Caps Playoff Anxiety Meter (for Game 2)
Alex Ovechkin (Caps Outsider)
1st 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 19th 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.
2nd 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 30th 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
3rd 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!