Rangers v.s Capitals

[Mike k]

Did anybody see that game? That was amazing. The shoot out went 15 rounds before Malik of the rangers scored. He put he stick between his legs and flipped it up into the net. One of the best goals i've ever seen. What a game.

[BCrespi]

Oh man, I just got home a little while ago.  Craziest stuff I've ever seen.  Utterly rediculous that a shootout could go on that long.  Luckily for the Rangers Lundquist stood on his head all night as they were definitely outplayed and outshot.  Oh, and man is that Ovechkin good...

[Rich S]

Yep, we went.  Amazing game.  I'm a "hockey purist" as JD likes to say and was against the shootout but I have to admit it was very exciting.

Incredible to see a big defenseman like Malik make that move...Kolzig was mesmerized by the puck-between-the-legs move.

[RichH]

Good timing by me.  Reading this thread, I said..."hey, that's the only team I get!" and just happened to flip it on for the late-night game replay to see the shootout in its 13th round.  Even the Caps' announcers called it "the greatest shootout goal for years to come."

[RazzBaronZ]

What a fantastic goal.  Definitely worth seeing again and again.

The video's up on http://www.nhl.com/highlights/index.html
Only thing is you have to sign up for some free account.  It took me a couple of seconds.

-Alex

[evilnaturedrobot]

Malik's still not worth 2.5 million a year, but damm....that was just silly.

[scoop85]

I too was not in favor of the shootout, but have to admit it has hooked me.  Last night was amazing.  Interesting to see Halpern and Moore turned aside on consecutive shots.

[judy]

urg. damn you comcast for showing nba and forcing a blackout of every other channel showing this game!!!! :-(

[BCrespi]

He is really fantastic with the puck for such a big guy.  I was talking all night about that.  This is really what I was hoping Pokulok would blossom into, and hopefully it will still happen.

[redGrinch]

Arggghhhh!   Olie does a great job, but Lundquist?!  Caps have the shootout video on their page.  They've been very good about posting highlights after every game that CSN televises.  At least it wasn't Moore that won it for them.  I wonder what the rule is with  injuries at the end of the shootout.  Witt had left the game for good.....  wonder if the league had thought about that.... i.e. if it had gotten to round 18, could the Caps have used Ovechkin while the Rangers are on their last skater.
http://boss.streamos.com/qtime/capitals/quicktime/112605_shootout.mov

I wasn't a big fan, but don't mind for the regular season, as long as they don't ever think about doing it for the playoffs.  There's no better time than playoff overtimes, uninterrupted  by commercial breaks.

[evilnaturedrobot]

I still don't like the shootout either, but that was amazing, and that's all you can say about it.

[DeltaOne81]

Well, I'm now convinced that I truly don't like the shootout, and it's not just resistance to change. I watched the whole 15 round video and didn't feel a damn thing, except annoyance that they'd reward a team for a skill competition - and I was trying to like it and thought I would. Instead, whenever the Rangers had a chance to win it with the last shot, "what? they'd get a point for this?"

Not only is it not hockey, but it encourages bad hockey. About 5 or more shooters completely lost control of the puck, or shot it wide, because they were trying to be fancy. Finally, when the guys scored in the 14 round, it was because they STOPPED trying to be fancy and just shot the puck. No, sir, I don't like it.

That said, Malik's move was nuts (you need the NHL video to really see that), and his reaction was priceless. But he probably had a 90% chance of failure to even connect with it. Crazy lucky moves are entertaining, but it's not what hockey is.

Thanks for the learning experience though

[mjh89]

What made the shootout even better was that twice in sudden death, the Caps opened the round with a goal and the Rangers had to score to keep it going, and did both times. And then for Malik to skate back up the ice with such a serious look on his face ... fantastic.

[Beeeej]

It took me a couple of seconds to sign up, but I'm still waiting for the required "confirmation e-mail" fifteen minutes later. :-(

Beeeej

[nr53]

I have a video of a UNH player doing that in the middle of a game, very cool shot