#possession

#possession

This was the reality the Washington Capitals found themselves in through the first 25 minutes of their Thursday night tilt against their Metro Division rivals. Capital One Arena was lulled to sleep through a start that saw Carolina dominate possession, hurdling past double digits on the shot counter while Washington struggled to test Canes goalie Brandon Bussi at all. They'd finally get a chance to do so with Connor McMichael breaking through the neutral zone off an Alex Ovechkin feed to wake the crowd up:

For us goalkeepers, it means being more alert throughout the entire match. It's a risky strategy, we have to acknowledge that. But if it's done well and you work hard, it pays off. You force the opposition to play and think faster. If they play with less space, you force them to make more mistakes, and your team has more possession. But you have to train it well because it all comes down to centimeters,

The most important piece of data, at any given second, is "Where is the puck?" If the puck is a hundred feet away from your team's net, there is realistically no chance that you will be giving up a goal within the next couple of seconds, and if it's that far from the other team's net, there is no way you're going to score.

In the pantheon of horror-movie baddies, it's hard to think of any figure more overhyped than Annabelle, the haunted doll who has found her way into all nine Conjuring universe installments (not to mention an Aquaman movie). When I say "Annabelle is a flop," I'm being literal: Her special trick is falling over - sometimes straight ahead, sometimes to the side. On her best days, she can turn her head and make rocking chairs rock, neither of which is anything to brag about.