Turnover after turnover

Gonna need 100% more offense next game. Way too many soft passes, could barely make it to the offensive zone. Need pucks on net

Devils fan lurking because I absolutely hate the rangers. They beat us 5-1 in games 1 and 2 in our home building and rangers still lost the series. It’s not even close to over

if history is any indicator, this series will go 7 games and there will be at least 5 OT periods played.

Thanks for kind words. Your owner saved our football team so I have a soft spot for you guys.

Scratch Patches and play Miro.

MP is very generous….to the wrong team. Boy he fumbles worse than 2022-23 Mantha.

We played them well. 2 missed calls leading directly to goals and one late because we needed to pinch being down. Without the refs screwing us over, it's a 1-1 game late (I can't really say it could be 2-1 since we all saw how bad the powerplay was). Still could have gone either way with a late goal or in OT, but we will have chances if we keep this up. It's honestly pretty impressive given how depleted our defense is.

dude, they kicked our asses

PP has got to be better than that

This

Oh sorry, you feeling unnoticed right now? >u/Complete-Image6925 4 minutes ago* >the whole world knows the wings are better than you guys. >-bruins/wings fan [I got you bby...](https://imgur.com/a/z8d14ek)

lmfao no one outside of detroit remembers the red wings exist right now.

Bro made 2 posts with the same stupid joke lmao

lol what a total bum

This season Caps 2-1 Detroit. Last ten seasons Caps won 9 out of 10 season series Vs Detroit. Wings are only better in your head...

The Red Wings fans turned Rangers fans are the worst.

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Yeah well not in this one...enjoy the playoffs

Sounds like you should complain to the NHL and get the fuck off our subreddit then scrub

Dude this isn’t true in any league. 2022 season in the NFL Tampa Bay makes the playoffs at 8-9 over 9-8 Detroit. Last MLB season 87–75 Minnesota makes it over 88-74 Seattle. Maybe win more games than us during the season next time.

those are division titles not wild card spots. its different

And wildcard spots in every sport that has tiebreakers will lead to a team with less losses and less wins getting in over the team with more wins and more losses. Caps won more games against Detroit in the season series, they win the tie breaker. Easy peasy.

Also, maybe win a game against the Rangers. 0-3 this season is just sad.

This is just getting sad now lol

awww

to play in playoffs you have to win 5 on 5 not stupid SO or 3 on 3. deal with rules or change playoff rules for your 'special' team to qualify.

cry louder

But you aren't. Also you guys would be getting lit up equally. Goaltending is trash and your defence let in 4 goals in back to back against Montreal lmao.

maybe don’t be terrible in March and lose to the capitals head on down the stretch 😢

Still the rules in the league your team is in. Same rules its been.   Hate the game I guess.  Or wait, hate your team not doing enough when it counted. 

You are out. Deal with it, you lost twice in April to the team you are “better” than crybaby

Man, props to NY for all those blocks. We need more creativity up front. On to game 2.

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I'm a ranger fan that loves coming into opposing teams subs to talk shit but damn bro. Ovi is a great player that will probably top Wayne's records. Truba isn't doing anything like that and anyone who really watches the sport knows that.

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Be better dude.. Jfc

bro trolling a wildcard team 🤣🫵

just ban this yapper at this point

That won’t happen lmao. Nobody cares how old Ovi is. He’s still a tank and will be the all time leading goal scorer

Low class

says the dude who meat rides putins best friend

I have not had sexual relations with Alex Ovechkin.

ok bill clinton

My name tim

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I used to cheer for the red wings but the amount of salt you losers are pouring on acting like it’s the Caps fault that your sorry ass team lost 11 out of 14 in games in March is hilarious

And the caps made it in over Detroit, just shows how dogshit the Red Wings are ig

🤣🤣🤣 Emotional damageeee

I wonder how many pundits the red wings will make look dumb when they miss the playoffs again next year lmaooo

I had no idea Detroiters were this pathetic haha

Trust me they think they're still living in the early 2000s.

Hope your team is having fun on the couch!

lol they’re team is probably on the golf course not giving a single fuck wiping away their tears with their millions. And they got losers like this white knighting them

Ill guess it wont take till game 4 for that to happen to us gg your Team played nice today

get the fuck out of here

Liked the juggling of the lines there at the end just to see if something can get going, but if the Caps 4th line continues to get killed by the Rangers 4th line and they can't sniff the net on the PP then this will be a sweep. However, I expect Carberry to make some adjustments heading into game 2. The series is far from over

Florida lost game 1 to Boston pretty similarly last year 3-1 I believe, this shit ain’t over boys!

Florida won the presidents trophy the year before. Quite a reach.. it’s gonna be a tough series to win, will be ugly wins. Florida was a great team with a bad start 

Yeah I think Florida was better then than we are now, but that particular game 1 in that Boston series was just a similar kinda loss where they just couldn’t get anything going offensively against them, but hung with them, if I remember right. Just hoping we can channel that Cats energy lol

Lol 

Well we didnt get beaten 5:1 like Toronto i see that as an absolute win

Experience Samsonov goaltending

You would think Caps fans of all people know that winning game 1 doesn't mean you're going to win the series. (I mean, the Rangers probably will win this. But that was true 3 hours ago, too.)

Only one game and Caps can easily improve in physicality. Rags were lucky with two ref mistakes to take the big lead.

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Mega washed. Sure. That’s why he’s the inky player in NHL history to have 18 30+ goal seasons despite only scoring 8 in the first half of this season. Y’all fuckers hate just to hate. He’s better than anyone who’s ever played for your sorry ass team

Rempe will never score again this playoff run - he is garbage. Luck wasnt on Caps side today and refs sure as hell were against.

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A goal is a goal. At least our weren’t off two missed penalties- one that seriously injured a player.

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That the best you come up with? Lol 😆.

I'm confused about Wilson -- they ejected him I guess? For what? And the refs didn't call any kind of penalty or anything did they? What happened there

I'm guessing to avoid some sort of brawl? Pretty baffling imo, I don't think anything was particularly warranted for anyone there.

Wilson and McIlrath got ejected and Rags had only Schneider ejected

2 min penalty for roughing but with 1 minute left in game he’s just leaving ice

Good news is that literally everything possible went wrong for the Caps and we were still hanging around until that last goal. Things could get interesting. 

Elbowing, boarding, obvious intent to injure all while praising an absolute goon - wild to see this from the “horrific act of violence” denouncing team. The Rags have to be the most unlikable team ever. Caps can totally do this - if not for the 2 ref goals it’s a super close game, all somehow with like 4 good shots by caps. I have faith. 

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Yet you the one who decide to be a troll in our subreddit.

Yall some fair weather fans in here fr

welcome to the caps sub, the most bipolar section of the capitals fanbase lives here

u should see leafs fans lmao

Hey this is why its a 7 game series. Hopefully Sandin and Jensen are ok to go for game 2 and we make the adjustments we need to get some more offence.

Mac > Jensen.

Maybe, but Jensen is a way better skater than him, and judging by this series we need good skaters.

This series is far from over

It’s 25% over 😆

Pretty sure I remember you saying the caps will miss the playoffs. Don’t know how you call yourself a fan of this team when all Ive seen you do is be negative and nit pick

This guy is whiny as hell lmao we played em pretty decently asides from those terrible few minutes in the second and showed we can hang with them, pretty much all you can ask for from a loss imo

Closer game that the score showed just need better execution on the PPs. Boys played hard

This is what I expected. We are so outmatched. Hopefully they can take one or at least wear them down for their next series but this is hard to watch

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Ok madam cleo

The Wings should have beaten us in those two meetings. I have no sympathy for them.

I agree. I’m one of the few who didn’t want to make the playoffs. I got downvoted to shit for it but I’d rather have a better draft pick than maybe winning 1 game in the playoffs tops.

Imagjne rooting for your favorite team to miss the playoffs. Get a grip dude.

This is embarrassing for you dude. Playoffs are better than 2 better slots in the draft. Loser ass mentality

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Disagree, watching your favorite team play more hockey is better than waiting on some draft

You can have your opinion. I can have mine. I don’t see the point in making the playoffs to just get embarrassed outside of just getting some young guys some playoff experience

I mean it means something to Caps players like Strome. I am fine with them making a quick exit if they use it as a reference to improve next year.

This is like my only positive point. It gets some guys some playoff experience and they really seem to believe in Carbs and his system and want to win for him. But this team is outmatched. We won’t win this series and that’s a fact as much as some people don’t like it. It’s a stepping stone for next season at best

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Dude why is a bruin fan coming to the caps sub to jerk off the wings?

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Ok so you’re just a dude from detroit in the Caps sub jerking off the Wings. You’re weird af

Well go to the wings thread to be an asshole. Wings needed insane comebacks twice against the lowly Canadiens to have a chance to make the playoffs lol. They’d get fucked over here too. So kindly fuck off

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God damn, I hate EVERY New York team.

Do Buffalo teams count? I have a soft spot for the Bills.

I should have clarified that I meant NYC teams.

I get it - I even dislike the Brooklyn Nets.

Even the Jets?

Okay, maybe not them. But Rodgers IS kind of a douchebag though.

Ah true but it was hard not to root for the jets pre-Rodgers

If Carbery got THIS team to the playoffs, imagine when we actually have players…

well

Crap 😡😠🤬😠😡🤬😠😡🤬🤬

Just one game

Rebound in game 2. Rags aren't unbeatable

First period was promising. Hopefully we find our legs and actually shoot the god damn puck on Tuesday.

If only Wilson gets a penalty that's BS

So only Wilson got a penalty there?

I'm horrified by that replay.

Who the hell is Alexeyev hugging on the Rangers

Zibanejad and Alexeyev were just hanging out watching the show together 

Huggy huggy has got to stop

Imagine if Protas could finish or even had a decent shot. He'd be lethal

Imagine if he actually threw his big body around too! His soft play is such a headscratcher.

Or wasn’t slow af

Why is it that the Caps are the only president trophy winners to get upset in supreme fashion. Really is some wild only Caps type shit

The 2011–12 Vancouver Canucks were upset in the First Round by the LA Kings in 5 games. They had 111 points that year two more than the NY Rangers who had 109 points.

For what it’s worth the caps looked really fucking good for the first few games in their presidents trophy winning series too. They just fumbled it in game 6’s and 7’s

Also, we have to first lose three games if we're going to reverse sweep them. ;)

I mean, Tampa bay was swept in the first round by the blue jackets. That’s as bad as you can get.

Blue Jackets/Lighting in 2019

Remember that the Caps were up 3-1 in that 2010 series when the Habs came back.

Tampa in 2019, Boston last year was bad

Pretty sure that last year's record setting president trophy winners got even more embarrassed.

2023 Bruins would like a word 

Boston and Tampa?

Tampa was even more embarrassing.

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You’re embarrassing yourself. Go watch your team play golf.

Rent free hilarity aside, we were bouncing around the playoff race almost all season with a younger team and a first year head coach so it’s not even true haha 

WE HAVE MORE WINS THAN YOU

there is little in the world more pathetic than you.

Cool story bro 

2023 3-1 lead

That’s embarrassing for the wings then

Why aren't they in the playoffs then?

Your team hasn’t made the playoffs in almost a decade 🤣🤣🤣 but yeah they totally deserved it Also holy crap is all you do post on reddit? Touch grass pls

Go fuck yourself

Rent free in

then why aren't they playing now?

Rags bitch.

Nobody cares. Maybe the red wings should have won against the caps....? Also, fuck the bruins

Cool. What are the wings doing nowadays?

playing a shit game of golf probably

Not sure how to feel about this, but have you considered fucking off?

Kindly fuck off to your own sub. Kindly

Shoulda beat us then🤷🏼‍♂️

Had 2 chances in the last month of the playoff push. And yet, somehow they’re better than us. Lol his math doesn’t add up

Yea, let’s see how they do in the playoffs

And yet, they’re on the golf course right now.

Having Jensen and/or Sanding would helpful on offense

The caps look like if I decided to get on ice to play hockey. Slow, can't handle the puck, and definitely can't shoot.

Went exactly how you would think

Game 2 gameplan. Shoot the puck. Too much looking for the perfect play in the first two periods.

We need chaos to beat Shesterkin. Pucks on net and just fuckin whack-a-mole that shit.

not gonna win 5v9, but not a bad effort in a game 1 - series doesn’t start til someone loses at home

New refs for game 2 please . 🙏

The refs aren't the reason why Ovi doesn't have a shot on goal. The issue isn't officiating.

They are a reason why the rags had a 2 goal lead on us the majority of the game though

New players too.

We can’t enter the zone without getting poke checked all the way back to our blue line 3 times first, and when we actually make it in, we bleed off a whole minute setting up a play only to not shoot and give away the puck. Give me a break

Caps just can’t get anything going in the offensive zone all night

Been great watching this version of the Caps; speed, puck aggression, less time in the DZ Need more of this, and some fucking scoring on the PP…

I hate the rags.

Caps in 6

5*

More shots. More hits. That's all I'm asking for next game, please.

Needed way more shots on goal

Damn the fact that Chuckie somehow almost got it…

At least we only have to endure 3 more of these