{"id":556,"date":"2008-10-13T21:26:29","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T21:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=556"},"modified":"2008-10-13T21:26:29","modified_gmt":"2008-10-13T21:26:29","slug":"caps-today-101308","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2008\/10\/13\/caps-today-101308\/","title":{"rendered":"Caps Today 10\/13\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"x-small;\"><span style=\"bold;\">Today\u2019s Storyline <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"x-small;\"><span style=\"bold;\">A nemesis returns \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"x-small;\"><span style=\"10pt;\">Vancouver<\/span><\/span><span style=\"x-small;\"><span style=\"10pt;\">\u2019s <span class=\"yshortcuts\">Roberto Luongo<\/span> is one of the best goaltenders in the league and seems to play his best against <span class=\"yshortcuts\">Washington<\/span> . <span class=\"yshortcuts\" style=\"hand;\">The Capitals<\/span> know Luongo well from his days as a Florida Panther, and have not posted a win against him since Feb. 27, 2004 ( Washington is 0-7-3 against him since, including two shutouts). Luongo and the Canucks topped the Caps 3-2 last year in Verizon Center . Luongo is 2-0-0 this year and has a .947 save percentage and a 1.94 GAA in wins against the <span class=\"yshortcuts\" style=\"hand;\">Calgary Flames<\/span>. The Caps enter tonight\u2019s contest after taking 43 and 34 shots in their first two games of the season en route to scoring four goals in each. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s Storyline A nemesis returns \u2013 Vancouver\u2019s Roberto Luongo is one of the best goaltenders in the league and seems to play his best against Washington . 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