Caps Playoff Anxiety Meter (for Game 2)

Alex Ovechkin (Caps Outsider)

1^st Period:

20:00 left – Anxiety level  8/10

Just stay out of the box and let Braden Holtby do his thing and we’ll be good.

7:30 left – Anxiety level 8/10

Ha.

Ovi put Schenn over the boards pic.twitter.com/6fMCzgEsni

— Sons of Penn (@SonsofPenn) April 16, 2016

6:00 left – Anxiety level 5/10

GOOOAAAAALLLL. Comcast SportsNet informs me the Caps were 34-2-2 when scoring first. Nats up 3-0 on the Phillies too.

Carlson puts the #Caps on the board first late in the 1st #CapsFlyers 1-0 with 5 mins left in the 1st pic.twitter.com/3CjPrBAjY9

— meh Caps (@CapitalsHill) April 16, 2016

3:00 left – Anxiety level 9/10

Flyers on the 5-on-3. Was that their 19^th shot of the period? Isn’t that already what they had in game 1?

Braden Holtby might be good pic.twitter.com/aQsmvxhFJ8

— Sons of Penn (@SonsofPenn) April 16, 2016

2:00 left – Anxiety 7/10

5-on-3 killed. Verizon Center sounds deafening. Bravo to Holtby and the penalty killers.

2^nd Period:

20:00 left – Anxiety 7/10

Has a team ever been shutout for an entire series?

17:00 left – Anxiety 5/10

GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL. Separated groin or not, I could make that save (I think).

Chimera scores on a fluky goal from mid-ice #CapsFlyers 2-0 pic.twitter.com/0KxhY0WMsh

— meh Caps (@CapitalsHill) April 17, 2016

10:00 left – Anxiety 8/10

There goes the no-hitter, er I mean, shutout. Holtby nearly saved that too.

Vorachek scores #CapsFlyers 2-1 in the 2nd pic.twitter.com/G0UAqOxU6Q

— meh Caps (@CapitalsHill) April 17, 2016

8:00 left – Anxiety 9/10

HOLTBEAST. Holtby’s save on Brayden Schenn keeps the lead. Flyers bench was practically celebrating. Oy vey, this is getting stressful. Was that their 30^th shot already?

2:30 left – Anxiety 6/10

OVIIIIIIIIIII. Giant exhale. Lead back up to 2.

Ovechkin with a PP goal #CapsFlyers 3-1 in the 2nd pic.twitter.com/VvC9Jkt2Oq

— meh Caps (@CapitalsHill) April 17, 2016

3^rd Period:

20:00 left – Anxiety 7/10

20 more minutes until the worst-case scenario is a 2-2 series tie for game 5.

14:00 left – Anxiety 7/10

Too early to give Holtbeast the Conn Smythe?

Pulled my groin making this GIF #TMI pic.twitter.com/kCx8rmA7DE

— meh Caps (@CapitalsHill) April 17, 2016

7:30 left – Anxiety 6/10

BOOOOOOOOOM. Mike Richards flattens Nick Cousins. Any relation to Kirk?

#richardshit pic.twitter.com/kmTWZD9Qw0

— meh Caps (@CapitalsHill) April 17, 2016

2:00 left – Anxiety 2/10,

That’ll do pig. Nicky has us up 4-1.

Backstrom scores #CapsFlyers 4-1 pic.twitter.com/28X44aVKgA

— meh Caps (@CapitalsHill) April 17, 2016

00:00 left 

Pack some brooms for the trip to Philly, we’re going for the sweep!