Playoff Excitement Builds: Canadiens vs. Capitals Preview

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00:00Chris, I love it tonight back against the wall.

00:03I can't imagine what the crowd is going to be like in Montreal

00:05as playoff hockey is back and another one of these series

00:10where this could easily be 1-1, but Capitals handling business.

00:15What do you think we get tonight here?

00:18Yeah, as much as I was just talking to Capitals and their number,

00:21Logan Thompson, I like the Canadians here in this spot.

00:23And you're right.

00:24They've hung around with Washington.

00:27There's certainly been moments in the series, guys,

00:29where the Capitals have used their physical presence.

00:32They've gotten deep on the forecheck and just have –

00:35they've had a lot of ozone time.

00:37There's been stretches of both games where they've really dominated play.

00:42But the last two third periods in game one and in game two in particular,

00:45the Canadians used their speed.

00:47They shortened the bench, and they really dominated play.

00:50So, yeah, they lost game one in overtime.

00:53It was a 3-1 loss in game two, but that was an empty netter.

00:56The biggest X factor now in this series, as you mentioned,

00:59is the Bell Center.

01:01This is – this place is – what can you say?

01:06Across all of the buildings in the league,

01:09this is the biggest home advantage for any team in the NHL.

01:14So, the crowd is going to be fired up.

01:16They have a ton of speed.

01:17I think we're going to see some changes in their lineup.

01:19They're going to have maybe Arbor Jack guy bring a physical presence

01:22and match what Washington has given them.

01:25So, the Canadians played great at home this year too, guys.

01:2723-12-6, 10-0-2 in their last 12 games.

01:30And those were all really must-win games for Montreal.

01:34So, I like them to get back into this series.

01:36Overall, I do like Washington.

01:37I saw this series going six, but I think Montreal will take care of business

01:40at home ice and make this a series and use their speed because they have –

01:45when they're skating, you can see they're hanging around with Washington.