I don’t like the Capitals’ record so far, but I’m like cosmically certain they’re a really good team. They’ll have another chance to prove it with tonight’s match-up against the Tampa Bay Lightning, who are also a really good team. Holtby’s in net versus Ben Bishop. Tune in at 7 PM on CSN+.
(Yeah, it’s on the plus.)
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 4-3-2 | 54.4% | 100.8 | 24.2% | 79.4% |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 7-3-1 | 54.0% | 100.0 | 26.2% | 87.1% |
Projected Lineup
Fehr is back, and he should make that third line roll. O’Brien is taking a seat. According to Alex Prewitt:
Ovechkin – Burakovsky – Ward
Johansson – Backstrom – Brouwer
Chimera – Kuznetsov – Fehr
Beagle – Latta – Wilson
Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Schmidt – Green
Holtby
Halloween is Over; Thanksgiving is Coming
So here’s your reminder that turkeys are basically dinosaurs. It is your evolutionary duty to eat them. Stuffing out. Preferably spatchcocked or deep-fried. They’re too scary to live.
Storylines
- Ben Bishop is in net for the enemy. Err.. opponent.
- Ryan Callahan is expected to return for Tampa after a 10-day lower-body injury.
- Alex Ovechkin ain’t fretting over no stupid goal-scoring slump. But Ian is probably regretting this. Justin and the guys at The Score have some thoughts as well. I do too, but you gotta wait till Sunday at noon.
- Steven Stamkos on Ovi: “He’s a bull out there. It’s not fun running into him.”
- Matt Niskanen was nearly a Lightning. I hate teams where the singular form doesn’t work. A single lightning. A single avalanche. A single wild.
Oh No, CSN Plus?!
Don’t sweat. I got you covered.
- Comcast: channel 856
- Cox: channel 1074
- DirecTV: channel 642-1
- Verizon Fios: channel 578
- Fedor: you’re on your own, bud.
Third line scores tonight. Take it to #thebank.
