The Caps beat the Flames early this morning and are ready to do the same tonight to the Vancouver Canucks. Expect Braden Holtby to get a break, so it might be Justin Peters vs Ryan Miller in net. Puck drops a little after 9:30 on CSN-DC, and then your sleep schedule can finally return to normal.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 4-1-2 | 55.2% | 102.0 | 28.0% | 84.0% |
| Vancouver Canucks | 4-3-0 | 51.1% | 97.6 | 17.9% | 83.9% |
Projected Lineup
There was no morning skate today, but here’s what the lines looked like last night– with Peters assumed to be in net instead of Holtby.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Fehr
Johansson – Burakovsky – Brouwer
Chimera – Kuznetsov – Beagle
O’Brien – Latta – Ward
Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Schmidt – Green
Peters
Let’s Watch Zombies Take Over Vancouver!
I love Steadfast Stanley. You’re going to too..
Storylines
- Tonight will be Jason Chimera‘s 800th NHL game.
- Will Alex Ovechkin‘s wrist be sore or swollen from that shot block last night?
- “The message [to Ovechkin] is he’s doing all the right things.” Except shooting the puck, I guess.
- So far, the Capitals look really, really good. Is it illusion or truth? Every game tells us more. Check out the Sunday snapshot!
- Via Japers’ Rink’s indispensable Caps Clips, check out the Province shredding the Canucks.
- If you can stomach it, here’s Puck Daddy’s coverage of that nasty cut in the SPHL last night.
- This was RMNB’s definitive take on whether or not Washington should have signed Ryan Miller.
- Per Owen Johnson, a glance at what might have been:
What You’re Missing on TV
Welp, we’re gonna miss The Walking Dead, so get your DVR primed. On tonight’s episode, Rick whispers and Tyreese looks nervous. I haven’t checked the listings, but I’m like 95-percent sure those two things will happen.
