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The game so far - Caps/Flyers Game 5

1-0 Caps after 1 on a PP goal by Nicklas Backstrom after he connects with Alexander Semin, who is having a phenomenal game today thus far.  He’s earning every scoring chance he gets, he’s standing up for his teammates, he’s getting physical, and he’s not being too fancy with the puck.

Speaking of physical - this team is hitting everything in white right now.  I hope they keep it up…

…and they did through the 2nd.  Nice goal by Sergei Fedorov.  But the Caps go down 2 men on a soft holding call on Fedorov, and the Flyers cashed in.  Alex Ovechkin had much better scoring chances this period, and the Caps are still winning the battles to the puck.  

The third is a different story.  They allowed the Flyers to get back into the game, especially with the spread on the shot total.  SovSport was right — Alexander Semin stepped it up big time and scored what ended up being the game-winner.

It wasn’t perfect, but like the guys at 37signals would say, it was good enough.

The Caps went all in, and the Flyers folded.  The Caps will have to do that again in Game 6.

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One Response to “The game so far - Caps/Flyers Game 5”

  1. bethanym85 Says:
    April 19, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    I was at the Reds game so I missed this game, but I was so happy to see that Feds scored (I kept updating the score on my phone) I just hope that the Caps can get it done in game 6 and take it to game 7 at home and finish it up.

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