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  • TXHT Opinion – Garnet Hathaway Suspended Three Games

    TXHT Opinion – Garnet Hathaway Suspended Three Games

    On Monday night at Capital One Arena during the final minute of the second period a melee would breakout after Brendan Leipsic would lay down the boom and Chandler Stephenson would grow the Washington Capitals lead to three over the Anaheim Ducks. During this melee would see Garnet Hathaway fight Nick Ritchie, then get tangled with Ducks defender Erik Gudbranson.

     

    While the referee and linesman were trying to untangle the players, Gudbranson would sucker punch Hathaway which would lead Hathaway to spitting on Gudbranson (see tweets above for videos). A decision Hathaway regretted once he realized what he did.

     

    Colin Campbell of the NHL announced yesterday that Hathaway would have a hearing today for his actions towards Gudbranson, however, Gudbranson is not seeing any form of discipline for his sucker punch to Hathaway that led to the spitting from him. It’s also very auspicious that Hathaway is getting a hearing while Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand spent the last two seasons licking opposing players, which is gross, to no disciplinary action outside of a talking to. Both the licking and the spitting can be seen as legitimate health concerns and should be handled accordingly, but yet some how the sucker punch is ok in today’s age of awareness of concussions and mental health, which NHL commissioner Gary Bettman still denies.

     

    So what does Hathaway’s immediate future hold? After going through his hearing with the NHL, Hathaway has been suspended for three games for the incident, and will forfeit, per the CBA, $24,193.53 in salary based on his average annual salary. Hathaway will be able to return to the Capitals lineup on Black Friday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

     

    Three games seems excessive given how Gudbranson received nothing for his sucker punch on Hathaway, and Marchand has never been fined or suspended for licking other players. A fine would have been more suitable for this offense, which is also a first time offense.

     

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  • Game Recap – 11/18/2019 – Anaheim Ducks v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 11/18/2019 – Anaheim Ducks v. Washington Capitals

    Anaheim Ducks (10-9-2 22pts) v. Washington Capitals (15-3-4 34pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Coming off their 3-2 shootout victory against Boston, the Washington Capitals look to build on their momentum against the visiting Anaheim Ducks. In the first period the Capitals would need only 50 seconds to break the tie and take the first lead of the game as Richard Panik would score his first as a Capital off of a beautiful Travis Boyd pass to take the one goal lead. The ducks would get a late powerplay opportunity, but the Capitals would shut them down going into the first intermission.

     

    In the second period the Capitals would get their first powerplay opportunity of the game, and it would be the captain Alex Ovechkin from his office with his 15th of the season to give the Capitals the two goal lead. Theni in the final minute of the period there would be an explosion as Brendan Leipsic would throw his weight around and lay out two heavy hits to discombobulate the Ducks in their own zone and Chandler Stephenson would be the recipient of a Garnet Hathaway pass to take the 3-0 lead, but the goal would be overshadowed with the melee that would ensue as Leipsic would take on three Ducks at the same time the goal was scored and would result in Hathaway and Nick Ritchie to be tossed from the game, and a total of 50 penalty minutes between the two teams.

     

    In the third period after killing off the lone powerplay that would come out of the second period powder keg, the Capitals would strike once again as Jakub Vrana would find his own rebound and bank it past John Gibson to give the Capitals the 4-0 lead. However, on a TJ Oshie double minor for high sticking, the Ducks would strike as Sam Steel would score his first of the season to cut the Capitals lead to three. Nicolas Deslauriers would score to cut the Capitals lead to two, but Tom Wilson would deflect the puck into the empty net to give the Capitals the 5-2 victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Anaheim Ducks:

    Rickard Rakell — Ryan Getzlaf — Max Jones

    Devin Shore — Adam Henrique — Jakob Silfverberg

    Nick Ritchie — Sam Steel — Troy Terry

    Nicolas Deslauriers — Derek Grant — Carter Rowney

    Michael Del Zotto — Cam Fowler

    Josh Mahura — Erik Gudbranson

    Brendan Guhle — Korbinian Holzer

    John Gibson

    Ryan Miller

    Scratched: Ondrej Kase, Jacob Larsson

    Injured: Josh Manson (lower body), Hampus Lindholm (lower body)

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1196575060124827648?s=20

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Richard Panik — Lars Eller — Travis Boyd

    Brendan Leipsic — Chandler Stephenson — Garnet Hathaway

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Radko Gudas

    Jonas Siegenthaler — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Vitek Vanecek

    Scratched: None

    Injured: Nic Dowd (upper body), Carl Hagelin (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    WAS Goal – :50 – Richard Panik (1)  from Travis Boyd (5) and Lars Eller (7)

    WAS Penalty – 18:00 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for Delay of Game

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    ANA Penalty – 6:19 – Carter Rowney 2 minutes for Slashing

    WAS PPG – 6:39 – Alex Ovechkin (15) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (12) and John Carlson (25)

    WAS Goal – 19:26 – Chandler Stephenson (3) from Garnet Hathaway (5)

    WAS Penalty – 19:26 – Garnet Hathaway 5 minute major for Fighting

    WAS Penalty – 19:26 – Garnet Hathaway (Boyd) 10 minute Match Penalty

    WAS Penalty – 19:26 – Brendan Leipsic 4 minutes for Roughing

    ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Erik Gudbranson 2 minutes for Roughing

    ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Erik Gudbranson 10 minute Misconduct

    ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Brendan Guhle 4 minutes for Roughing

    ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Nick Ritchie 5 minute major for Fighting

    ANA Penalty – 19:26 – Nick Ritchie (Game Misconduct)

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    WAS Goal – 5:44 – Jakub Vrana (10) from unassisted

    WAS Penalty – 12:55 – TJ Oshie double minor for High Sticking

    ANA PPG – 13:31 – Sam Steel (1) from Devin Shore (3) and Michael Del Zotto (3)

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1196617677101395968?s=20

    ANA Goal – 18:11 – Nicolas Deslauriers (1) from Rickard Rakell (9) and Ryan Getzlaf (7)

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1196619582519140352?s=20

    WAS Goal – 18:49 – Tom Wilson (9) from John Carlson (26) and Nicklas Backstrom (14)

     

    End of 3rd

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    Next Up:

    Washington (16-3-4 36pts) @ NY Rangers (8-8-2 18pts)

    Anaheim (10-10-2 22pts) @ Florida (10-5-5 25pts)

     

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  • Game Recap – 10/18/2019 – New York Rangers v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 10/18/2019 – New York Rangers v. Washington Capitals

    New York Rangers (2-2-0 4pts) v. Washington Capitals (4-2-2 10pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals host the New York Rangers as they look to end their three game homestand with a possible 4 out 6 standing points, and early in the first period while on the powerplay the Capitals would strike as TJ Oshie would continue to jam at the puck, in front of the net, and due to the scrum would see a Rangers defensemen inadvertently kick the puck into the net to give the Capitals the 1-0 lead. Then 10 minutes later Pavel Buchnevich would strike on a Rangers powerplay to tie the game at one, but the Capitals would strike less than three minutes later as the as the returning Michal Kempny would one time a rebound past Henrik Lundqvist to give the Capitals the 2-1 lead going into the first intermission.

     

    Then early in the second period Nic Dowd would score his first of the season after finding the rebound and shooting it into the wide open net for the 3-1 lead. But late in the period Artemi Panarin would score his third of the season to cut the Capitals lead back to one as the Capitals head into the second intermission with the 3-2 lead.

     

    In the third period the physicality would pick up as both Brendan Smith and Garnet Hathaway would have a fight, but Smith would also get an addition two minutes for cross checking to give the Capitals the powerplay that would see TJ Oshie score his second of the game after he would tip a John Carlson point blast to give the Capitals the 4-2 lead. Then in the final thirty seconds of the game Hathaway would score the empty net goal to secure the Capitals the 5-2 victory over the Rangers.

     

    Lineups:

    New York Rangers:

    Artemi Panarin — Mika Zibanejad — Pavel Buchnevich

    Chris Kreider — Brett Howden — Kaapo Kakko

    Brendan Smith — Ryan Strome — Jesper Fast

    Greg McKegg — Lias Andersson — Micheal Haley

    Brady Skjei — Tony DeAngelo

    Libor Hajek — Jacob Trouba

    Marc Staal — Adam Fox

    Henrik Lundqvist

    Alexandar Georgiev

    Scratched: Brendan Lemieux

    Injured: None

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Carl Hagelin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — Garnet Hathaway

    Brendan Leipsic – Nic Dowd — Chandler Stephenson

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

    Michal Kempny — Radko Gudas

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: Tyler Lewington, Travis Boyd, Martin Fehervary

    Injured: Richard Panik (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    NYR Penalty – 1:09 – Artemi Panarin 2 minutes for Slashing

    WAS PPG – 2:24 – TJ Oshie (5) from unassisted

    NYR Penalty – 4:11 – Brendan Lemieux 5 minute major for Fighting

    WAS Penalty – 4:11 – Radko Gudas 5 minute magor for Fighting

    WAS Penalty – 5:08 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS Penalty – 11:50 – Nicklas Backstrom 2 minutes for Tripping

    NYR PPG – 12:25 – Pavel Buchnevich (1) from Mika Zibanejad (5) and Jacob Trouba (4)

    WAS Goal – 15:16 – Michal Kempny (1) from Alex Ovechkin (4) and John Carlson (12)

    NYR Penalty – 16:23 – Chris Kreider 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 1st – NYR – 1       WAS – 2

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    Second Period:

    WAS Goal – 3:45 – Nic Dowd (1) from Dmitry Orlov (3) and John Carlson (13)

    WAS Penalty Shot – 10:16 – Jakub Vrana – Saved by Lundqvist

    WAS Penalty – 13:16 – Radko Gudas 2 minutes for Holding

    NYR Goal – 16:56 – Artemi Panarin (3) from Chris Kreider (3)

     

    End of 2nd – NYR – 2       WAS – 3

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    Third Period:

    NYR Penalty – 9:20 – Brendan Smith (Artemi  Panarin) 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    NYR Penalty – 9:20 – Brendan Smith 5 minute major for Fighting

    WAS Penalty – 9:20 – Garnet Hathaway 5 minute major for Fighting

    WAS PPG – 10:18 – TJ Oshie (6) from John Carlson (14) and Nicklas Backstrom (6)

    WAS Penalty – 11:42 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Slashing

    NYR Penalty – 15:29 – Libor Hajek 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS ENG – 19:32 – Garnet Hathaway (2) from Carl Hagelin (2)

     

    End of 3rd – NYR – 2       WAS – 5

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    Next Up:

    Washington (5-2-2 12pts) @ Chicago (2-2-1 3pts)

    NY Rangers (2-3-0 4pts) v. Vancouver (4-2-0 8pts)

     

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  • Game Recap – 10/5/2019 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 10/5/2019 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Carolina Hurricanes (1-0-0 2pts) v. Washington Capitals (2-0-0 4pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals look to keep their winning ways going as they play their first game of the season at home against the Carolina Hurricanes. For the majority of the first period the Hurricanes would generate chances against the Capitals, but Braden Holtby would stand tall in net for the Capitals. Then late in the period Garnet Hathaway would pick off a poor pass attempt by Joel Edmundson and then drive to the net to score his first as Capital and to give them the 1-0 lead heading into the first intermission.

     

    In the second period the Capitals would still have some time to work on their first powerplay opportunity, but would not be able to convert. Then they would gain another opportunity when Jordan Staal would be called for tripping, but again could not convert on the powerplay. However, midway through the second it would be TJ Oshie who would bat the puck down and then get it past James Reimer to give the Capitals a 2-0 lead after an Official review. The Capitals would try to make it 3-0 off another potential Hathaway goal, but after a Coach’s Challenge it was ruled that Brendan Leipsic did in fact interfere with Reimer, and the goal would not count as a result.

     

    Then in the third period Radko Gudas would take an interference penalty and the Hurricanes would finally get their powerplay on point as Erik Haula would tap in a Teuvu Teravainen pass past Braden Holtby to cut the Capitals lead to one. The after killing off a Tom Wilson penalty, the Capitals would have a breakdown in their own zone and Jaccob Slavin would capitalize by getting the puck past Holtby to tie the game at two. Then in overtime the Capitals would dominate with 7 shots on goal and a powerplay opportunity, but were unable to capitalize. However, for the Hurricanes they would only need one shot to win it as Jake Gardiner would wrist a shot past Holtby to win the game 3-2 in overtime.

     

    Lineups:

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Nino Niederreiter — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen

    Andrei Svechnikov — Jordan Staal — Brock McGinn

    Ryan Dzingel — Erik Haula — Martin Necas

    Warren Foegele — Lucas Wallmark — Jordan Martinook

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Joel Edmundson — Brett Pesce

    Jake Gardiner — Haydn Fleury

    James Reimer

    Petr Mrazek

    Scratched: None

    Injured: Trevor van Riemsdyk (shoulder)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — T.J. Oshie

    Carl Hagelin — Chandler Stephenson — Richard Panik

    Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

    Martin Fehervary — Radko Gudas

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: Tyler Lewington, Travis Boyd

    Injured: Michal Kempny (hamstring)

    Suspended: Evgeny Kuznetsov

     

    First Period:

    WAS Penalty – 6:45 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Interference

    CAR Penalty – 8:11 – Erik Haula 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS Goal – 17:23 – Garnet Hathaway (1) from Brendan Leipsic (1)

    CAR Penalty – 19:22 – Nino Niederreiter 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    CAR Penalty – 4:29 – Jordan Staal 2 minutes for Tripping

    WAS Penalty – 8:19 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Interference

    WAS Goal – 11:40 – TJ Oshie (2) from Jakub Vrana (1) and Radko Gudas (2)

    CAR Penalty – 13:25 – Martin Necas 2 minutes for Tripping

    CAR Penalty – 18:51 – Andrei Svechnikov 2 minutes for High Sticking

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    WAS Penalty – 1:59 – Radko Gudas 2 minutes for Interference

    CAR PPG – 2:36 – Erik Haula (2) from Teuvu Teravainen (2) and Andrei Svechnikov (2)

    WAS Penalty – 7:17 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Tripping

    CAR Goal – 9:50 – Jaccob Slavin (1) from Jordan Martinook (1) and Warren Foegele (1)

    CAR Penalty – 12:29 – Joel Edmundson 2 minutes for Holding

    WAS Penalty – 12:29 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for High Sticking

     

    End of 3rd

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    Overtime:

    CAR Penalty – :19 – Jordan Staal 2 minutes for Hooking

    CAR Goal – 4:04 – Jake Gardiner (1) from Andrei Svechnikov (2)

     

    End of OT:

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    Next Up:

    Washington (2-0-1 5pts) v. Dallas (0-1-0 0pts)

    Carolina (2-0-0 4pts) v. Tampa Bay (1-1-0 2pts)

     

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  • Free Agent Frenzy – Capitals Sign Panik, Hathaway and Two Others.

    Free Agent Frenzy – Capitals Sign Panik, Hathaway and Two Others.

    Yesterday was July 1st where it is internationally known as Canada Day, or as us hockey fans know it, Free Agent Frenzy Day.

     

    Yesterday on the first official day of Free Agency their were many huge signings like Artemi Panarin to the New York Rangers and Sergei Bobrovsky to the Florida Panthers, but what did the Capitals do? Which is a great question given the holes they have to fill.

     

    The Capitals did not wait long as they inked forward Richard Panik to a four year deal worth $11 million.

    Panik, 28, recorded 14 goals and 33 points in 75 games with the Arizona Coyotes last season. He has also spent time with Tampa Bay, Toronto and Chicago.

     

    Panik is slated to play on the Capitals third line with Carl Hagelin and Lars Eller.

     

    Then an hour later they would sign forward Garnet Hathaway to a four year deal worth $6 million.

    Hathaway, 27, recorded 11 goals for 19 points in 76 games with the Calgary Flames last season. 2018-19 season would be career highs for him in both goals and points.

     

    Hathaway is slated to play on the Capitals fourth line with with Nic Dowd.

     

    Then the Capitals would sign minor league center Philippe Maillet to a two year, two way contract with an AAV of $700k.

     

    Then to end the day of signings for the Capitals, they would sign forward Brendan Leipsic to a one year $700k deal for the 2019-20 season.

    Leipsic, 25, recorded 7 goals and 23 points in 62 games with the Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks last season, setting career highs in both goals and points. He has also spent time with Toronto and Vegas.

     

    This is the most interesting signing as one would have assumed that either Chandler Stephenson or Travis Boyd would take the last fourth line spot, but as of this writing it is Leipsic who is slated to be on the fourth line with Dowd and recently signed Hathaway.

     

    Also the Capitals re-signed goalie prospect Vitek Vanecek to a three year deal yesterday.

     

    TXHT will continue to cover NHL Free Agency and other offseason moves which you can follow with our Official Offseason Tracker.