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"O" is for Olie Kolzig, who followed up a shutout performance against the deadly Carolina Hurricanes with a 1-goal showing against the Isles. What's even more impressive is that the boys from the Island don't, on paper, appear to have the same offensive pop (comparing Satan and Guerin to Staal and Brind'Amour), they have 3 players in the top 15 points scorers this year: Mike Comrie (6), Ruslan Fedotenko (5), and Bill Guerin (5). None of those players recorded a point against the Capitals today.
But the Capitals especially needed "Olie the Goalie" today, as they gave up the most shots in their first 3 games, 31. Kolzig only had to 23 shots Saturday against the Hurricanes, meaning Kolzig's stopped 53 of 54 shots so far. The Caps also took 4 penalties and only managed to put up a slight offensive effort (12 shots, 6 in the last two periods). Kolzig faced more shots in the second period (17) then the Caps put up in the whole game. Still, Olie made key saves, including a few nice ones down the stretch, a critical one being a stonewall on Miro Satan in the dying minutes.
So while the "O" was not potent for the Caps, and the "Big O" (Ovechkin) wasn't able to muster a single shot (a feat not many defenses can claim) "O"lie was able to keep the Capitals in the game and managed to author the team to their first 3-0 start since the 02-03 season.
But the Capitals especially needed "Olie the Goalie" today, as they gave up the most shots in their first 3 games, 31. Kolzig only had to 23 shots Saturday against the Hurricanes, meaning Kolzig's stopped 53 of 54 shots so far. The Caps also took 4 penalties and only managed to put up a slight offensive effort (12 shots, 6 in the last two periods). Kolzig faced more shots in the second period (17) then the Caps put up in the whole game. Still, Olie made key saves, including a few nice ones down the stretch, a critical one being a stonewall on Miro Satan in the dying minutes.
So while the "O" was not potent for the Caps, and the "Big O" (Ovechkin) wasn't able to muster a single shot (a feat not many defenses can claim) "O"lie was able to keep the Capitals in the game and managed to author the team to their first 3-0 start since the 02-03 season.
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