From: david@eng.umd.edu (David Chi-Chung Lu)
Subject: Caps/Wings game
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 22:22:21 GMT
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park

Deja vu.  Sucks to be a Caps fan these days.  In a repeat of
Wednesday's loss, the Caps gave up 4 goals in the final minutes to
lose to the RedWings, 7-5, last night.  Don Beaupre (2-10-0) ate
another loss and Tim Cheveldae got the win.  The high scorers were
Peter Bondra with 2 goals and 3 assists and Steve Yzerman with a goal
and 3 assists.

Washington started off the scoring with Reggie Savage (2nd G in 2nd
game) deflecting an Al Iafrate shot past Cheveldae for a PP goal.
Detroit answered with a Bob Probert PP goal that beat Beaupre on the
far side, hit the post and then hit the other post before falling
behind him.   Bondra broke his scoring slump by beating
a screened Cheveldae high for his 12th goal.

The 2nd was scoreless until 12:00 when Yzerman was pushed wide
of the Caps net.  He fed Sergei Federov cutting across the slot.
Beaupre and Kevin Hatcher went to meet him, but Federov went around
both and slid the puck into an open goal.  A highlight clip.  Later,
Iafrate drew a roughing penalty for protecting a Jimmy Carson check on
Sylvain Cote.  Cote also came back to hit Carson and Detroit ended up
with a 2:00 5-on-3.  Carson scored 23 seconds into the PP.  Mike
Ridley added a PP goal on a nice feed from Bondra just before the
period closed.

Bondra added a second goal early in the 3rd before Ridley added his
7th by hacking under a pile of players that were lying in the crease.
Life looked good.  The Caps were playing well and should have been
able to hold the lead.  But Yzerman blew a slap shot past Beaupre at
11:59 to close the lead to 5-4.  The next Red Wing goal by Sheldon
(Sheldon?!) Kennedy seemed recallable.  He had 1 1/2 feet in the
crease, plus the rest of his body.  The lead was gone.  Paul Ysebaert
added one 42 seconds later and Shawn Burr added an EN to finish it off.
Beaupre had choked again.  This usually doesn't happen until the
playoffs.
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Michal Pivonka finally returned to the lineup after missing 15 games.
He scored an assist, but seemed a little slow because of the groin
injury.  Dmitri Khristich didn't play, but should be ready this
weekend.

Dale Hunter (that's "God" to you) and Steve Chaisson got into a fight
in the 2nd.  Both started swinging until Chaisson realized what he did
and covered up.  Hunter pounded him until the ref showed up give them
matching majors.

Again, the rookies played well.  Savage scored his 3rd point in his
2nd game.  Keith Jones added 3 assists.  The other major contributers
were Bondra with his 5 points and Ridley with his 2.

Some guy with nothing better to do printed and handed out 2000 "DINO"
signs in Red Wing colors.  Ciccarelli got an assist in his return to
Washington.  He was jeered and cheered the most when he was called for
high sticking Iafrate.  Nice dive.

One nice sign is that the special teams are playing well.  The Caps
converted 3 of 6 PPs.  They let in 2 of 7 though, but are stil 1st in
the league in killing penalties.

Rumor has it that Minnesota will trade Ulf Dahlen to Washington for an
unspecified player.  Caps GM David Poile was asked if that was true.
"No."  Then he was asked if the rumor was false.  "Yes."

Dave Lu
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