GDT: "Quoth The Raven" - Nashville @ Washington, 9/20/11 in Baltimore, Preds win 2-0!!!

[worstfaceoffmanever]

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	Nashville	2010-11 Statistics Leaders	Washington
23	Sergei Kostitsyn	Goals	Alexander Ovechkin	32
35	Ryan Suter	Assists	Alexander Ovechkin	53
50	Kostitsyn, Martin Erat	Total Points	Alexander Ovechkin	85
7	Martin Erat	Power Play Goals	Ovechkin, Mike Knuble	7
17	Weber (6G, 11A), Suter (1G, 16A)	Power Play Points	Alexander Ovechkin	24
2	David Legwand	Shorthanded Goals	Seven Players	1
2	David Legwand	Shorthanded Points	Brooks Laich	3
265	Patric Hornqvist	Shots on Goal	Alexander Ovechkin	367
24.7%	Sergei Kostitsyn	Shooting Percentage (Min. 1 S/G)	Mathieu Perreault	17.1%
83	Shane O'Brien	Penalty Minutes	Matt Hendricks	110
+20	Ryan Suter	Plus-Minus	Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom	+24
211	Shea Weber	Hits	Alexander Ovechkin	241
173	Kevin Klein	Blocked Shots	John Carlson	160
61	Kevin Klein	Giveaways	John Carlson	80
62	Shea Weber	Takeaways	Nicklas Backstrom	73
+20	Jerred Smithson	Turnover Differential	Nicklas Backstrom	+31
578	Jerred Smithson	Faceoffs Won	Nicklas Backstrom	690-625
57.4%	Jerred Smithson	Faceoff Percentage (min. 100)	Jay Beagle	55.2%
25:19	Shea Weber	Time On Ice/Game	Mike Green	25:11
64	Pekka Rinne	Starts	Michal Neuvirth	45
33	Pekka Rinne	Wins	Michal Neuvirth	27
2.12	Pekka Rinne	GAA	Braden Holtby	1.79
.930	Pekka Rinne	Save Percentage	Braden Holtby	.934
3789	Pekka Rinne	Minutes Played	Michal Neuvirth	2689

Nashville	Injury	Report
Mike Fisher	Shoulder	Out
Roman Josi	Upper Body	Doubtful
Nick Spaling	Groin, Shoulder	Out
Ben Ryan	Foot	Out
Francis Bouillon	Concussion	Out

(No clue on Washington injuries.)

Washington	Projected	Lineup
Ovechkin	Johansson	Knuble
Laich	Backstrom	Semin
Galiev	Eakin	Bourque
King	Beagle	Mitchell
Alzner		Green
McNeill		Collins
Wellar		Flemming
	Neuvirth
	Anderson

Nashville Projected Lineup:

Nashville	Media Coverage	Washington
WRPT-FM 102.5	Radio	WFED-AM 1500
Fox Sports Tennessee	Television	NBC Sports Washington

[Everlong]

Wooo, feels good to have a GDT. First look at Weber, Suter and Rinne this year. They'll have a tough test tonight. I hope Beck is in the lineup.

I was thinking about driving down to Baltimore to see this game. 8 hours I think it is from Toronto. I'd have to take a day off work aswell. Decided to pass, I'll hopefully see them in Detroit this year which is only 3 hrs.

[brs03]

Caps lineup, based on morning skate, might look something like the following:

8 Alex Ovechkin - 90 Marcus Johansson - 22 Mike Knuble
21 Brooks Laich - 19 Nicklas Backstrom - 28 Alexander Semin
49 Stan Galiev - 50 Cody Eakin - 56 Chris Bourque
17 D.J. King - 83 Jay Beagle - 76 Garrett Mitchell

27 Karl Alzner - 52 Mike Green
68 Brett Flemming - 62 Sean Collins
46 Patrick McNeill - 41 Patrick Wellar

30 Michael Neuvirth
78 Brandon Anderson

[KevFist]

Looks like I'll be finding a stream for this one tonight. FSS has college football and SpSo has Major League Baseball.

[crumpy]

Originally Posted by BroFist

Looks like I'll be finding a stream for this one tonight. FSS has college football and SpSo has Major League Baseball.

Not televised so there will not be a stream :-(

[SLake]

The Preds radio feed will be live on 102.5 FM tonight.

[SavageSteve]

Originally Posted by SLake

The Preds radio feed will be live on 102.5 FM tonight.

Are there going to be any games that will use the jumbotron feed on the website like was done w/ a preseason game the Preds played w/ Carolina last year? I actually kind of enjoyed that sans having a real tv feed!!

[ChibiPooky]

Originally Posted by worstfaceoffmanever

Nashville Projected Lineup:

Which Predator is named Susan?

[AtlantaWhaler]

Originally Posted by ChibiPooky

Which Predator is named Susan?

Bergfor's nickname. Hopefully he toughens up this season.

[ChibiPooky]

Originally Posted by AtlantaWhaler

Bergfor's nickname. Hopefully he toughens up this season.

Lol. On a related note, the game is at 7pm EDT (which I guess is 6pm EST). But yeah, 7pm tonight on the east coast, 6pm in Nashville.

[AtlantaWhaler]

Preds Roster

2 Teemu Laakso
6 Shea Weber
10 Martin Erat
15 Craig Smith
16 Cal O’Reilly
17 Chris Mueller
18 Niclas Bergfors
20 Ryan Suter
21 Zack Stortini
24 Matt Halischuk
25 Jerred Smithson
28 Kyle Wilson
33 Colin Wilson
42 Mattias Ekholm
49 Ryan Ellis
53 Jeffrey Foss
56 Taylor Beck
57 Gabriel Bourque
58 Juuso Puustinen
59 Roman Josi
63 Jani Lajunen
65 Ryan Thang
89 Tyler Sloan

NO. GOALTENDER
30 Jeremy Smith
35 Pekka Rinne

[I Will Son]

Good to see that Josi is in. Excited for tonight.. Do anyone think we see our first cuts after tonight?

[braindead]

Another hachet job that is a few years late to the party was featured in some crappy online Baltimore rag, here:

http://baltimoresportsreport.com/tag...ngton-capitals

I shouldn't give him the publicity but the knucklehead that wrote it appears to be reading and responding to responses, the d******.

[SLake]

Originally Posted by AtlantaWhaler

Preds Roster

2 Teemu Laakso
6 Shea Weber
10 Martin Erat
15 Craig Smith
16 Cal O’Reilly
17 Chris Mueller
18 Niclas Bergfors
20 Ryan Suter
21 Zack Stortini
24 Matt Halischuk
25 Jerred Smithson
28 Kyle Wilson
33 Colin Wilson
42 Mattias Ekholm
49 Ryan Ellis
53 Jeffrey Foss
56 Taylor Beck
57 Gabriel Bourque
58 Juuso Puustinen
59 Roman Josi
63 Jani Lajunen
65 Ryan Thang
89 Tyler Sloan

NO. GOALTENDER
30 Jeremy Smith
35 Pekka Rinne

Originally Posted by I Will Son

Good to see that Josi is in. Excited for tonight.. Do anyone think we see our first cuts after tonight?

Josi is still out. He will not play tonight and didn't skate today.

Have burgers on the grill, will be back in a few minutes to post the lines from practice this morning...

[SLake]

Predators lineup for tonight:
#15 Craig Smith - #16 Cal O'Reilly - #10 Martin Erat
#33 Colin Wilson - #17 Chris Mueller - #18 Niclas Bergfors
#57 Gabriel Bourque - #28 Kyle Wilson - #68 Ryan Thang
#21 Zack Stortini - #63 Jani Lajunen - #56 Taylor Beck

#20 Ryan Suter - #6 Shea Weber
#2 Teemu Laakso - #42 Mattias Ekholm
#49 Ryan Ellis - #89 Tyler Sloan

#35 Pekka Rinne
#30 Jeremy Smith

Blake Geoffrion was the in the lineup originally distributed, but was scratched after being held out of practice this morning. Geoffrion had his wrist stepped on in last night's game...

[ChibiPooky]

For a second there I thought it said "No goaltender". Would be exciting hockey.

[I Will Son]

Originally Posted by SLake

Josi is still out. He will not play tonight and didn't skate today.

Have burgers on the grill, will be back in a few minutes to post the lines from practice this morning...

Bummer, I hope it was just a freak accident and that he isnt badly hurt. I hope he isnt made of Glass like some ppl already think

[AtlantaWhaler]

It's looking like he's got a real uphill battle for one of those spots now.

[Everlong]

Wish Beck got some better linemates . Oh well, can't be picky, it's preseason.

The O'Reilly should be doing the heavy lifting tonight. Happy to see Cal back.

[AtlantaWhaler]

Apparently, the ice quality there is terrible.

Edit: Whoa...Here's a tweeted pic...

[Panopticon]

Originally Posted by AtlantaWhaler

Apparently, the ice quality there is terrible.

Edit: Whoa...Here's a tweeted pic...

What? Someone's gonna get hurt over there. Can't believe the Caps would let Ovechkin play on that.

[Stranger]

That Preds forward group is almost as bad as that ice.

[Everlong]

Originally Posted by Stranger

That Preds forward group is almost as bad as that ice.

Hey now...that ice has feelings.

[Viqsi]

Originally Posted by AtlantaWhaler

Apparently, the ice quality there is terrible.

Edit: Whoa...Here's a tweeted pic...

Dear G-d almighty.

[BigFatCat999]

Claim on twitter is that the cracks are 'below the surface'