{"id":2719,"date":"2007-11-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/11\/caps-lose-but-at-least-there-was-more-scoring-than-mnf.html"},"modified":"2007-11-27T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-27T11:00:00","slug":"caps-lose-but-at-least-there-was-more-scoring-than-mnf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/11\/caps-lose-but-at-least-there-was-more-scoring-than-mnf\/","title":{"rendered":"Caps lose, but, at least there was more scoring than MNF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/11\/26\/AR2007112602045.html?hpid=sec-sports\"><b>Speedy Sabres Curtail Caps&#8217; Modest Streak<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212; <\/span>Last night was my first Capitals game of the 2007-2008 season and my first visit to the Verizon Center since the new HD screen was added &#8211; it is as good as advertised. It was also the first time I had seen the new uniforms in person and they are great. The Capitals look like the Capitals again.<\/p>\n<p>Having won two exciting games in a row on consecutive days prior to taking yesterday off, I was figuring that our Nation&#8217;s Capitals might not be firing on all cylinders. I was right, outside of winning most of the faceoffs (61% it turns out) they didn&#8217;t do too much right. Passing was sloppy, shots were not powerful enough and at times they couldn&#8217;t get out of their own way. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Alex Semin<\/span>, who has been out of the lineup with a sprained ankle, wasn&#8217;t playing too well and probably needs to sit more. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Michael Nylander<\/span> didn&#8217;t play well either. While Washington was technically successful on penalty kills, two of Buffalo&#8217;s three goals came right after the Sabers powerplay ended. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Alex Ovechkin<\/span> scored the Caps only goal off of his own rebound. It was pretty sweet.<\/p>\n<p>Since my group had a block of tickets, we all got vouchers for free Caps caps bringing the total of my ticket and hat to $21, a good deal. I think most people in the group had never been to a Capitals game before and they seemed to enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, I think that was the best Mites on Ice game I&#8217;d ever seen, with Red scoring off the faceoff on a breakaway and White getting off a lot of shots.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/article\/20071127\/SPORTS04\/111270078\/1005\"><b>Capitals&#8217; mistakes prove costly<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. 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