Which service does Brian Burke use less: statisticians or hair stylists?
Wednesday’s loss to the Edmonton Oilers didn’t “sit well” with the Washington Capitals. With all the puck possession but not enough scoarage, they’ll be trying to right that wrong with a late game against the Calgary Flames. No, seriously, it’s super late. This game is going to run your Saturday night. 10 PM on CSN.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 3-1-2 | 55.03% | 101.15 | 27.3% | 86.4% |
| Calgary Flames | 5-3-1 | 44.22% | 105.74 | 18.5% | 75.9% |
Projected Lineup
Per Alex Prewitt, Barry Trotz has shook (shaked? shooken?) up the lines, and I like it! (Mostly.)
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Fehr
Johansson – Burakovsky – Brouwer
Chimera – Kuznetsov – Beagle
O’Brien – Latta – Ward
Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Schmidt – Green
Holtby
Top-Line Fehr! Numfar, Do the Dance of Joy!
Storylines
- When asked why he changed the forward lines, Barry Trotz was critical of the twins. Chimera and Ward’s parcheesi blockade has finally been broken.
- We’ll be keeping a close eye on the bottom six. Kuznetsov will get his first look off the bottom line, and Ward has been demoted (I guess that’s the word for it) to the fourth line.
- Glenn Healy is a poopheel. Becca at Japers Rink put it better than that, but I wanted to get “poopheel” on the record.
- Paul Bissonnette was rumored to be on the Caps’ short list this summer. Now he’s playing in Cardiff, Wales, on a temporary basis.
- “Would the Caps trade [Mike Green] for a second-line center or a top-four defenseman?” What an interesting question by Chuck Gormley. Except Green was in the top 6 percent among defense in ice time and top 7 percent in relative puck possession last season. So it’s actually an atrocious question. Mike Green is a top-tier defenseman.
- What will the devaluing Canadian dollar mean for hockey?
What You’re Missing on TV
It’s 10 PM on Saturday. There’s nothing on– unless you want to watch Child’s Play 2 or Scary Movie 3. Goodness, those movies are awful.
Oh wait! The original Village of the Damned is on TCM if you get that channel. That movie is terrific. A classic.
