The Washington Capitals will play the Boston Bruins at 12 PM on Sunday. The game will be aired on NBC Sports Washington. The Caps will be the home team.
The matinee will be the Capitals’ final game played in the Round Robin to determine their final seeding in the opening round of the 2020 Playoffs.
With the eliminations on Friday, the list of the Washington Capitals’ possible opponents for the first round of the playoffs has dwindled. Sunday’s round-robin game against the Boston Bruins will decide if the Caps will face the Carolina Hurricanes or New York Islanders.
By Peter Hassett 4 hours ago
You hate to see it.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have been upset by the twelfth seeded Montreal Canadiens, technically the worst team in the 24-team playoff, and are eliminated from the postseason.
The elimination occurred on Sidney Crosby’s 33rd birthday.
The eleventh-seeded Arizona Coyotes defeated the fifth-seeded Nashville Predators 4-3 in overtime, Friday. It’s the biggest upset of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs so far.
Brad Richardson scored on a rebound inside the crease for the sudden victory 5:37 into overtime.
The Coyotes won the best-of-five Qualifying Round series, 3-1 series. It’s their first series win since the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
NBC Sports analyst Alan May was on Elliot in the Morning today. He talked about how meaningless round-robin play is, why the Caps are playing so poorly, and why he believes in Braden Holtby.
But you’re not here for that. You’re here to hear Alan admit to diving.
By Peter Hassett 9 hours ago
The Washington Capitals were without Nicklas Backstrom for practice on Friday.
Capitals head coach Todd Reirden announced the news while speaking with reporters on a Zoom teleconference.
By Ian Oland 11 hours ago
The Washington Capitals announced on Friday that they’re loaning 2019 third-round pick Aliaksei Protas to the KHL to begin next season. Protas will suit up for Dinamo Minsk, which is located in his home country of Belarus.
The Caps added that they expect to recall the mammoth forward back to North America either for the start of the Western Hockey League’s (WHL) 2020-21 season or Capitals’ Training Camp.
Before the start of the 2020 playoffs, John Carlson said that the Capitals will be “somewhat uniform” in what they wear despite the NHL not having a dress code. “I know we don’t have to. I think we’re going to try and stay somewhat presentable,” Carlson said then.
On Friday, before practice, the Capitals arrived at the rink wearing Capitals sweatsuits with Washington Nationals bucket hats. Many of the tags were still on the hats.
It was a #look.
Normally in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, there are, at most, eight series going on at generally the same time. Today, the NHL will be airing six different possible Qualifying Round elimination games on the same day, four of which are possible upsets by lower seeds.
From 12 PM to 1:15 AM (at least), hockey will be on your TV. Here’s a preview of what’s upcoming.
Evgeny Kuznetsov was benched in the third period of the Capitals-Flyers game after Scott Laughton’s second goal gave the Flyers a commanding 3-0 lead.
The first-line center blew his net-front coverage allowing Laughton a wide-open one-timer in the crease.
