Good game!

Now we get to see how Vegas responds with the pressure to win on them . I'm sure they don't want to go home down 3 - 1 in the series .

Yeah, good test. They really haven't had to deal with adversity at all in the playoffs. Do they respond or fold?

Caps seemed to have figured out how to defend them, and Vegas isn't getting as many quality chances as one would expect. Save for one rather ill-advised play by Holtby :eek: he'd have another shutout.

Awesome game last night. The Caps need to the game plan of 1) banging bodies and physically wearing down the Knights and, 2) staying out of the penalty box.
Holtby has been his best the last few games. Lets see if he can keep going.

Man Vegas can't buy a goal. Their shanks are making Holtby look even better than he is. The Vegas front needs to produce now but they may be stuck in quicksand at this point. Very disappointing final so far.

edit: the Cup deserves better

Well, Caps fans are happy, but I can see where this would be disappointing for about everyone else, especially after pretty exciting first three games. Vegas got some bad breaks and finally just got frustrated, which clearly showed.

Game 5 will likely be more of the same if they start getting bad bounces. They'll come out really strong in the first period like they have all series, and they'll either score and have some wind at their back or fold entirely. I imagine these players come out really fired up at the beginning of each game, but after three shifts (and a couple of heavy hits by Wilson, Ovi, Oshie, etc.) it's probably hard to maintain that intensity.

Here's some trivia: the Caps have blown more 3 - 1 playoff leads (five) than any other major North American sports team :o

For those of you that are old enough remember when Don Merideth on Monday night football would sing " turn out the lights the party's over " I think it may be time to sing :D Washington defense is smothering and Vegas defense not helping Fleury like they have previously . Man how many times has Vegas hit the pipes ??? Sure it's possible for Vegas to come back but it is a HUGE hole they have to climb out of . I am really hoping my prediction of the series ending in 5 games does NOT come true !

When I saw Vegas miss two wide open nets, and I mean literally wide open I figured they were done. MAF is just being left on his own. At times like this it's hard for a goalie to take comfort from the fact that the puck had to get by five other guys before it gets to him. If Vegas closed down low as Washington does and then used their speed to break out it might be different.

Sounds like Vegas has given up

"Gerard Gallant's message sounded a lot like his words from about eight months ago, before the Vegas Golden Knights played their first game.
"The pressure is off us now," the coach said on a conference call Tuesday. "We're going to go out and play and work hard and go have some fun. So we'll see what happens.""

I doubt that Washington will blow a 3-1 lead even though they've done it before.

bump

With nothing to lose and playing free the Knights may just pull off a win tonight . Then who knows what could happen but the Caps are looking VERY strong . I would be OK seeing Ovi hoist the cup .

I agree.

With the Caps playoff history the fans, and hopefully the team, are NOT taking anything for granted. If the Caps lose tonight, there will be some nervousness...and then the pressure may be back on.

Congratulations Washington, you earned it.

Well played game.
Cool to see the stands still full after the Caps win.

Well it looks like this:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1528428556.jpg

has finally turned into this:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1528429020.jpg

And the fans still boo Bettman more than Marchand!

Ovi played well, but so did a bunch of the other players. Oshi looked tough this whole series.

I am glad to see Washington win it.

A good win by the Caps and long overdue but I will say I was disappointed in general about the finals . I was hoping for it to be much closer . But Washington peaked at the right time which is a huge advantage for any team going into the playoffs . Now what am I going to watch on TV ??? :confused: