Capitals’ Holtby rocked from the red line, juggles shot into own net (Video)

Nice tip Pavelski. Joe is so awesome.

Hunter thought Neuvirth would be too tired to start seeing as he had started the day before. So in his infinite wisdom he called up his AHL goalie to start, who has ALSO started the day before. Logical, no?

tough one to stop actually, awesome tip by Pavelski.....Caps just can't catch a break this season.....should open it back up and play run and gun hockey again if they could get that offence back

I cannot stand watching the game and seeing Ovi not play defense, he is one of the few captains in ht eleague not leading on defense, not shutting down powerplays, not laying down to block shots, some games he hits everyone in sight and some games barely anybody, i think it would go a long way if he would stpe up into leadership instead of just wearing the "C".

"This is pretty much a metaphor for the Capitals entire season."

I was at the game last night, and this was my exact thought when this happened. Unreal.

Second time this has happened in 5 nights, with 2 separate goalies. Absolutely typical of the Caps' season.

he does this about once a game for the bears no big suprise when i watched it happen last night.

I loved it... a shot from before the red line!

to be fair, it is their third string goalie...

You're an NHL goaltender, you gotta stop that puck, tips, bad bounces be damned.

It's time for the caps to make a major trade. There are about 3 guys that we have that are fully available; semin, shultz, knuble. We also have 2 first round picks next year so one of those can be up. The caps need to make a major push for a big name guy if they hope to resurrect the season. What if you included mike green, an injury prone player for someone who was more reliable. What if they went after a player like shea weber, or rick nash in columbus. Maybe not all of that would go but mike green, alexander semin, and a pick would be a good start towards either one of those guys. While mike green is a great player and force on the team he has not been able to stay healthy as of late, as a result the whole team has struggled. Why not solve that problem by replacing him. I would also say that even if traded there is a good chance that semin might return to dc just because i think he feels comfortable here out of the spotlight. I am not sure if he wants to be a number one guy, that is if he could be consistent enough to be one anyways.

I can't stand losing to the sharks anymore, we have lost 16 of the last 17 against them. We always seem to play them at the worst times.

Did anyone else see the spitting incident? Second period, faceoff was right in front of the Caps bench. Ovi and some San Jose player were talking / laughing before the faceoff and a Caps player spit on the back / legs of the SJ player. Figured it would be talked about on here.

Bouncing puck he tried to get cute with a glove instead of getting his body behind it

Washington's going to break the streak of Winter Classic losers going on to win the Stanley Cup. Nice job, Washington. This is why we can't have nice things.

Planned play?

He tried to flash the leather and be fancy, when he should have played shortstop and gotten in front of it. Crazy shot though.

Worst part of the video is the Jersey Foul promoting Shop NHL commercial

Come on Holtby get in front of the #$%$ puck! Don't give me any of this "Ole!" bullsh|t!

It might be good for the Caps to miss the playoffs this year. They could take a longer offseason to really think about what they need to do to get this team back to contention. That and the next season there won't be as high of expectations for them to be crushed under if they falter, like this season. Let's face it: if they get in this year, even at the 3 spot, they'll be out of the first round quickly. They're far too fragile right now, especially without Backstrom and Green. Holtby's gaffe really does say it all. Last year they had a few mishaps like that, but they would bounce back. There's no bounce back in this year's team.