the end of the road brings the caps to edmonton where wayne gretzky has streets named after him and the great eight hope to shine. on sunday night the balance bunt right. following the leader to a one- goal win. the plus frustration was clear, unhappiness easy to see. tonight they deal with dustin penner. a gusher for the oilers. he s tough, but let s not go overboard on comcast sportsnet. saturday night in the great white north for all of you to see, this evening the capitols come slip slide national league and they welcome to one of the finest frozen ponds in the world. it s great to see you again. i m joe beninati. when we left you in vancouver, the power play was taming blame from yours truly. i wasn t want only one complaining. we just didn t generate anything. we didn t get it set up or do what we were supposed to do. i might have had a bad battle plan when i drew that power play up today. i mean i will have to go back and do some different such. such. craig laugh
tis the season everyone. hopefully you re back inside and done shoveling for the day. the caps and oilers are scoreless after 20 minutes. what is it, 11:00 home in the east. craig laughlin talking about network hockey. get on the phone and call (443)618-9042. setting up a no obligation for family consultation to talk about nhdt about and what it can do for the kids in the summer. june, july, and august, heavy on and off ice training to make sure you re ready for the best season ever. what did you do talk to an attorney. no obligation family consultation? are you kidding me? break it down on the power play for us. first hold it here. what we are talking about here, a nice triangle. that s when you want to set up on the power play. you have semin down low. it s backstrom. now they again establish puck control. what we are looking at here again is 2d. working the triangle down low. the unfortunate thing is backstrom shoots this way. it s hard to step out and get a shot on
learn more at supportyourvet.org. mealtime was shortenedded by board room baltzs, which left this net minder to get his just deserts. now d.c. lands in montreal. hot bed of hockey tradition. the price was right, eight days ago. tonight, a high-priced fare must be paid on comcast sportsnet. joe: it s a holiday weekend back home. always a party here. comcast sportsnet presents the nhl. this evening the capitals crossing to canada. for a battle against the canadiens who did them wrong last week. so nice to see you again, i m joe beninati along with craig laughlin. the washington capitals are believed to be one of the most exciting teams in the nhl and as time goes by, more and more people are getting more excited about semyon varlamov. craig: joe, a team s success starts between the pipes and the caps have a great young russian net minder right now. semyon says there s three things he wants to accomplish. he wants a stanley cup, he wants to win an olympic gold and he wants
can t wait to get out on that ice. our fans are loud, exciting and very supportive. so it makes it very easy to play in front of. my first couple of years, we got in and we had our faithful fans. it s great but you don t have that rocking, that sound that we had the last couple of years. it gets the guys energized. you can hear the crowd, especially at the end of the game if it s close. bruce has a hard time talking to husband on the bench because it gets so loud. our fans are awesome. we made the playoffs a couple of years ago. our fans were going crazy, one of the louder fans in the league. our fans are the best, i think, in the nhl. they are loud. they are great. i mean they know when to cheer. they are hockey knowledgeable. they heckle the other team a little bit. it s a lot of fun. that s a great atmosphere. they bring a lot of excitement to us on the ice. when we scored four goals, they are he can at that stick in the finance. our fans are unbelievable. it
tuesday they re in gainesville to take on the gators. and then they head to orlando for the old spice classic. and then they hit the road and take on ohio state. they ve got auburn, as well. dan: ohio state is a great match-up. and that will be a very interesting experience for the teams from both the big ten and acc. there s some really good match-ups, michigan state matching up against north carolina, duke and wisconsin, ohio state slash florida state should be a really good game. rich: this is the year that ten is up. but of course you never know. difficult shot. difficult until. reid has the rebound. here comes loucks. snaer in transition. does. mercer has been forced into taking difficult shots or this they have taken difficult shots early in the clock. very hard to have an effect difference offensive game when you re taking nothing but difficult opportunities. rich: 8-51 is mercer. that would be a difficult opportunity. dan: you re absolutely right. close does n