up a long road trip as well. You're right, They are in Edmonton tonight. Some battles in the West, Some battles in the East. What will that game next Saturday afternoon between the Jets and the Calgary Flames mean? Cross-ice pass as Chris Higgins thought he had the short side. Trouba for Wheeler. Wheeler is trying to bust through. Stafford Scheifele. And this one Eddie Lack would like to have back. It squeezes through. It gets under the arm, like a two-goal swing, though. Watch the side of your screen as Higgins had almost half the net to shoot at. And Mark Stuart is the one that took it away with a big-time block. Burrows gets inside on Toby Enstrom. Enstrom doesn't make this mistake very often. Left side of your screen. Enstrom goes to the outside. He's anticipating a puck coming off the wall. He wants to steal it against Burrows. A terrific pass right on the tape to Burrows. Burrows really feels it well. He had to fight off Enstrom. He holds on to the puck. That's really good work by Burrows under pressure on a miscue by Toby Enstrom. 17th of the year for Burrows as Paul Maurice looks on On for Paul Maurice. NHL game 1197 as a head coach. Eight seconds between the two goals. Ryan Little going back to last night's St. Louis-Dallas game where all those goals came. Bang, Bang, Bang. Back into the Vancouver zone. He gets to center ice. Daniel Sedin stopped at the line by Michael Frolik. Scheifele sends this ahead for Ladd. An assist on the Scheifele goal. It's Jacob Trouba. And offside, Jets' bench, Lowry. Lowry is at it with Spisa. Henrik Sedin is in there. Lowry's going to go. I saw the finger pointing. They had Henrik Sedin pinned along the Jets bench. I couldn't get a really good look at it because all the players stood up. But there was pushing and shoving. Spisa is headed off to the locker room as well. It was Ladd in there with Henrik Sedin. And Lowry gets in there. Lowry and Spisa, I think, are going to end up with the penalties here. Bit of a quick uppercut there by Lowry, who gets an opportunity and takes it. A lot has happened here in the final minute of this period. We've had a couple of goals. We've had a couple of penalties. It's been a wild game. It hasn't been that close, tight-checking, sort of playoff-style game. There's animosity for sure. There's a lot of emotion for sure. And there's been some wild play and some missed assignments. Especially on rushes by both teams. Scheifele's 15th gives him seven goals in the last 18 games. And 16 points over that stretch for Scheifele. So four-on-four to start period number three. As two are done here. The Jets are doing a good job maintaining the lead here. They thought they had the two-goal lead, Joseph. Joseph. Big goal for Vancouver to get themselves back into it here. The Jets are still in the driver's seat. It was a little bit more subdued in the second period than the first; I suspect we'll see more of that in the third. So after getting 16 shots On goal in the opening period, the Winnipeg Jets with 12 in that second period; there's the goal by Scheifele that made it a two-goal game and then right back for Alex Burrows eight seconds later, 4-3 Jets, 40 done. Welcome back to the MTS Centre. A couple of goals late in that period. Scheifele from Wheeler and Trouba. And then eight seconds later, How big is that goal? We'll find out. Burrows is 17th from Bieksa and Sbisa. 12-7 the shots in that period for the Winnipeg Jets. Back a few years, Kladno, Czech Republic. In the middle, Ondrej Pavelec. To his right, Jiri Tlusty. To his left, Michael Frolik. And of course, as we zip ahead to right now, the present, all members of the Winnipeg Jets. Michael Frolik hasn't changed that. That's a great picture. Friends for a very long time. They were very happy when Jiri Tlusty got traded here. Frolik and Pavelec were. Kladno's a terrific hockey market. I just mentioned Jaromir Jagr, and you don't need to go much farther than that. Oh, he's Elvis there. Edler behind his own net as the third period is underway. We've got four on four with Sbisa and Lowry still in the penalty box. It has been a response-type game after the Jets got the two 50 seconds apart, Slater and Frolik. Canucks came back to tie at 2-2 and then Lee Stempniak, 36 seconds later. Get the lead back for the Winnipeg Jets, and then Scheifele made it a two-goal game, and eight seconds later, Burrows scored. Daniel Sedin dishes up. Slap shot to the short side. That went wide. Oh, that puck was rolling, fortunately, for the Winnipeg Jets, because Weber had a really good scoring chance. Again, The Sedin started that play inside the line, and Weber was able to sneak down and get a good chance there. Scheifele in on the forecheck. Radim Vrbata out to center, no further. Stopped by Wheeler. And Stewart will put this right back in. The assist for Wheeler gives him 16 points in the last 15 games. Wheeler Trying to slide this back to the line for Stuart. Weber ahead for Radim Vrbata. Stopped there by Mark Stuart. Stuart goes after it. Radim Vrbata takes Mark Stuart down. And Radim Vrbata sends it ahead to Dan Hamhuis. Hamhuis to the line and gets a shot there from Stuart. Stuart got his feet taken out for sure. I couldn't see from behind the net whether it was the stick or the net or whatever to knock him down. In for Perreault. He was tied up with Vrbata. Out for Bo Horvat. Some room down the left side. Drops it into the slot. It came to the front of the net. And Andre Kavlik had to be careful with that one as it made its way through the blue paint. The puck all the way around and Michael Frolik will... Wait for it — we're back to five on five. Myers ahead for Ladd; his quick pass got blocked and Ladd with the long reach jams it. Ahead for Michael Frolik, cross for Mathieu Perreault, in with Enstrom back for Perreault. Ladd in front, left to save; Ladd bangs at it, puck comes loose and play was whistled down — the referee lost sight of it even though the puck was loose. That's why the fans are booing and Ladd wanted a second chance at it. Here's a look at it. Really nice passing play. Perreault gets it to the front of the net. Early on, Watch the Sedins work their magic inside the zone. A little give and go. And then the fake pass and the shot. That one probably glanced off the crossbar. That shot by Weber. The puck was fluttering. But here, Tanev through the middle. Blocked by Adam Lowry. Tanev will play it back. Sbisa, who was given an assist on that Burrows goal as well. With the X up. Scuza had the overtime winner for Vancouver in the game against the Jets. Linden Vey gets to center ahead for Derek Dorsett and off the stick of Jay Harrison, and now we've got Harrison and Derek Dorsett. 34. Centered up front, steered away at the line. That's deflected. Sent back in for Henrik Sedin. In across for Enstrom. Enstrom takes it wide, centers, and it was a little tip. Michael Frolik, last pass. In on Ladd with Myers back as well. And Myers breaks that up with that long reach of his. Enstrom trying to go after it. Cleared up the boards for Daniel Sedin. To the front of the net. Enstrom after it again. Jammed up the wall. Daniel Sedin to the front of the net. Couldn't handle the pass. Henrik Sedin. That pass was turned over, and Frolik was unable to clear it. On the second try, he will. Ladd now for Frolik. And he'll spin and head to the bench on the change. A couple of sloppy plays again. Some of them in the offensive zone. Stroll League not getting it out the first time. The Jets have to pay attention to details. The Jets have now hit the 30 shots on goal mark. The Canucks have hit the 20 shots on goal mark. Here comes Stafford. Stafford gets taken wide by Bonino. Centers it, then cleared away by Sbisa. Held in by Jacob Trouba. Nice move around Bravada. And the shot blocked by Bonino. He felt that one; he may have taken it in the ribs as he makes his way to the Vancouver bench. Bonino's hurting for sure. Got that on the right side somehow. Really nice move by Jacob Trouba, who does it under pressure inside the offensive blue line. Sometimes those plays can be a little dicey at the top of your screen. That was after the move. It got him probably in the ribs, the back of the ribs on the right side. Or got him in the hand. I think I can see him putting an ice bag on his hand right now. And then there's the outnumbered attack there for Vancouver. The Jets were able to stave it off. It's that time of year when players do what is necessary. Kenneth takes it in behind his own net. Vancouver is sitting second in the Pacific Division. Sven Baertschi. Two for Hanson. Away from him. Bo Horvat. After it along with Stempniak. Set around the boards. Baertschi is there. And now the loose puck taken by Adam Pardy. Pardy getting pressured. Gets it ahead for Lowry. Lowry through for Stempniak inside the Vancouver line, No further. Bo Horvat right back. Horvat outside in. Backhand shot. Pavelec loves it and hangs on. Good move there by the youngster Horvat. He's got ten goals this season. First rookie for Vancouver to do it since Daniel Sedin. Ten goals or more, that is. That's a 14-year gap. Harrison has a stick to the outside, making himself vulnerable to the inside. Horvat pulls that one across and gets a good, dangerous scoring chance on the one-on-one. Winnipeg Jets with 90 points out at center ice. Thorburn chips this through. Back to the point for Toby Enstrom. Enstrom looking to tee it up. Round for Thorburn. Thorburn down to Slater. Slater for Jiri Tlusty. Tlusty comes to Enstrom at the left point. Thorburn hits to the net. Enstrom put it there, but it got cleared away. And back for Sean Mathias. In with Dorsett. Mathias pulls up against Myers. Slap shot from the line by Bieksa. And now for the third time this year, the Winnipeg Jets have been shorthanded. Myers to the box. Tyler Myers had one of those bad breaks that happen to defensemen. Sometimes you come across and make a play and the guy you're playing against steps on your stick. Mathias cuts back into the middle, Myers makes a play and is just trying to recover; Mathias steps on the stick and goes down. You see, sometimes you get away with that if you're a defenseman, and sometimes you don't. This time you didn't. And this power play now has eight goals in the last nine games for Vancouver. And, including one tonight, it gets a chance to roll on here. Third power play of the game for Vancouver. 43. Jets now with 300 shorthanded situations this season that leads the NHL. Last year Ottawa led the league at 320 when all was said and done. So power play for Vancouver. Edler. For Radim Vrbata. Shot wide to the short side. Henrik Sedin. For Daniel Sedin. Back for Henrik. Being watched by Jacob Trouba. Cross ice. Pass in front of him. Dishes off for Daniel. Slap shot. He had to reach along the way. I don't know if the puck's out flat for Edler or not. He chips this out of his own end and then turns and hits the bench on the change. Vrbata. Back for the Canucks. Plays give-and-go with Henrik Sedin. Sedin trying to hold it in, turned it over. They take it away and settle it down in their own zone through center ice. Bonino with 24 seconds left in the penalty. Good puck movement by Vancouver. Terrific save here by Pavelec. Edler's trying to go backdoor to Daniel Sedin. If Pavelec doesn't make that save, then it goes to Daniel and it is in the net. It looks like Pavelec did get a glove on this one. I thought maybe it just went cleanly right over the net. You can see how late Pavelec was getting across. Outstanding save there because it got bumped into by Mark Stuart. and he couldn't get across in time. He did. Got the glove up on that sharp-angle chance from Edler. Higgins, Cardi, Burrows. They all fight their way in the corner. Puck comes loose, and the Jets will clear it down the ice, and that'll Do it. One power play shot. Short sides. Two saves there. The second one he didn't really want to have to make. Higgins coming off the wing. He makes the first save. Can't control it, and then it goes off Myers and right back into the pads of Ondrej Pavelec. Watch the shot here. But then watch afterwards. Pavelec makes the save. He fights it off. But then it goes off Myers. And that would have gone in. Pavelec is down. He's careful. He makes sure he knows where the puck is. He sees it get knocked down. That's a terrific reaction. Sometimes it's the crazy little plays that make a difference in a game. And Ondrej Pavelec was sharp on that one. Slater up for the draw that comes into the crease area. Pavelec steers it away. Yuri Tlusty sends it back out to center ice. Gaines to watch tonight. Good measure. He knocked Mathias down for a second time. Cleared out. Slater has goals into back Gaines and now he got tied up with Dorsett. Bieksa with Thorburn after him and Bieksa turned it over. Thorburn in a battle with Sean Mathias. Icing as it comes off the back wall, and Myers plays it up. Thorburn in a battle right in front of the bench area with Mathias. Well, Thorburn ended up in the middle of that one — two willing combatants; any time Stuart got good leverage on him there, he just pushed him right over backwards. Four hits in this game for Mark Stuart and a huge blocked shot late in that second period. Kobe Enstrom trying to hold the line and chipped out by Bieksa. And this deflection comes off Enstrom's stick and out of play. The crowd thought for a moment there might be a delay of game penalty. It's not as wide open and reckless as it was for at least the first half of the game; understandable under the circumstances in a one-goal game — the Jets are trying to pay attention to detail. But they don't want to sacrifice, and that's a deflection also. We'll just have a faceoff at center; you don't want to get caught in too much of a defensive mode because if you happen to give up a goal... It's tough to step on the gas and all of a sudden get your offense going again. Jets need that push in the offensive zone. Puck possession. And cycling. Back to Perreault. The low shot that just missed. Perreault with a couple of assists in this game. Sitting at 18 goals. That matches a career high that he had last year with Anaheim. Sent around by Adam Pardy. He should know better than that. It's a hook. The evidence is hanging right off the arm of Jacob Trouba. So the fourth pass. In this game there were four power-play shots. So it's back to a two-goal lead. They were up 2-0. Tremendous energy in the building. You can hear that. But the players are... The third and fourth line scoring of the Winnipeg Jets has really become a story for them over the last handful of games in particular. When you start getting lots of goal production from third and fourth lines, That makes a huge difference and takes a lot of pressure off the top guys. Ten seconds shy of 18 minutes after two periods for Tyler Myers. Around for Stempniak. Down for Drew Stafford. Away from him. Stafford trying to bat it out front of the net. Can't. And picked up by Tanev. Cleared but not out. Kept in at the line. Stafford with Tanev after him. Stafford trying to skate away. Edler picks up the chase and wraps up Stafford. And the puck cleared to the line. Trouba did not hold it in. Jacob Trouba is always aggressive. He was pulling back because Burrows was pushing him out of the zone. Then he saw a chance to possibly keep the puck inside the zone. He reaches up high at the top of your screen. That one is definitely out over the blue line. You can see how he had backed out because Burrows was pushing him. Faceoff outside the line. Colorado in Los Angeles tonight. Calgary in Edmonton tonight. Higgins. The shot, That got blocked. Stafford gets it for Jacob Trouba. Trouba with 20 seconds on the power play. Snapped in by Drew Stafford. Hamhuis is after it, and he tried to glove it down. He did. But Wheeler had it for a split second. Now Hamhuis gets it back. He'll send it all the way around. Trouba slowly ups it. Ladd goes in after it, trying to get it in from the line, but Enstrom backs it out. The puck slides down. This will be an icing call. Lee Stempniak had a big game again. His production level has been terrific since being acquired at the trade deadline. He's got great hands. He's got a ton of experience. He's the most experienced player on the Winnipeg Jets. He's past the 700 mark. Bieksa now knocks Mathieu Perreault down as this one continues to reach a boiling point. It's just a bit of a chop. Players do that a lot to see if they can cause a broken stick maybe later on in the play. A chop on the stick. A chop on the back of the legs. And all is even. We keep playing. Perreault. His stick knocked out of his hand. But Lowry goes in and gives Bieksa a bump. By the way, Lee Stempniak's second two-goal game this season. Here comes Lowry. And a good defensive play by Bieksa to bat that away from Lowry. Kept in by Enstrom. Lowry chases this down on the far side. Stempniak back in for Lowry. Perreault got dumped in the high slot. He gets up and goes to the front of the net. Back to Stapniak.", "title": "NHL_Vancouver Canucks vs Winnipeg Jets April 4 2015", "category": null, "start_time": 6034.0, "end_time": 6064.0, "qa": []}
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I am Rob Kerr alongside Charlie Simmer as the Flames play game two of a four-game homestand. You're back. For New Jersey, Martin Brodeur makes his ninth start for the Devils in the last 11 games. He is the NHL all-time goalie leader in games played, wins, and shutouts, Just to name a few. Miikka Kiprusoff makes his 13th straight start at home. He's won six in a row and eight of his last nine here in the friendly confines of the Dome. Man of the hour, Jarome Iginla. 500 career goals. That's a whole heap of goals to start with, and to do it all from the start of your career with one franchise. It's amazing. The puck squeezes back to Miikka Kiprusoff. So we're trying to stick. Both of these teams were kind of taken to the woodshed last week by the Boston Bruins, but both have responded with victories. Devils of 1 -2 in a row, Calgary coming off a 3-1 win over Minnesota on Saturday night. Shot by Lee Stempniak down the ice, back to touch at his faint, and a faceoff coming back to the Calgary end. Well, Brent Sutter really impressed with the way his team... He had come back after that tough loss, and with the travel they had to do on Friday — that's a long road trip plus a long trip back — to respond is a big positive sign; that win on Saturday marked the 100th victory as head coach of the Calgary Flames for Mr. Sutter. Peter DeBoer was really not out of hockey very long since being let go by the Florida Panthers and has done a tremendous job. Both these coaches, friends, They coach the same. They want their teams to play the same. Nothing but mutual respect for each other in this morning's press conferences. Brent Sutter saying he talked to Peter DeBoer before DeBoer took the job in New Jersey. Now a chance in front. Kicked away. Zubrus with the opportunity. Larson. There's Parise now looking after it, but the captain, Jarome Iginla, giving it back to Jay Bouwmeester. Chris Butler turning away from pressure. Flipping it ahead. Curtis Glencross, totally open, skates over his stick. Kovalchuk back to get it. Where's the trap system, the Devils? Two very aggressive four-checkers to start this game. And that's the way they've been playing all year. Across the line. Zaleski. Callender. Callender. I should say, Nick Clarkson. He plays it into Calgary territory. Clay Wilson. Sweeping it away from him to Anton Babchuk. Good pace to this game for both teams to start. Derek Bolton plays across the ice and now it's played ahead into Calgary territory. Nick Palmieri in the corner. Knocked down. Horak. Coming up with the puck. He's hit; Bolton gets it away from Horak. The Flames will clear the zone. Up through the middle. Jackman looking for it. Rodour out to play it. Cut off along the boards by Kostopoulos. Out in front, Horak was there but the puck bounces wide and T.J. Brodie has it out. Kostopoulos flips it back into New Jersey territory. What a great pace to the start of this game. Bolton is very aggressive, especially in the offensive zones. Volchenkov is run over by Tim Jackman. The puck dumped into Calgary's end. Jackman is there. Brodie has it bounce off Elias with Michael Backman following up on the play. Devils have the puck at the point. Bryce Salvador. His shot doesn't make it through. As a matter of fact, It goes sideways. The goaltender will just lift it into the Devils' end. Backman after it, but Brodeur, who's revolutionized handling the puck for the goaltender position, manages to Move it ahead quickly. Kimmel turning it over with Glencross trying to feed it ahead for the Flames' leading goal scorer. Penalty coming up — Glencross hauled down on the play, so the Flames will go to the man advantage. Good play as Glencross goes through the middle. He doesn't get the puck, but he gets leveled by Bryce Salvador. And that will be the interference call against the Devils, so the Flames get their first opportunity on the power play. Calgary was one for three on the man advantage Saturday against Minnesota. Bouwmeester, cross-ice, Jokinen with it. Glencross parked in front of Brodeur. Nice pass off the boards. Brodie back to Jokinen. Stopped by Brodeur. Rebound shot by Glencross. Puck intercepted and dumped down the ice. Charlie, you have to be real careful with the Devils. Because Boy, they can score shorthanded goals, can't they? Oh, they really can. If you look at their numbers, Not a great penalty kill. They've killed 26 overall. I should say, the first power-play unit has struggled, but they score a lot of shorthanded goals. In fact, they lead the league with nine. Puck alive. Bouwmeester is there. Coming over is Kalinder, and he'll just dump it back into Calgary territory. New Jersey, winning in Pittsburgh on Saturday, killed off both Penguin power plays in that victory; back out in front, grabbed by the Devils and shot down the ice by Ryan Carter — Clay Wilson out there. I thought this group had an excellent power play for the Flames in that game against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. They didn't get rewarded, but we were out there for about a minute and 40 seconds. Well, that makes it so dangerous when you can have a very dangerous second power-play unit. Blair Jones trying to protect the puck and go to the point, but it's knocked down. Carter crisscrossing with Kovalchuk. He'll hold up. Long shot blocked away by Kiprasov with the play offside. Well, here you have a look at the shorthanded numbers, 12 goals for the Devils and the next closest team at five. As you look at Henrique and Parise with three each, and you have the Players like Kovalchuk out there too. Maybe a little defensive liability. But when they get a chance offensively, they can make it happen. Delinder will dump it inside the Flames' net. There's 20 seconds left on this man advantage. And again, you see the swarming of the New Jersey Devils. Butler is able to break through that across the red line. Off the stick of Glencross to Jokinen. But it's knocked away from him, and Belinder knocks it back into the Calgary end, pretty much eliminating the first power-play opportunity as Salvador returns to the ice. So the Flames are 0 for 1 on the power play to start this game. Again, They're cutting through the center. Into the Devils' end. Holds up, Back to the point. Goalmeister shot, SCORE! It's through the neutral ice — nice work from Butler. Nobody picks him up at that point and he sends it back to Goalmeister, and this catches Brodeur just slightly; he mis-anticipates the shot. You can see he's not happy with himself. It goes between the pads of Brodeur for an early goal for the Flames. Curtis Glencross, parked about midway out, might have gotten in the way, partially blocking your screen, maybe even tipping it. We'll wait for the announcement as Calgary jumps out to an early lead in this game. Clarkson rolling it behind Kiprusoff. Back shot. Jones is in the middle of the play. Picked up and controlled by Clarkson. He's being watched by Jones. Foster. Shot. Tipped up into the mesh. Flames get a goal from J-Bo Meister. His second of the season. They've got an early lead over the Devils. 37. Special teams. Krak will take the draw with Carter. Flames come up with it. Brody directing it to his partner, Sarich, And it's flipped through the air. One of the battles worth watching in this game. He had 97 wins. Larson, fourth overall pick in June at the NHL Entry Draft. Wynn was playing in the Calgary's end. Brody is back for it. Being watched by Dainius Zubrus. Brody wins the battle. Up to Michael Backlund. Cross ice. Corey Sarich cuts across center. Dribbles it into the corner. Lance Bouma is there. Going to come up with the puck. Backlund in. Bouma. But it's Larson who has it. He plays it to Elias and just gets it out of the neutral zone. Over to Sarich with a lane. Shot scored! Jumps up into the play. It's a nice little feed from Backlund. A couple of strides. Top of the faceoff circle. And it beats the goaltender. The future Hall of Famer On the far side, he is being ushered back to the bench as we get a goaltending change for the Devils. But Corey Sarich just inside the far right post as the Flames are up by two. Now it's Johan Hedberg. He's played in 19 games. This will be the 20th appearance for him this season. 38-year-old from Sweden as Brodeur gets the hook; Flames two goals on five shots, both coming from the point. He's seen enough and makes the change. Towards the net, Butler got his skate in front of that; he'll play it off the glass. Pass looking for Glenn Cross, back on Feign but total truth with the puck right over the stick of Henry; Zach Parise into the corner, Henry is there behind the net. Parise with it. Back to the point. And Fain will just play it along the boards. His shot through. But deflected at the last minute wide by Bouwmeester. As he watches Zach Parise. Kaliender's shot skips wide. Glenn Cross has it behind the net, looking for some room to get this puck out; it goes off a stick. But Bouwmeester finally cuts it across center. All right. Again, You expect a push from a team that has just pulled a goaltender. And especially the type of goaltender that Marty Brodeur is. So the Flames will have to find some way to weather the storm for the next couple of minutes. Cory Sarich gets his first of the year. The assist to Backlund. And Lance Bouma has a scoring streak. Points in two consecutive games. Kiprusoff kicks it right to Butler. His pass onto the stick of Paul Byron to Jones. Criss-crossing with Byron. Enough room. though. For the Devils to get it out. And Tom Batchuk has the puck. He misfires. Takes a hit from Clarkson. Puck's turned over. Tedenby can't get the shot through. Wilson wrestles him to the ice. Blake Comeau is there. Paul Mara on top of him. Comeau kicks it to Wilson. Batchuk to Paul Byron. Can't get it by Adam Larsson. He'll try again. Borchek, excellent for the Devils so far, hasn't produced any offense yet but has certainly pinned the Flames in at times; Calgary get it out, just lob it down. Hedberg out to play it inside the net, Larsson for Bryce Salvador — his puck picked off by Horak; Jackman trying to get Sent it back to his centerman, but it's taken away and Dainius Zubrus has it; Calgary's second goal scorer Corey Sarich around the boards looking for Jackman—it's by him and to Linder. A giveaway. Horak off the line. Shot. Kostopoulos looked for it as it bounced right to him. Brodie at the point. That one into the glove of Hedberg. And he'll hang on. Defenseman getting the job done offensively early for Calgary. Sarich gets his first of the year. Well, Jack Korgel, Hi, Jack. We have a look at the goaltender. Johan Hedberg, who was slated to play tomorrow night as the Devils travel up the highway to play the Oilers. Backlund to take the draw. Patrik Elias, Devils win it. Off the boards, P.J. Brodie. Through the middle, looking forward as Stempniak. Backlund trying to knock it away from Zubrus, back onto the stick of Fame. It gets back to Calgary territory. Backlund has it; he's played it off the glass. Fame retrieves it for the Devils, gives it to his partner Tarina, the former Buffalo Sabre. Brodie corrals it, the J. Bomeister back onto the stick of T.J. Brodie through the middle looking for Lance Bouma — this line will head on and if Olchenkoff back, they get it. On with Sports Select. The line would have liked to have headed off, but it was an icing call. So Bouma, Backlund, and Stempniak trapped out there. Bouma couldn't knock that clearing pass out of the air. He's in to take the draw. Wins it. T.J. Brodie with the puck. Bothered by Zach Parise. Up the boards, Stempniak trying to force It's out. Backlund is there, and it's given to Jay Bouwmeester. That one tipped this time by Bouwmeester, no icing, and that line does make a change. Jarome Iginla, Olli Jokinen, and Curtis Glencross. The rest of the field has taken the lead back since December 1st. The top line scored 26 goals, but now with the two goals here, the rest of the players have accounted for 27. Pretty good offense, and the leader is Jarome Iginla, rolling it for Bouwmeester. Back out in front, Olli Jokinen has it. Trying to smoothly play it to Iginla, but it was cut off by the Devils. Touching in at the point Glencross was covering. And that one's launched back into Calgary territory. It just seems the Flames are much more comfortable this year at home. You're seeing a lot of players coming back, helping out the defensemen, and backing each other up in this building. A little reminiscent of 06-07 there. The Flames were dominant at home, but really struggled on the road. They've got Wilson back together. He touched it. An icing call for the Devils. We talked about the defensemen who have not had a lot of offense for the Flames. And there are a few forwards who would like to get their games turned around as you look up and down the list. And I think the surprising ones, Lee Stempniak, no goals in his last 14. Blake Comeau, none in his last eight. And Tim Jackman has one in 43, but last year he had 10 goals. And maybe you don't expect 10 from him every year. But he's been around the net. And it's just a matter of inches for a lot of these players that the puck's not going in. They'll get back to being very comfortable and confident when they get shots on net. Controlled by the Devils in Calgary territory. To the point, Adam Larsson shot into the glove of Miikka Kiprusoff. Just to pick up on that point, Charlie, last year the Flames finished eighth in the National Hockey League in offense and are right now 26th. And again, that puts a lot more pressure on your defenseman. It puts a lot more pressure on your goaltending because... Until you have that comfort level of three-plus goals pretty consistently, goaltending and defensive play really works on your mind where you have to almost stop everything you think to win the game. And that doesn't have you playing your style of game. Played ahead. Here comes Stempniak playing in his 500th NHL game tonight. Devils get it away and play it out, but it's played right back in by Bryce Salvador. Iginla. Steps Across the line. Trying to find a target. Back one behind the net. Two white jerseys on him. Dainius Zubrus with it. But again, Knocked away by Miikka Kiprusoff. With Clayton Marchak's health, And this one's flipped over the glass. Here to see who knocked the puck over the boards, and that rules in the Flames' favor — not only do they not get a penalty, they get the faceoff moved outside as it went off the stick right there; they deemed it off a New Jersey Devils player and say take the benefit of the call, saying it went off the stick of Elias, so take the break whenever it's presented to you — you take it, you smile, you say thank you and let's move on. And Pete DeBoer, None too happy with the call, as he's having an ongoing conversation with referee Brad Meyer. Puck is dropped and Iginla will play it back to Chris Butler. Iginla poking it ahead. Now a chance for Olli Jokinen. This line is pulling together right here. They tip it up over the end. Glencross, who is streaking down the left wing. Not even thinking about playing the puck towards the net. Curtis Glencross reads that so well. Stick on the ice, and he is able to take that clearing pass and put it just inside the post — his team-leading 18th goal by Glencross. He'll poke it over to Butler, out of the stick of Jay Bouwmeester off the boards again, they're relaying it to Jokinen, and a quick move trying to get around to Linder drops it again, has it, takes a big hit coming Up to the play, sure, Charlie, there won't be another penalty", "title": "NHL_10 01 2012 New Jersey - Calgary - YouTube-03", "category": null, "start_time": 1385.52, "end_time": 1415.52, "qa": []}
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Which is 32 feet below street level. Corey Crawford turned 30 yesterday. He has won a Stanley Cup. He has been in an outdoor game. Just two years ago. A champion. A native of Montreal. At the other end is Braden Holtby. From farm country. 6,000 acres. Lloydminster. Saskatchewan. He is the main man for Washington. It is his 14th consecutive start. Alexander Ovechkin is always near the top in scoring and in registering hits. He is not dull. As a personality or as a hockey player. He stands out. He likes the big stage. There is none bigger for him than this one. Jonathan Toews. The smooth-skating, playmaking captain of the Chicago Blackhawks. These guys have mostly been in outdoor games before. but everyone quickens the pulse just a little bit more. Partial sunshine as we begin here this afternoon at Nationals Park. Poised and ready. Francois St-Laurent, Kelly Sutherland, The referees. Scott Cherry and Tim Nowak are the linesmen. The signal is given. And this Winter Classic... Underway. Always fascinating to hear how the crowd roars at the start. Ovechkin's first chance — save made by Crawford; one shot on goal registered early. You heard both coaches in their pregame speech talk about shooting the puck from anywhere at any time, especially with these elements that all players, especially the goaltenders, have to deal with. A good opportunity there for Alexander Ovechkin. Toews controlled on this faceoff. Brent Seabrook throws it. Kept alive by Carlson. John Carlson saw one go to the corner and a big roar from the crowd as it's played along now by Jay Beagle. Jammed around behind, and Beagle has that one. Nudges it on to Backstrom. Nicklas Backstrom able to lay it onto the back. Brooks Orpik was a question mark, but decisively in after he took the skate prior to the game. Game time. Decision, and he's there. This is his fourth outdoor game for number 44, brought back ahead by Beagle. Then poked on the right near Ovechkin. but sent across by Niklas Hjalmarsson. who gets it back again from Swedish compatriot Johnny Oduya. Alzner twirled it along. and offside is called. We mentioned Brooks Orpik. Daniel Carcillo has played in four of these. and so has Brad Richards. The difference between Richards, Orpik, and Carcillo — he does have a major penalty for fighting at Fenway Park. During the game, That is, brought on by Leich, and a shot. and that turned aside. And then we get a stoppage as it goes out of play. Eddie and Doc, we've been in a lot of these games, But this is about the best I've ever seen the ice; I know it's early in the game. but I think the ice will continue to evolve and get better. But look how flat the pucks are when they're being passed. That says a lot about the quality of the ice. The weather has really helped out, And they're probably going to have a little maintenance here with the left goalpost, the device that holds the net in place for Corey Crawford, but they've only had about 10-plus hours of actual ice time. over the course since the rink was put in here at Nats Park. And that includes the two teams practicing yesterday and the skate around with their families and members of each organization. On a sunny day the eye black is very important, and even in the family skate yesterday some of the children had eye black on. It made sense; it was sunny out here. Smith trying to work behind Ben Smith at the Blackhawks. Carcillo, mentioned earlier, played that one along wearing number 13, tied up right along the Washington Capitals bench area right in front of Pierre. There go Latta and Carcillo, drawing at one another. Carcillo pushes back. And Latta gives him a hard shove. Carcillo shoves back. They jab at one another and play continues; now Latta is having words with Krueger. That is probably not a matchup, but 13 would have been. Sent right back in again and along near Matt Niskanen of the Caps' defense. Poked along by Patrick Kane. Guided back out again. And a nice pass ahead for Marcus Johansson. Johansson dips the shoulder. Tries to get by. And around behind is able to feed. Olsner's shot and it wouldn't go. They battle on the boards further and it's pushed around behind where it can be played on the outside by Troy Brouwer. The ex-Blackhawk. Over 200 games with both franchises. Here's Chalmerson taking over. Guiding it off the glass to the safety of center. It is an international cast. Fourteen Olympians among the 40 players suited up today. Impressive: at center, Brian Bickell was pressed to the glass by Karl Alzner. This one guided ahead by Patrick Sharp. Reaching is Carlson. Persisting is Shaw. Saving on the play is Holtby. And a disagreement out. A nice little play there by Patrick Sharp entering the Capitals' zone and then all of a sudden Andrew Shaw finds his way with an opportunity. And Braden Holtby stands tall. There's the play from Sharp. Good support. Strength in numbers. A miniature two-on-one. And Shaw with the chance. And the points matter right in front of me. Dan Carcillo, Michael Latta, one year in Phoenix. Dan Carcillo at 345 minutes in penalties, so he knows what he's doing out there, and he's trying to go at Latta, maybe a little bit of an intimidation kind of situation. We are very close to the ice. Patrick Sharp is poised at the edge for this face-off. I think he might be wearing those special glasses. Here's one that's guided away by Holtby. We'll get a better look here. Another shot. Oh, And Holtby got a piece of that. They practiced some with sunglasses yesterday, And we were curious how many were going to wear them. There's another hard shot on goal by Sharp. Picked up there and cleared back out to center. Brooks Laich is able to bring it ahead. Here's Laich with a man-breaking shot one. And that one was flopped away by Crawford. Bickell able to guide it ahead. The big winger brings it on, Trying to work in. Pressed there by Matt Niskanen. Jammed along behind by Ward and taken by Orpik. Turned back over and Bickell with a little pass that will be chased down by Hossa. Fed to the front, Taken on by Toews. Back to Hjalmarsson. Drive! And that one waffle-boarded away to the corner by Holtby. Dug out there and worked along by Hossa again and a quick shot got the glass. The try coming from Saad. It is Saad around behind again. Saad just twirling to the outside. Puts on the brakes trying to shake his man. Fair. Around behind further. It's given to Hossa, a shot. And that one is blocked aside. Again it's taken in deep by Oduya. Fed it across to Saad. Grabbed off by Alzner. Connects off the stick of Toews. Rescued by Niskanen. Played back on, and Oduya skittered it around behind. Here's Toews sending one across. And that one escaped to the wall, where it's played back out by Joel Ward. It's called, but the action has not stopped. You see shadows on the ice, and some players may be wearing sunglasses, but this is yesterday. Karl Alzner wearing them. Patrick Sharp has darkened eyes, but not because of sunglasses, just because of the eye black that the players often wear. And it's interesting, Eye black was developed in this very city in the 1940s. Half shield as well for Patrick Sharp. Sticked aside by Crawford and fed on a cross. Has to be played hurriedly by Seabrook. And he will retreat to play behind Crawford again. From the sun to the shade, we often talk about that in terms of baseball, but not hockey. But you do see a shaded side, the side right in front of us. The near side as you watch. Play to the outside by Kris Versteeg. Round behind for Patrick Kane. Here's Kane shoved down but gets right back up to play. And Versteeg's shot, and that one was turned aside. As Holtby has been the busier of the men right now. Guided on by Alzner and back out. Caught back ahead and played on by Kruger. Chased down by Smith. Dropped on back and it's picked up there by Mike Green. Carcillo is out there again and I'm sure Pierre heard more than he wants to talk about when they were colliding right around him at center ice, but another big collision and a crowd gathers. Tom Wilson in the middle of it with Ben Smith, so, Doc, as you like To say the tough guys are out there pushing — there's Carcillo and Jason Chimera, now Wilson with Carcillo. So these guys are playing for keeps. This is not an exhibition game outdoors on January 1st. Right across from the Chicago Blackhawks' bench, Physical play. Tom Wilson, known for that. Ben Smith gets a little help. From the official's helmet-cam there, He gets a real good look at the pushing and shoving, and there will be some penalties. Probably more to control the game and send a message to Wilson and Carcillo. They'll be running around recklessly. The fans don't like it, though. The fans want to keep seeing the hitting. Why is that, Pierre? They're carnivores, Doc? No. The H in hockey stands for hits, And we've seen a lot, and I think that adds to the verve of the game. They can travel 25 miles an hour and collide with stationary objects. I'm right up next to one. This glass here is more than stationary. It doesn't give a whole lot, and Carl Alsner still has the shades on, So he is going with those sunglasses today. I sense a new cottage industry, hockey sunglasses. for outdoor play. Probably not. I'm sure it's big business already. A lot of room four-on-four here. Here charges Ovechkin. Flying ahead, the Caps. The captain fired one that's turned aside by Crawford. Worked back to the outside for another pass to the back. Carlson the shot, and that one held by Crawford. Play stopped here with about six minutes and seven seconds gone. Gone. Exciting afternoon here, but scoreless. 43. Big time. Here's Backstrom on this faceoff. As you see the left-field crowd in the background. He is chased out. Ovechkin will come in to take this draw against Toews. Toews right on goal. Had to be spiked away. And another save. Hits made by Crawford. Both goaltenders have been sound. Brought right back ahead by Toews. Finesses it one-handed. Saad around behind. It's checked off by Carlson. In deep is Hjalmarsson to play. Floated behind for the turn by Toews. And Saad fanning on it. A perfect pass, it seems. Ovechkin gallops right back and tries to pull his way through Johnny Oduya. Neither guy gave on that one. So it is Toews. A horn will sound three minutes and 20 seconds from now. Halfway through the period, they'll change in. Here's one shot. Here's another shot by Saad. And Braden Holtby got them both. A near miss for Brandon Saad at one end, He comes right back and creates two chances here. Good save by Holtby, Left-pad save. And Saad stays right with it off the backhand. Go back to the Capitals' chance. Alexander Ovechkin comes in and takes that shot off the faceoff, And Nicklas Backstrom with a good opportunity, Another good stop there from Corey Crawford. And you talk about playing one-on-ones. There's Johnny Oduya. Don't play the puck, play the man. He deposits it. It's Alexander Ovechkin right down on the ice. Great job by Oduya. From this face-off, Fehr is able to win it, He of the two-goal game in Pittsburgh in the rain. At the Winter Classic, Trouble for the stop on Seabrook, Darting right back in is Fehr! Shows the foot race of the man Doc was just talking about. Eric Fehr, who scored two goals in the outdoor game in Pittsburgh. He must have been hearing you. Doc. He got this puck because it was bouncing right past us. right over the stick of Brent Seabrook. The Capitals with a 1-0 lead. Is Alzner back to play with 2:50 left before we change ends. Johansen with a shot, and that was blocked up high. Whenever the NHL senses there is an advantage to one team, either through wind or vision or whatever reason, they will switch ends halfway through to make it fair. We talked about that bouncing puck. There's Brent Seabrook trying to keep it in, and when he's standing still Fehr has a start — goes a little backhand, forehand; great patience by Fehr and he beats Corey Crawford. His 11th goal of the year, an unassisted goal — 7:01 elapsed time. That was one of those plays, Doc, and I mean we're within about a hundred feet of Pierre in his inside-the-glass position, but you saw that puck bouncing the whole way and really Seabrook had no chance to keep that in. Here's Sharp with a shot. And that one was juggled a bit, but then held by Braden Holtby. Well, The Chicago Blackhawks just tried a little gamesmanship there. Marian Hossa came down to my end of the ice after possession was won, Hossa jumps on. You're going to see, He's going to jump in behind the Washington Capitals' defense on a line change. There he is. That was like the sleeper playing football, Doc and Eddie. Look at the top of your screen, the left part. There's Hossa. And that's the play that Pierre was talking about. Quick little change. A quality chance there for Sharp. Pierre pointed out the ice opens up with a player from each side in the penalty box. That is where they are for seven more seconds. Icing is called and the faceoff will come back near Holtby. Eddie and Doc, I got to tell you, Joel Quenneville is coaching as well as I've ever seen. This Chicago Blackhawks team, Eddie, I know you get to see him a lot live. They're as much fun as any team in the league to watch right now, and I think a big reason why is Joel Quenneville and the way he's coaching. He is the third winningest coach in the history of the sport. This comes to the back now for a play by Rozsival. Rattled around for Patrick Sharp. 44. Carlson. Stepped away. But the puck was lost. Turned back on carefully by Orpik. And then spirited it ahead. Kuznetsov dropped it back in and went right in after it, almost stepping free. But then it popped on, played back by Sharp and worked on by Carcillo. And then lofted back in by Hossa. One of the strategies discussed in prior Winter Classics, especially when the sun is involved, is the notion of throwing a puck in from a distance or throwing it in high, causing the goaltender more trouble. The long shots or the high dumps. I haven't noticed much of that happening here, as Versteeg plays it behind. You're going to need a little bit of time to be able to try to execute that type of play. But sometimes that happens, maybe with teams in the middle of a change, where you're able to make one of those types of plays. Seabrook, Kane, chipped it back, and Seabrook again. A minute 20 into this period. Backstrom saw it chipped away by Versteeg. Lobbed out by Mike Green. After it is Brooks-like, and he is able to move in. But he was in early, ahead of the puck, and so offside is called. There was no All-Star game last year because of the Olympics in Sochi. This year we'll be in Columbus. The home of the Blue Jackets. Oshie tipped that one ahead. Carlson can play it there. On a cross for the float back by Jay Beagle. Denied by Oduya at center. But persisting with Backstrom. And so back in it comes again. And hustling with Hjalmarsson to play that ahead. Remember, We're going to have a hard horn here at the 10-minute mark to switch in 43 seconds from now. Angled on. They have Orpik at the point, but don't send it there. Instead, it's a difficult angle shot, but right in on goal where it could be stopped by Crawford. And that came from Ovechkin. Meanwhile, it can be played along now by Backstrom, but chasing it down is Brooks Orpik. And that's just to make sure that both teams have the same vantage point with the sunlight here early in the game. Deflected back down, there'll be no icing here. And so it's Hjalmarsson firing it around and Sharp waiting and then popping one ahead that will skip back in and become an icing. Chased down now by Duncan Keith. Out of Michigan State. Threw it on to Seabrook. Curling with it is Kane. Back across now to Versteeg. Rifled on across now for the hold by Hossa. Or, beg your pardon, by Richards. And that one turned along and can be played right back out again. And carried on by Johansson. Got it across because that's off. Back to Johansson, moving out, and then the break. Here's a chance. Initially a stop by Corey Crawford and then a play in the crease, but they could not bash it home. Here's Keith with a shot across; that one is rifled high and wide by Kane, and the puck goes out of play. Three-on-two for the Capitals coming from the red line in. Brent Seabrook with a huge shot block at the end of this play. But it's an opportunity for the Capitals. Johnson's going to get this puck. He does a good job of recovering. Creating the chance. Seabrook moves the puck out of harm's way. And then he ends up blocking the shot from Matt Niskanen and jumping into the play. That was a great job by the Washington Capitals bench. Telling the players it was a clean three-on-two. They utilized their opportunity very well. Waiting as Brooks Orpik to play it there. And a shot was blocked away by Rundblad again. Stepped into by Ward. Played on by Toews. Settled down by Baxter.", "title": "NHL_Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals January 1st 2015", "category": null, "start_time": 1444.69, "end_time": 1474.69, "qa": []}
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Which is 32 feet below street level. Corey Crawford turned 30 yesterday. He has won a Stanley Cup. He has been in an outdoor game. Just two years ago. A champion. A native of Montreal. At the other end is Braden Holtby. From farm country. 6,000 acres. Lloydminster. Saskatchewan. He is the main man for Washington. It is his 14th consecutive start. Alexander Ovechkin is always near the top in scoring and in registering hits. He is not dull. As a personality or as a hockey player. He stands out. He likes the big stage. There is none bigger for him than this one. Jonathan Toews. The smooth-skating, playmaking captain of the Chicago Blackhawks. These guys have mostly been in outdoor games before. but everyone quickens the pulse just a little bit more. Partial sunshine as we begin here this afternoon at Nationals Park. Poised and ready. Francois St-Laurent, Kelly Sutherland, The referees. Scott Cherry and Tim Nowak are the linesmen. The signal is given. And this Winter Classic... Underway. Always fascinating to hear how the crowd roars at the start. Ovechkin's first chance — save made by Crawford; one shot on goal registered early. You heard both coaches in their pregame speech talk about shooting the puck from anywhere at any time, especially with these elements that all players, especially the goaltenders, have to deal with. A good opportunity there for Alexander Ovechkin. Toews controlled on this faceoff. Brent Seabrook throws it. Kept alive by Carlson. John Carlson saw one go to the corner and a big roar from the crowd as it's played along now by Jay Beagle. Jammed around behind, and Beagle has that one. Nudges it on to Backstrom. Nicklas Backstrom able to lay it onto the back. Brooks Orpik was a question mark, but decisively in after he took the skate prior to the game. Game time. Decision, and he's there. This is his fourth outdoor game for number 44, brought back ahead by Beagle. Then poked on the right near Ovechkin. but sent across by Niklas Hjalmarsson. who gets it back again from Swedish compatriot Johnny Oduya. Alzner twirled it along. and offside is called. We mentioned Brooks Orpik. Daniel Carcillo has played in four of these. and so has Brad Richards. The difference between Richards, Orpik, and Carcillo — he does have a major penalty for fighting at Fenway Park. During the game, That is, brought on by Leich, and a shot. and that turned aside. And then we get a stoppage as it goes out of play. Eddie and Doc, we've been in a lot of these games, But this is about the best I've ever seen the ice; I know it's early in the game. but I think the ice will continue to evolve and get better. But look how flat the pucks are when they're being passed. That says a lot about the quality of the ice. The weather has really helped out, And they're probably going to have a little maintenance here with the left goalpost, the device that holds the net in place for Corey Crawford, but they've only had about 10-plus hours of actual ice time. over the course since the rink was put in here at Nats Park. And that includes the two teams practicing yesterday and the skate around with their families and members of each organization. On a sunny day the eye black is very important, and even in the family skate yesterday some of the children had eye black on. It made sense; it was sunny out here. Smith trying to work behind Ben Smith at the Blackhawks. Carcillo, mentioned earlier, played that one along wearing number 13, tied up right along the Washington Capitals bench area right in front of Pierre. There go Latta and Carcillo, drawing at one another. Carcillo pushes back. And Latta gives him a hard shove. Carcillo shoves back. They jab at one another and play continues; now Latta is having words with Krueger. That is probably not a matchup, but 13 would have been. Sent right back in again and along near Matt Niskanen of the Caps' defense. Poked along by Patrick Kane. Guided back out again. And a nice pass ahead for Marcus Johansson. Johansson dips the shoulder. Tries to get by. And around behind is able to feed. Olsner's shot and it wouldn't go. They battle on the boards further and it's pushed around behind where it can be played on the outside by Troy Brouwer. The ex-Blackhawk. Over 200 games with both franchises. Here's Chalmerson taking over. Guiding it off the glass to the safety of center. It is an international cast. Fourteen Olympians among the 40 players suited up today. Impressive: at center, Brian Bickell was pressed to the glass by Karl Alzner. This one guided ahead by Patrick Sharp. Reaching is Carlson. Persisting is Shaw. Saving on the play is Holtby. And a disagreement out. A nice little play there by Patrick Sharp entering the Capitals' zone and then all of a sudden Andrew Shaw finds his way with an opportunity. And Braden Holtby stands tall. There's the play from Sharp. Good support. Strength in numbers. A miniature two-on-one. And Shaw with the chance. And the points matter right in front of me. Dan Carcillo, Michael Latta, one year in Phoenix. Dan Carcillo at 345 minutes in penalties, so he knows what he's doing out there, and he's trying to go at Latta, maybe a little bit of an intimidation kind of situation. We are very close to the ice. Patrick Sharp is poised at the edge for this face-off. I think he might be wearing those special glasses. Here's one that's guided away by Holtby. We'll get a better look here. Another shot. Oh, And Holtby got a piece of that. They practiced some with sunglasses yesterday, And we were curious how many were going to wear them. There's another hard shot on goal by Sharp. Picked up there and cleared back out to center. Brooks Laich is able to bring it ahead. Here's Laich with a man-breaking shot one. And that one was flopped away by Crawford. Bickell able to guide it ahead. The big winger brings it on, Trying to work in. Pressed there by Matt Niskanen. Jammed along behind by Ward and taken by Orpik. Turned back over and Bickell with a little pass that will be chased down by Hossa. Fed to the front, Taken on by Toews. Back to Hjalmarsson. Drive! And that one waffle-boarded away to the corner by Holtby. Dug out there and worked along by Hossa again and a quick shot got the glass. The try coming from Saad. It is Saad around behind again. Saad just twirling to the outside. Puts on the brakes trying to shake his man. Fair. Around behind further. It's given to Hossa, a shot. And that one is blocked aside. Again it's taken in deep by Oduya. Fed it across to Saad. Grabbed off by Alzner. Connects off the stick of Toews. Rescued by Niskanen. Played back on, and Oduya skittered it around behind. Here's Toews sending one across. And that one escaped to the wall, where it's played back out by Joel Ward. It's called, but the action has not stopped. You see shadows on the ice, and some players may be wearing sunglasses, but this is yesterday. Karl Alzner wearing them. Patrick Sharp has darkened eyes, but not because of sunglasses, just because of the eye black that the players often wear. And it's interesting, Eye black was developed in this very city in the 1940s. Half shield as well for Patrick Sharp. Sticked aside by Crawford and fed on a cross. Has to be played hurriedly by Seabrook. And he will retreat to play behind Crawford again. From the sun to the shade, we often talk about that in terms of baseball, but not hockey. But you do see a shaded side, the side right in front of us. The near side as you watch. Play to the outside by Kris Versteeg. Round behind for Patrick Kane. Here's Kane shoved down but gets right back up to play. And Versteeg's shot, and that one was turned aside. As Holtby has been the busier of the men right now. Guided on by Alzner and back out. Caught back ahead and played on by Kruger. Chased down by Smith. Dropped on back and it's picked up there by Mike Green. Carcillo is out there again and I'm sure Pierre heard more than he wants to talk about when they were colliding right around him at center ice, but another big collision and a crowd gathers. Tom Wilson in the middle of it with Ben Smith, so, Doc, as you like To say the tough guys are out there pushing — there's Carcillo and Jason Chimera, now Wilson with Carcillo. So these guys are playing for keeps. This is not an exhibition game outdoors on January 1st. Right across from the Chicago Blackhawks' bench, Physical play. Tom Wilson, known for that. Ben Smith gets a little help. From the official's helmet-cam there, He gets a real good look at the pushing and shoving, and there will be some penalties. Probably more to control the game and send a message to Wilson and Carcillo. They'll be running around recklessly. The fans don't like it, though. The fans want to keep seeing the hitting. Why is that, Pierre? They're carnivores, Doc? No. The H in hockey stands for hits, And we've seen a lot, and I think that adds to the verve of the game. They can travel 25 miles an hour and collide with stationary objects. I'm right up next to one. This glass here is more than stationary. It doesn't give a whole lot, and Carl Alsner still has the shades on, So he is going with those sunglasses today. I sense a new cottage industry, hockey sunglasses. for outdoor play. Probably not. I'm sure it's big business already. A lot of room four-on-four here. Here charges Ovechkin. Flying ahead, the Caps. The captain fired one that's turned aside by Crawford. Worked back to the outside for another pass to the back. Carlson the shot, and that one held by Crawford. Play stopped here with about six minutes and seven seconds gone. Gone. Exciting afternoon here, but scoreless. 43. Big time. Here's Backstrom on this faceoff. As you see the left-field crowd in the background. He is chased out. Ovechkin will come in to take this draw against Toews. Toews right on goal. Had to be spiked away. And another save. Hits made by Crawford. Both goaltenders have been sound. Brought right back ahead by Toews. Finesses it one-handed. Saad around behind. It's checked off by Carlson. In deep is Hjalmarsson to play. Floated behind for the turn by Toews. And Saad fanning on it. A perfect pass, it seems. Ovechkin gallops right back and tries to pull his way through Johnny Oduya. Neither guy gave on that one. So it is Toews. A horn will sound three minutes and 20 seconds from now. Halfway through the period, they'll change in. Here's one shot. Here's another shot by Saad. And Braden Holtby got them both. A near miss for Brandon Saad at one end, He comes right back and creates two chances here. Good save by Holtby, Left-pad save. And Saad stays right with it off the backhand. Go back to the Capitals' chance. Alexander Ovechkin comes in and takes that shot off the faceoff, And Nicklas Backstrom with a good opportunity, Another good stop there from Corey Crawford. And you talk about playing one-on-ones. There's Johnny Oduya. Don't play the puck, play the man. He deposits it. It's Alexander Ovechkin right down on the ice. Great job by Oduya. From this face-off, Fehr is able to win it, He of the two-goal game in Pittsburgh in the rain. At the Winter Classic, Trouble for the stop on Seabrook, Darting right back in is Fehr! Shows the foot race of the man Doc was just talking about. Eric Fehr, who scored two goals in the outdoor game in Pittsburgh. He must have been hearing you. Doc. He got this puck because it was bouncing right past us. right over the stick of Brent Seabrook. The Capitals with a 1-0 lead. Is Alzner back to play with 2:50 left before we change ends. Johansen with a shot, and that was blocked up high. Whenever the NHL senses there is an advantage to one team, either through wind or vision or whatever reason, they will switch ends halfway through to make it fair. We talked about that bouncing puck. There's Brent Seabrook trying to keep it in, and when he's standing still Fehr has a start — goes a little backhand, forehand; great patience by Fehr and he beats Corey Crawford. His 11th goal of the year, an unassisted goal — 7:01 elapsed time. That was one of those plays, Doc, and I mean we're within about a hundred feet of Pierre in his inside-the-glass position, but you saw that puck bouncing the whole way and really Seabrook had no chance to keep that in. Here's Sharp with a shot. And that one was juggled a bit, but then held by Braden Holtby. Well, The Chicago Blackhawks just tried a little gamesmanship there. Marian Hossa came down to my end of the ice after possession was won, Hossa jumps on. You're going to see, He's going to jump in behind the Washington Capitals' defense on a line change. There he is. That was like the sleeper playing football, Doc and Eddie. Look at the top of your screen, the left part. There's Hossa. And that's the play that Pierre was talking about. Quick little change. A quality chance there for Sharp. Pierre pointed out the ice opens up with a player from each side in the penalty box. That is where they are for seven more seconds. Icing is called and the faceoff will come back near Holtby. Eddie and Doc, I got to tell you, Joel Quenneville is coaching as well as I've ever seen. This Chicago Blackhawks team, Eddie, I know you get to see him a lot live. They're as much fun as any team in the league to watch right now, and I think a big reason why is Joel Quenneville and the way he's coaching. He is the third winningest coach in the history of the sport. This comes to the back now for a play by Rozsival. Rattled around for Patrick Sharp. 44. Carlson. Stepped away. But the puck was lost. Turned back on carefully by Orpik. And then spirited it ahead. Kuznetsov dropped it back in and went right in after it, almost stepping free. But then it popped on, played back by Sharp and worked on by Carcillo. And then lofted back in by Hossa. One of the strategies discussed in prior Winter Classics, especially when the sun is involved, is the notion of throwing a puck in from a distance or throwing it in high, causing the goaltender more trouble. The long shots or the high dumps. I haven't noticed much of that happening here, as Versteeg plays it behind. You're going to need a little bit of time to be able to try to execute that type of play. But sometimes that happens, maybe with teams in the middle of a change, where you're able to make one of those types of plays. Seabrook, Kane, chipped it back, and Seabrook again. A minute 20 into this period. Backstrom saw it chipped away by Versteeg. Lobbed out by Mike Green. After it is Brooks-like, and he is able to move in. But he was in early, ahead of the puck, and so offside is called. There was no All-Star game last year because of the Olympics in Sochi. This year we'll be in Columbus. The home of the Blue Jackets. Oshie tipped that one ahead. Carlson can play it there. On a cross for the float back by Jay Beagle. Denied by Oduya at center. But persisting with Backstrom. And so back in it comes again. And hustling with Hjalmarsson to play that ahead. Remember, We're going to have a hard horn here at the 10-minute mark to switch in 43 seconds from now. Angled on. They have Orpik at the point, but don't send it there. Instead, it's a difficult angle shot, but right in on goal where it could be stopped by Crawford. And that came from Ovechkin. Meanwhile, it can be played along now by Backstrom, but chasing it down is Brooks Orpik. And that's just to make sure that both teams have the same vantage point with the sunlight here early in the game. Deflected back down, there'll be no icing here. And so it's Hjalmarsson firing it around and Sharp waiting and then popping one ahead that will skip back in and become an icing. Chased down now by Duncan Keith. Out of Michigan State. Threw it on to Seabrook. Curling with it is Kane. Back across now to Versteeg. Rifled on across now for the hold by Hossa. Or, beg your pardon, by Richards. And that one turned along and can be played right back out again. And carried on by Johansson. Got it across because that's off. Back to Johansson, moving out, and then the break. Here's a chance. Initially a stop by Corey Crawford and then a play in the crease, but they could not bash it home. Here's Keith with a shot across; that one is rifled high and wide by Kane, and the puck goes out of play. Three-on-two for the Capitals coming from the red line in. Brent Seabrook with a huge shot block at the end of this play. But it's an opportunity for the Capitals. Johnson's going to get this puck. He does a good job of recovering. Creating the chance. Seabrook moves the puck out of harm's way. And then he ends up blocking the shot from Matt Niskanen and jumping into the play. That was a great job by the Washington Capitals bench. Telling the players it was a clean three-on-two. They utilized their opportunity very well. Waiting as Brooks Orpik to play it there. And a shot was blocked away by Rundblad again. Stepped into by Ward. Played on by Toews. Settled down by Baxter. Brooks Orpik able to turn around behind. Conditions a little better than what he discussed in Pittsburgh, where the pass is rooster-tailed with water. Roosevelt able to play it further. Off of Carcillo. Picked free from Kruger. In comes Beagle. Knifed away by Rundblad. Back to Beagle. Wraps it around for Ovechkin. Heels to the outside, and that went off Kruger. Driven back to the point for Hillen. Across to Green with a drive, and a save made by Crawford. Rebound it! Jack Hillen to Mike Green created the whole play. The Capitals working down low; they get the puck. He's going to move from one side of the ice to the other. And then Corey Crawford's not able to absorb the rebound. And then Alexander Ovechkin. Who is in the corner to start? He gets to the front of the net. You like the play from Hillen that you just talked about. Mike Milbury talked about Ovechkin's celebrations in big moments like this. This is one heck of a celebration from a guy who's got so much enthusiasm for the game. Oduya's pass is on Sharp's stick. He throws one in front. It's blocked away. By Braden Holtby. Meanwhile, it's played to the wall and around the area near Jalmerson. He jabbed it back along the board. Trying to play further is Sharp. A log jam. Two players aside. Away from Shaw. It goes up high and is chased down by Oduya. Harassed there by the big Tom Wilson. And it's given up; a diving play is made right in front of us by Bickel. And Bickel can step ahead. That is off Shaw. Rushed on by Chimera. Turned back to Shaw for Chicago. And he sailed it back in. Braden Holtby to stop that one there. And a flying hit by Bickel. He did not appear to leave his feet. But he crunched his man anyway. This one dropped back and is played by Hillen. On over to Green. And then it's thrown by Keith. Again, It is a pass made back to center by Braden Holtby. Carried back on now by Kuznetsov. And it is held by Crawford. Their two favorite players are out on the ice right now: 19, Backstrom, and 8, Ovechkin. Backstrom. and 8. Ovechkin. Ovechkin gets the second goal in this game. There have been 110 of these games since Sidney Crosby scored in Buffalo in the snow. They have been played all around the world. Including Red Square, Hershey Park Stadium, Mexico City, nine other different countries. Ice can be. Made just about anywhere. Last year, Dodger Stadium, of course, where the temperature was 62 at the start. Ovechkin's goal from Green and Hillen at 11:58. I guess the one at Red Square sort of pointed out both aspects of Russian life in the last hundred years. It went from a department store at one end to Lenin's tomb at the other. This one rifled back in, and Johnny Oduya can play it there. But taking it away on the bounce was Beagle. Leads one ahead and Backstrom tried to play it, but a penalty is coming up; the call will be a hold. And it is Ovechkin who is protesting. Orpik is gliding toward the penalty box; who will take a seat? So to the power play go the Chicago Blackhawks. They're four for their last 20; 20% is pretty good. It is Keith and then Sharp. Nicely able to keep the bouncing puck and shoots. They score! Patrick Sharp from the blue line. The lead is cut in half. Patrick Sharp's seventh goal of the season. Sixth on the power play. Face-off win. Puck was rolling. Duncan Keith chose not to shoot this puck. And he got the puck back to the point to Patrick Sharp. Sharp's able to put the puck on net, and I believe it went right in past Braden Holtby with a good screen in front of the net from Andrew Shaw. It went straight in and that's exactly where Shaw has to make his living on a power play. That's basically a five-man power play for Chicago in terms of guys doing their assignments properly. What a shot by Patrick Sharp. It is Roosevelt for Chicago. And back in for Holtby from Washington. Rushing along is Kruger trying to keep play alive. Got some help from Rundblad to do that. Meanwhile, It's Niskanen, but taken away by Chicago, and they work it back in deep. Kruger trying to turn away Connolly, and a nice advance here as it's played back across for the carry-on by Johansson. Marcus Johansson flew on, that ricocheted back to center, and so the Caps have to get back to center. This is Crawford playing to Rundblad. Rundblad's pass is right on the money to Ben Smith, Boston College product. Forced it back in and threw it in after. The test of wills along the boards. You see Patrick Kane, 88, and then Seabrook. Chopped back on for Smith, who's bear hugged by Allsmith. And finally, it comes loose. The half boards jostled. A lot of hard work here, and a gain of a couple of yards. Marched to center ice, and then finessed back in by Johansen, so Crawford is out to get it, and hurried along in stride by Duncan Keith. Icing play ahead now, Taken by Andrew Shaw. Battling continues near the penalty box as it's centered. Flown right back in and Keith turns; right after him is Joel Ward. Keith nicely able to turn away from him and feed to Shaw then to Seabrook and Seabrook with a long toss ahead. On the money it's brought right back and a quick shot is blocked and then covered by Holtby from Brian Bickell. Alexander Ovechkin with a goal that made it 2-0. Sharp from Keith and Kane at 13:36 on the power play. Cut the lead in half. Welcome back to D.C. For the Bridgestone Winter Classic. The Capitals lead the Blackhawks 2-1. If you see the initials CR on both teams, helmets and on the trainers for the Chicago Blackhawks, that's in honor of their late assistant equipment manager, Clint Reif, 34 years of age, who passed away a couple of days before Christmas. He was a fixture in the Blackhawk locker room, and as anybody would tell you, the trainer is a lifeline for a hockey player; everyone's life was made better by having Clint Reif in their locker room. It is Niskanen and then along to Leif. Now they are operating in one of the few sunny spots of the rink. Probably by the start of the second everything will be in shape. Perhaps they will not need to divide the next period in half as they had to do on this one, Who knows. Meanwhile, Versteeg wanted to play, but had no luck. Meanwhile, It's outletted now for the Caps, And Niskanen brings it on; a University of Minnesota Duluth player dropped it back in, And Laich jostles There around behind with Rozsival. Walking free as Patrick Kane connects to Brad Richards. Nice move back, and the pass was just behind Rundblad, but he recovered okay. Now, Rozsival again. To the last four minutes. Period number one. Winter Classic in Washington at Nationals Park. Two to one, the home team ahead. Poked, shuffleboard-style, by Hjalmarsson. Carried back in by Toews. He has Saad going wide. Toews protects and tried to center one in front. Not much luck for a combination there. Hossa behind, Saad in front. Hossa with the puck, chased down by Orpik. Worked along to Thames in front for Saad, and he couldn't jam it home. I didn't know where that puck was after it came to the front of the net. He wasn't alone. Carried back up now by Ovechkin. Ovechkin breezes, gave it across, and it was off of Backstrom. Backstrom rattled it around behind. It looked like Ovechkin had a pretty good shooting lane there, or did he? He sure did. Clear on a perfect vantage point for that. Orpik back to Carlson, the shot, and that one geared up to the glass on the reach of Backstrom. Hossa outlets. Toews gives it back to Saad. Tries to get by a defender. Jay Beagle able to poke it along, and Backstrom shuffled it back in. Ovechkin working here with Seabrook, and it's floated along to Oduya. Two on one, Doc. Another odd man situation for the Capitals, the fourth one of the period. That line changed by Hjalmarsson, that's what was going to lead to that. Patrick Sharp did some work. Burrowing in is Bickell. Two aside, and now another pair joins in Shaw. It is Parleson. Played back in again by Shaw. Green got there, but Bickell did first for possession. It was thrown off the outside of the cage and then poked away with the help of the defense and also of Holtby. A jam play at the front fails but a penalty is called from center. The call is a high stick and who will go? I think it's going to be Bickell. I think you're right Eddie. A lot of jousting down low in front of Braden Holtby. The puck ended up in the back of the net for the Blackhawks, but the penalty was on Brian Bickell. Battle in front of the net with Mike Green. A high stick. Yes. Four strike back in wide of the cage. You do what's necessary. That's right. And here is Green. New Year's resolution. Now we get another jostle play where Brouwer sent a man down and he's going to the box for it. What's the rule, Eddie, if you see someone's numbers — lay off? You got to pull up there — you're better off to live to fight another day; get your stick down on the ice. Former Stanley Cup winner with the Chicago Blackhawks, Troy Brouwer, ends up in the box and negates the power play, the man advantage. Watch the bottom of your screen — there's Brouwer right there; his hands are up, elbows up, and he just drives Johnny Oduya from behind. No chance for him to protect himself. So again, If Brouwer gets his stick buried on the ice there and plays the puck. He won't get called for a penalty. That's a good teaching point for a lot of young players that will be watching this game. When you see someone's numbers, back off. Keep your stick on the ice. Don't put it in someone's back. We have Troy Brouwer, probably. Doc, What would you say? About 12 feet from us here to our vantage point. Probably not the time to do any teaching to a young Troy Brouwer right now. Meanwhile, Around behind, it's a battle, puck thrown on by Carlson. Again, we have four against four, as we did earlier in the period. Around now by Orpik. Dropped it along for Carlson, returned it up to Brooks Orpik. Hitting, shot blocking defenseman. Orpik, long time with Pittsburgh. This time with Washington. Swatted on by Seabrook to center. Versteeg guided it off the skate of Saad. Turns it back but ran into a wall of Orpik. Right back it comes now to Brooks Laich. Here's Laich putting on the brakes and gliding on further then. Around behind, He controls. Got it back to Orpik. Shovel shot; that one was grabbed and then sent aside by Crawford, the play made up to Saad by Keith. Saad wants to skate on through. Looking for help, but he fired one that ricocheted up high and out of play. For the love of hockey — that's the end of the sentence right there. Offensive-zone faceoff. How do you sense the ice now, Pierre? The ice has been really solid, Doc — really, really good. That's why I think we're seeing so much skill here in the first period. I don't think the sun's been an issue at all for the players. Just hearing the communication on the bench, I think the issue is probably for the coaches standing much higher above their players and then looking out from the bench onto the ice, looking right into the sun. Keith chopped it on across. Here's Roosevelt firing and that one blocked away by the path of Holpe. Onto the back it comes to Roosevelt again. Hands it on to Duncan Keith. On this opportunity he gives it across now to Toews. Quirles one on. Played further by Kane. Patrick Kane floated it across and here's Keith with it again. Keith fed one on to Kane. Kane at the wall. Got it on back. Sharper drive and that one didn't work. Laid back ahead now by Chimera and sent back down by Ward. Two seconds and one. That's the first. 40,000-plus here, and many of them stood to applaud their favorite team and the spectacle in general. 46. Off and on today you'll see the Ref Cam. There it is. The puck has been dropped for the second period by the referee. Francois Saint-Laurent. Played back ahead now by Sharp. A 90-foot blast rattles around near Beagle. He pushed one. But it went into Duncan Keith. He got it back across to Sharp. Then to Keith again. Over to Patrick Kane. And Kane has a shot. And that one wouldn't get there. And it's thrown back down the ice by Carlson. Penalty time is up. Two great opportunities for Alexander Ovechkin. Now curling around behind. Here's Andrew Shaw. He looked for help from Oduya. But he hasn't gotten there yet. So more work has to be done by Holcomb. Reaching in, Baxter. 39. Get a look at some plane vision for Alexander Ovechkin, shorthanded situation. Ovechkin, ever the predator, jumps right in, forces that turnover — bad relay between Duncan Keith and one of his teammates. And Ovechkin gets two chances. One of them off the post. Eddie. Yeah, Right off this first chance. Watch him. I believe he knocks this right out of midair. Yeah, It goes over the glove of Corey Crawford. Alexander Ovechkin has four of the Washington Capitals' nine chances in this Winter Classic. And here he comes. Liam, Keith, And Mike talked about it. Ovechkin's a different player right now. He's having a blast out here. Look out. And here's another little clankfest for Alexander Ovechkin. He's going to come down the right wing, working on Johnny Oduya and just snap it. Yeah, Short side on Corey Crawford. And I'm sure that Barry Trotz and the Capitals wish Ovechkin would have done that on that two-on-one in the last half of the first period. Buck is finding him. He has five scoring chances now. The Blackhawks have five. Maybe that will count as a sixth. As the shot is held by Holtby. Let's go back to 2011 and watch Alexander Ovechkin in Pittsburgh. The celebration, the happiness, pumping it up with his teammate, former teammate, Alexander Semin. And here he is today. This guy's into it. Lambeau leaps, high-fiving, fist-pumping, finishing plays off. Alexander Ovechkin's got it all. Tough guy to contain if he's got that kind of enthusiasm. A jam play at the front — Holtby was pushed over, the net was dislodged and play is stopped; the puck was kept out. Right off the faceoff, Andrew Shaw goes forward, gets inside position on Mike Green, and he gets drilled from behind by Jack Hillen. One of those hit Braden Holtby. 43. Former Hawks assistant Mike Haviland. Jack Hillen had that assist on the goal back in the first period. Offensive-zone faceoff for the Blackhawks. Full-strength action as it comes back to Roosevelt. Roosevelt with a shot. Kicked away. Played by Mike Green. Bank went off the linesman's gate, Followed through by Hillen. And back down for an icing. That's what Andrew Shaw did. Though it was blocked. Thrown back on by Brower and corralled and brought on by Baxter. Pushed it right in on goal. Never a bad play. That one was stopped by Crawford. Kuznetsov will wade in on this one with Marcus Kruger of Chicago. Forced to the boards, Taken on by Johansen. Pushed further to Sharp. Moves up with Smith. Has Kruger moving in, too. Pushed it there. Kruger plastered his man. It's Smith trying to jab it away. Worked back up near Kuznetsov, But kept by Keith. More hard work for Kruger. Continues to kick it along. It's helped back to Keith again. Keith saw a man sprawling across Kuznetsov, So he played it to the corner, And out in front it came. Wound up going off of Holtby, and still it's jammed along further. Keith hoping to keep it, and he does. Angles one off for a one-timer by Sharp that is held by Holtby and play is halted. Boy a little bit of hacking and whacking there between Marcus Kruger and Troy Brouwer. As the puck was being frozen by Braden Holtby, you had Kruger and Brouwer just pushing and slashing. The officials and the rest of the players on the ice ended up coming into the fray near the top of the circle in the Capitals' zone. Brouwer is one of those examples of the great scouting job they do in Chicago. 149th in his draft year. Obviously, there's the slash against a former Hawk. They got a couple there. They got a couple of good ones there. I mean, Troy Brouwer is just a tremendous player and a solid two-way player. He's that type of player that has his nose over his toes when he plays each and every night. What? You heard me, Doc. Nose over toes. Oduya sees this one come out for Hossa and that one wouldn't go and then it's clear that they're in the midst of a change. And Roosevelt got on and Jalmerson got off. He's all in. Every shift. Rattled on around and reaching was fair. Tipped on ahead. Toews tried to settle it down. Pushed on back further though. Joel Ward did that and it's jammed along by Carlson. But taken and fed out in front side of the bar. Saad! Very slow-developing play for the Capitals below the goal line. John Carlson's going to get this puck. He's going to try to move it to Brooks Orpik and it just hits a dead spot in the boards. Hossa to Toews to Brandon Saad with a wide open net. That's a perfect definition of tick-tack-goal. There's tick, here's tack, and there's goal. That's the slow pass from Carlson. He tried to move that puck to his partner and it never got to him because Hossa was in on a forecheck and then Holtby was coming out to play that shot from Toews. And he made the beautiful pass to the Pittsburgh native Brandon Saad for a wide open run. Neatly off the boards. Wilson, they rush ahead, and it's Alzner in the onside play toward Wilson, but then Richards. Rozsival connects ahead; Patrick Kane brings it on. Kane fed one to Richards, then back to Kane again. Kane crunched into the boards there by Niskanen. Yanked on now by Chimera. Pumped away from Rozsival but back to center. Oh, and down goes Richards off Wilson. Then Sharp later on in the first period. But now here is Keith letting one go. Rebound, and whacking away at it was Jonathan Toews. Corralling this at center is Keith. And if you're defending against Andrew Shaw where he stacks up in the slot, you want to play him as a defenseman or just let him stand there? I think you have to let him stand there. I mean, once that shot comes, That's when you go ahead and tie it up. You don't want to make it a five-on-four into a four-on-three if you get in a wrestling match in front of the net. Keith to Sharp on this power play, Then back to Keith yet again. Patrick Sharp faked the drive, Got it over to Kane. Kane with a shot! Shut off by Holtby. Here's Sharp across now for Keith. And then on across for Kane. Kane dealt it back in. Jonathan Toews with it there. Back to Kane. Hook that. And then a denial and a good reach by the defense. Circling as Kane dropped it right back off. Can be played back to Duncan Keith once more. Keith tipped it further. Corralled there by Sharp and then dealt back in deep. Played back on for Sharp. Tricky hop though. And It's outleted by Brouwer. Backstrom tried to get further and was closed off by Toews. Haves and back in it comes. All of this is on a delayed offside. Linesman Scott Cherry is standing right in front of us here. This brought it right back ahead and Hossa there. For a moment we didn't see much. That's only an excuse. Played right back along, Richards watching at the blue line as this came back to Seabrook and then dealt back along for Hossa. Hossa gives it across. Richards with it there. Then on back to Seabrook. Then across to Hossa. Very deliberately. He works it back in deep. Saad tried to get to the front. A jam play there. Saad reaches. He tried to finesse a pass. Big choke through as diving was Brooke's life. Now it is Seabrook in the last five of the power play. Weaving his way off, he hands it across to Kris Versteeg. He could not get by, and that one was swept away and then cleared. A power play by Matt Niskanen right there in a one-on-one. We saw Johnny Oduya in the first period do that to Ovechkin. This is a tremendous job by the Washington Capitals in transition defense. With Eddie the power play for Chicago is getting some opportunities. Brandon Saad. Pretty simple there. Just get the puck to the net to Marian Hossa with a quality chance. Look at the aggressive goaltending of Braden Holtby. Well out on top of that blue paint. There's Shaw. Just trying to reach for that puck. The wide open net. Nudge to center. Big Joel Ward lugs it ahead. Taken on by Roosevelt. Turned around behind near Oduya. Ward jostles in. Right nearby as it kicked on over to Rozsival. Michael Rozsival floated a bouncer that goes back out to the left wing and to the corner it is Bickell. Giving it back over to Kruger and Kruger lifted a backhand that Bickell tries to gather. Again shifting to offense, the Capitals and Ward brought it ahead. Furrowing in is Brooks Laich, jostled off by Rozsival. Still they battle and Roosevelt wanted to slide it further. Kick back over for the help by Kruger. but the keep by Orpik and the block by Smith. So now Crawford. Delayed offside. The Caps curl out and move back in on the 4-on-4. Here's Roosevelt. Fanned on a pass. Backstrom haunting him, And Backstrom is able to pivot away. There will be no stoppage at the halfway point of this period. They feel conditions are equal. So we will just play as normal. 20 straight minutes with no stop at 10. This one careened away from Carlson. Riding in is Hossa and a save made by Holtby. There's Marian Hossa. Hello and goodbye. He said hello to Carlson and goodbye. That puck really slowed up and allowed Hossa to skate into the puck. Second quality chance, A plus chance for Hossa in this period. Right in the midsection of Holtby. He steered that one back in and came to the bench for a change in lines. Twelve and a quarter minutes to go in the second period of the Winter Classic from Washington. Tied at two. Oduya wrestling along there with Brouwer. And it's helped on by Kane in front to Oduya. And he plays ahead for Versteeg. Poked it along the way from Niskanen and raced in after it, getting there first and lifting Kuznetsov. It's followed up by Brouwer and handed on across for the carry by Niskanen. Niskanen has a man breaking up the wing, Johansson. It's Brouwer across! And Johansson has to steer around behind. Back up the boards, It comes for Alzner. Carefully to Marcus Johansson. Looks over the traffic, Advances and hands off. Knuts off there, Niskanen to Nishan. Don't know how that didn't go; we had a good look. Didn't matter, Too fast. Versteeg brings it on. And Versteeg steps ahead. It looks like the front of the 500-mile race. As fast as these guys move in front. Here's Keith trying to play one further. It is Kuznetsov, able to fire one that ricocheted across and can be played further. Back up the wing, Dragged it in offside, Play is stopped. Pretty close to being a tie broken by Marian Hossa, but his hopes on that one were shattered by the play made by Braden Holtby. The shots so far, 21-18 in favor of the Blackhawks; scoring chances even at 10; score tied at two — Patrick Sharp seven shots and a goal, Alex Ovechkin four shots and a goal, and Eric Fehr is the other goal scorer in the game. I really feel like this is the best ice they've had for a Winter Classic. The one thing that is apparent from sitting right along the glass here, Doc, and when you get this opportunity every night in the normal setting of the NHL, it looks like the ice has gotten a little bit slower. I think we saw that on that play by Marian Hossa on the rush that created that chance a little earlier. Wilson's pass was blocked by Bickell, brings it ahead with Sharp, goes to work on Green. Nickel and Green to the corner and crunch. So Wilson can start it the other way. Pass ahead, carried in by Chimera. The big man backhands one across the net, blocked away, and then Crawford slightly upended. He's just getting back to his feet, and there's going to be a penalty coming up, and it's going to be against the Capitals. Sharp flipped it across, canceled out by Hillen, and the call will be made. That's why the net was wide open right in front, Doc, from Jack Hillen on the back end. Tom Wilson was trying to make an impact on this game earlier. We saw him jousting in the game with Dan Carcillo. You'll see a little push, a little knockdown. Jack Hillen's going to shoot the puck, and look at the awkward save opportunity for Corey Crawford right here as the puck comes in from the point. And Wilson's defense, he's out looking to see where the puck is and Crawford... Barely outside the blue paint. Clearly nothing intentional there with Tom Wilson. You've got to know where you are on the ice. Opportunity, the man advantage for the Blackhawks. That's one of our 35 cameras in use today. Hovering just above that faceoff that will take place for the Blackhawks. Wilson sits. Power play again for Chicago. Able to keep this. Banked it for Kane. Got Carlson. Thrown by Orpik. Kept by Keith. Turned on to Toews. And decided to go deep with him. Pivoting to the outside was Kane, back to Keith. Now Kane. Worked back in and sent across the netmouth. Moving back on is Keith and a penalty is coming out. Another one. A high stick. A five on three is coming for Chicago. John Carlson's making the... Long skate, a high-sticking call — they also looked like they were trying to sell a call and didn't get one, and it becomes a stick-up which is not a good penalty at all; get your stick buried on the ice, you're not going to get that penalty, I gotta tell you I agree 100%, but Andrew Shaw is so useful in the slot — it used to be Ryan Smith, it used to be Thomas Holmstrom, I think now it's Andrew Shaw; that's his domain and he's as good as anybody in the league at that position in terms of driving goalies and opposing defenses nuts. In the Epic Series, You learned, If you watch that leading up to this game, what an ordinary guy he can be in the locker room with his teammates. He can talk the stamp off an envelope. I guess nowadays, with our generation, this generation now, you can talk the cursor off the send button — that's probably the better way to put it nowadays. Well, Here's Keith dropping it back. Lots of room for a man out there right now — a five-on-three for the Blackhawks as it's taken by Hossa. Led back to Sharp. Handed on a cross and it's to Keith. Pushed back in deep. The return to Keith. Right back again — Kane to Keith. Returns to Kane once more. Keith with a drive. He dumped the shot, blocked by Beagle. They try to clear and get it as far as center. And a fresh stick from the Blackhawks bench handed to Keith. Kane just walks it inside the line now and can drift even further with it, led back to Duncan Keith. Handed across to Patrick Sharp. Worked back into Marian Hossa. Side-of-the-net play! Did not work for Kane. It's chipped up and out of play. Still 39 left on the five-on-three. Good stick there from Matt Niskanen, and as Hossa was trying to go through the blue paint to Patrick Kane on his normal side, Niskanen was able to get his stick in the passing lane — tremendous defensive play. Barry Trotz is really upset; he's giving it to Francois St. Laurent right now on the Washington bench because he thought Jonathan Toews interfered with Brooks Orpik, and he just let St. Laurent have it here for him — this is Washington where you always think you're owed something more for next time. Right? So we'll be here in a couple weeks. We'll get right on that. Okay. Well, It's fed back across now to Hossa. He's got Keith, but he works it in deep — side-of-the-net play. Whacking at it with Sharp. Settled down by Thames. Back to Keith. On across to Hossa. And they return. And Hossa shot a screamer that got the glass. Keith turns off the boards again and looks and deals it back into Sharp. He's got Kane across the net mouth. Gives it to Keith, but it's off his stick. And back to center. And 12 to go on the first of the two penalties under nine minutes to go in the second period; game tied at two. Paves tried to work his way in, Keith got it across as Hossa moved in and shoots one in front — battle, taken by Hossa; Sharp drove and that one wouldn't go. Handed across to Hossa yet again; Hossa deals it in for Patrick Kane drifting, Sharp hoping for a pass as it's handed on to Keith. Duncan Keith settles it down, He got it on to Patrick Kane. The Buffalo native handed it off. Hossa is up with it there. Hossa back over to Kane. Sent back across to Hossa again. One man out. It was Toews. Buried a safety; standing ovation from the Capitals fans as they've killed it off. Furious action around Braden Holtby, But no puck went in. It is still two to two. You just had an elongated five-on-three. Thank you. Sometimes it's fun to just look at the angle of the pictures that come next. Now back to this face-off, Settled down by Oduya. They fire there, But Hjalmarsson recovered, Dropped it back along. And so it's an outlet pass that ricocheted off the skate of Backstrom back down for Crawford to play. Pushed it to Oduya, Looks ahead for Versteeg, Had to sidestep one of the forechecking Caps and floated one that was flagged down by Richards and carried nicely back on with Kane. Richards rifled it across hoping for Versteeg. Poked away by Green. And can be carried back ahead by the Caps. Down to the last seven and three quarter minutes of the second period in this tie game. The first two for the Capitals and the tying two came from Chicago. Here's Ovechkin reaching for it, jammed at by Chalmerson. Floated on by Kane and can be carried back up by Versteeg. Throws it in and Brouwer's in with Carlson after. Rattled around behind and Alzner cleared one, but Seabrook with a one-time shot. Deflected in front and saved by Holtby. Trying to jam it free was the guy who tipped it for Steve. But play is halted. That puck was rolling as it got to Brent Seabrook. Capitals try to move that puck around the boards; it goes through a little bit of a scrum and is redirected by Christopher Steeg in front of the net, good eye, Eddie. I was right on the shooting line and that thing was knuckling to the net, with great eye-hand coordination from Christopher Steeg. Well, Joel Quenneville told you, Pierre. Good looks on that power play. More opportunities to shoot the puck. as he mentioned to me, after the first intermission. Never a bad play. He said it to me nicely, Eddie and Doc. He wasn't that nice to his team, and he was explaining it to them. Saad tried to reach. Pushed back, and it's Carlson. Jack Hillen played it around behind. You don't last this long in the league if you don't know how to deal with people like ourselves here. Thrown back across now for Brouwer. Right around in front, and it was trouble. So pivoting with it, trying to play further, Kuznetsov. Meanwhile, it's poked along by Kruger. Niskanen wanted to reach, could not; it was off Ben Smith and was reversed back. Joel Ward tries to burrow in, canceled out — good defensive work by Seabrook. Up the boards now, Niskanen. His shot ricocheted wide. Played back along by Ward. Fiddled it along on the backhand because the net's off; Shaw wanted to turn and did. Centered one that's blocked by Keith. Another try; skip back along near Sharp. Sharp is able to emerge. His pass, though, went off the skate of Saad. Followed up now by Andrew Shaw. Wants to go by Niskanen. No luck. To the last six minutes of period two, and it's Keith. Run off there by Fair. Puck taken along by Ward. Dropped around behind. And Brouwer prevailed on the line. Now it's Sharp. Sending it ahead to Bickell up the wing. Bickell with a move there on Carlson through one. Bickell went wide of the glove hand of Holtby. In neutral ice they'll play it and get set for another rush. Rundblad played it ahead and it went in off Shaw who's buried there by Carlson. Puck around behind is lifted by Orpik. Caps on the attack again. Orpik has to settle it down though away from Bickell and out to center in the midst of a lot of player changes. It is Hossa. Watched by Orpik. Tries to go by and does. Hossa's shot — it would not go to the back. Oduya's shot, and that's blocked away by Backstrom. Can be taken by Toews. Handed to Chalmersen. Rister kicked away. And then finessed back to center on the backhand of Carlson. Ovechkin could not work his way by Johnny Oduya. So it comes on back for Carlson again. Former U.S. Olympian played this one further, but it got tangled up for a moment. And then it's brought back on and gently played in by Orpik. And ricocheted back where it has to be played again by the defense. In on Corey Crawford and then to Oduya. Fired on down and an icing will be called. Anyway, Back at the ranch, We have an offside. A stoppage of play. 4:06 to go, Second period. And we are still tied with two goals apiece. Here in Washington, the Washington Monument, tallest structure in the city at 555 feet. Over a hundred years ago, a player named Gabby Street tried to catch a ball drop from there, missed on the first 12, but got the 13th. We're down to the last four minutes of the second period. Back to Niskanen, and a shot hit off a stick. Ovechkin is after Jalmerson, presses him to the glass; the puck skitters on its edge and can be played further for Chris Versteeg. So in deep it's Backstrom away from Versteeg, taken on by Niskanen. Kept alive by Johnny Oduya, played and shifted across, handled there and drilled back ahead by Altman. Jalmerson there, and then back ahead for Richards, who gives up to Kane. Patrick Kane with a shot turned aside by Holtby. Oduya hands it across and Jalmerson takes over there. Three and a quarter minutes to go in this period. The shots are 24-21 in favor of the Blackhawks. Floated down, Versteeg drives after it. But it will be icing. So Oduya. Versteeg was looking. Kept by Green. Moving in, Light. Taken by Jalmerson. Fed along near Kane. But knifed back by Ward. So here's Fair. He got the first one, and icing is called. Jeff Carter, Jerry Hart, Bobby Holik, Gary Holt, Dave Hunter, CJ Young, Dave Silk, Devin Setoguchi, Phil Roberto, Betsy Ross, Paul Revere, Merrill Davis, the gold medal figure skater who saw the Red Wings play the Capitals, Sam Flood II, all having birthdays on New Year's Day. Congratulations to all of them. That's a big one for Sam Flood Jr., 21, Huh, Doc? Yes. And the operative word is Sam. This is taken back ahead now for control by Sharp. Sharp with a shot that knuckleballed off Green and had to be blocked aside by Holtby. And then a feed in front, Holtby got a piece of that one. On to the back now for Roosevelt. Then on to Sharp and a drive. And the stick failed. Held by Rundblad. Roosevelt with it there. And then along now to Sharp. Pushed around behind. Wanting to get there is Bickell. Nudged it on back for Rundblad again. Toe-dragging, Then a shot, And that one was fought off and then covered by Braden Holtby. Jim was pointing out earlier that the fans in the sun are probably enjoying the look back down. And the sun glare is not nearly so bad, but you do feel sorry for anyone playing left field here because of the sunshine that we noticed today. There's a different trajectory, Of course, in baseball season as Keith is playing this one along. But you would need the glasses for that. Karl Alzner can lend you some. Played back in now for Orpik. Orpik able to whip one along that Carlson can knock down. Worked on now for Johansson, But that skittered on to Keaton. He's got an open man Kruger to bash it back in. The probing continues, trying to break this two-all tie. 100 seconds to go in the second. Good battle there, And wheeling it was Kruger, but taking over and playing it back up the Capitals. It's Johansson nudging on, and Carlson brings it ahead. Here's Carlson, A shot, and an answer there by Crawford, and it's a scramble in the front, and then it is carried back out again by Ben Smith. Nudged on to Carcillo, jammed it on his backhand back in, and went in after it along with Harvey. Roll block on him as it's played off by Troy Brouwer. Stanley Cup winner in Chicago, playing for Washington. Troy Brouwer got To center, Touched away by Oduya, Followed up by Brouwer yet again, And tucked right back along, Past Johansson and along to Hjalmarsson. Jonathan Toews tried to finesse it through to Saad, who's rammed by Latta, and it's controlled back out by Hjalmarsson in the final minute of the second. Hjalmarsson across, Trouble for Toews, but he's able to rescue it behind the net in the circle. Jonathan Toews, Captain of the Hawks, dropped it back for Hossa to take, left it behind, so the Caps will take over. That caught the skates of the official. The Blackhawks are in the middle of a little bit of a cycle offensively. Fed onto the back where it is nicely circled by Saad. A finesse pass across and the shot ricocheted wide. Centering round as they work it for Hossa. Hossa is nicely able to step off the boards with it, but then loses control and it's Ovechkin feeding it back up. Backstrom has Ovechkin driving to the net; he puts on the brakes. Leads it to the back. Niskanen with a shot. Tucking attempt in front by Jonathan Toews at the side of the cage. Seven seconds to go in the period. Brooks Orpik to take over there and is able to dip behind the net, Chew up the remaining seconds of the second period. Forty minutes have been played. 48 shots taken. And only four have gone in. A beautiful play by Nicklas Backstrom. He had players going to the net, and he was looking for that second and third wave. It ended up being Matt Niskanen. He had a terrific shot. Instead of shooting the puck, he actually tried to make the pass to Alexander Ovechkin and Jay Beagle, who had gone to the net. A nice play there from Backstrom. He has shot a lot of them. Seven so far of his team's total of 26, and one has gone. And our memories continue to be made here in Washington with a 2-2 after two tie. No carryover", "title": "NHL_Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals January 1st 2015", "category": null, "start_time": 4684.6900000000005, "end_time": 4714.6900000000005, "qa": []}