GAMEDAY LIVE: Returning From Break
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2019
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Rob Carlin is joined by the Voices of the Capitals Joe Beninati and John Walton as the Capitals prepare to host Calgary after their long layoff.
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| 0:00.0 | I almost forget what this looks like. |
| 0:19.2 | Hockey players on ice, on a game day. |
| 0:22.6 | It's been so long. |
| 0:24.0 | That's Christian Juice. |
| 0:25.6 | Back out practicing. |
| 0:27.4 | I think he's going to play. |
| 0:28.4 | I don't know exactly when he'll play again for the Caps, |
| 0:30.6 | but it is a great sign to see him back out on the ice with the team as we welcome you to Caps game day live. |
| 0:37.9 | Presented by your Washington, D.C. area, GMC dealers. It is a game day. As the Caps get back to work today, |
| 0:43.5 | the open of a six-game homestand against a really good Calgary Flame Squad tonight. |
| 0:49.4 | I'm Rob Carlin. That's Joe Beninotti, John Walton as well, getting you ready for the puck drop |
| 0:53.9 | tonight at 7 o'clock at Capitol 1 Arena. So let's start with our big thought as we get back to work now. |
| 1:00.4 | You just referenced how good Calgary is, best in the West. And that is a tremendous surprise for Bill Peters and his boys. But they've been playing so good for so long. My big thought has to deal with how the Washington Capitals will deal with |
| 1:12.2 | them. And to do so properly, I think you have to make this game all about defense. Yeah, I know |
| 1:18.4 | you're not going to have Alex Ovechkin the NHL's goal scoring champion, so that only contributes to my thought |
| 1:23.2 | process. This has to be all about defense tonight. You have to structurally play the right way. |
| 1:28.8 | I know all of you are going to be talking about playing the right way, in some way, shape, or form |
| 1:32.5 | throughout these next 20, 25 minutes or so. But for me, playing the right way has to begin with |
| 1:37.5 | defense, especially against a team that scores in bunches like Calgary will. Washington was able |
| 1:43.1 | to get the better of the flames at Scotia Bank Saddle Dome back in October. They did so in a 4-3 shootout win. I don't want the score to be anywhere near 4-3 tonight. I'd love to see the Caps win a 2-1 game. It would make me feel better on so many levels. First to get the win, second to play well defensively. Defensively of late, it's been miserable around here. |
| 2:01.8 | That has to stop. |
| 2:03.1 | And the point about the Calgary Flames, just a fun illustration of where they are right now as a team. |
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