I'm indulging myself with a gratuitous, women's magazine photo of Brooksy for this post because lord knows what he's going to look like on the other side of his injury.After the formal end of practice on Tuesday, the guys were shooting some pucks and one of Carlson's shots hit the crossbar and then Brooksy's immaculate face. Damn rookies. Boudreau joked that Carlson would be back to playing for Hershey.
As far as I know, he had stitches just below his eyes and xrays because he was struck in the head. Maybe he'll start wearing a visor now! He'll be out for at least 2 games, including tonight against the Pens and tomorrow against the Canes. Brooksy hasn't missed a game in his 3 NHL seasons. That's 257 games. I feel so badly for him, I know he must be so disappointed to be missing these games, they're big ones. Especially, obviously, tonight. Orpik will have to wait for game 4 to get his talking to.
Scott Walker is out tonight as well, they're calling it a knee injury, but he's still sporting a huge bruise from his fight with Zenon Konopka on Saturday against Tampa Bay, after which he didn't return to the game. Boyd Gordon is still out with back troubles and the Pens will be missing Evgeni Malkin for the 4th game out of the last 5. Should be an interesting game, especially with Corvo and Belanger getting their first taste of this rivalry. I hope they're fired up!
The Caps are 2-0-0 so far against the Pens this season. Theo in goal tonight, in his last 18 games he's gone 16-0-2. We are 16 points up on the Pens and the Devils in the East and 7 points up on the Blackhawks in the league. Let's go Caps!
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