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Found November 02, 2011 on Pass Shoot Score:
PLAYERS: Bruce Boudreau,  Cody Eakin,  Marcus Johansson,  Alexander Semin,  Mike Knuble,  Matt Hendricks,  Jeff Halpern,  Karl Alzner,  Jeff Schultz,  John Erskine,  Roman Hamrlik,  Teemu Selanne,  Jonas Hiller,  Brooks Laich,  Joel Ward,  Corey Perry,  Nicklas Backstrom
TEAMS: Anaheim Ducks,  Washington Capitals

In response to an awful 0-2 Canadian road trip against Edmonton and Vancouver where the Caps defense, penalty killing and transition game looked inept, Coach Bruce Boudreau made several changes to the line up against the Anaheim Ducks. He brought up Cody Eakin from the Hershey Bears to man the wing on the 2nd line with Marcus Johansson and Alexander Semin while demoting Mike Knuble from that line to the 4th line with Matt Hendricks and Matthieu Perreault. Jeff Halpern sat in the press box while Perreault played center on the 4th line.The defensive pairing changes were even more dramatic since Boudreau broke up John Carlson and Karl Alzner. Not that they played that well in Canada together. He paired Alzner with Jeff Schultz and put John Erskine (nice to have you back John!) with Carlson. Dennis Wideman and Roman Hamrlik played together again.Not that all the lines stayed intact because...for the first 28:59 of the game the Ducks owned the Caps and put on a clinic on how to pass ...
Original Story: http://passshootscore.blogspot.com/20...
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