The Caps played maybe their worst game of the season on Friday night. And they won! Nothing makes sense anymore! Why even try!
Let’s see if they can do it again against Alex Semin (if he’s not scratched) and the Carolina Hurricanes.
Puck drops at Verizon Center a little after 8 PM on CSN Plus.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 5-5-3 | 53.1% | 99.1 | 28.6% | 78.3% |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 4-6-2 | 51.4% | 95.7 | 17.8% | 81.0% |
Projected Lineup
No idea what the lines will be tonight. Here’s what they were last night– with Peters presumably in net against his old team.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Johansson – Burakovsky – Brouwer
Chimera – Laich – Ward
O’Brien – Latta – Beagle
Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Schmidt – Green
Peters
Too Many Cooks is Great, But…
Totino’s is the best. (The internet has gone insane.)
Storylines
- Alex Semin has been scratched lately, but he should be back tonight. Justin Bourne thinks the Canes were right to scratch him. I gotta think there’s something going on here that we don’t know about and may never know.
- Reminder: It is almost never a good idea to play a goalie in back-to-back games.
- Still, those 38 saves were the best of Braden Holtby‘s season so far.
- Trotz on what the difference was last night: “When we had people at the net, good things can happen.” Sooooo… Crash the net?!
- Tom Wilson is making himself at home on the top line.
- You can get the Winter Classic toque at Dick’s Sporting Goods RIGHT NOW. GO!
CSN Plus Again?!
Wizards basketball. What are ya gonna do?
- Comcast: channel 856
- Cox: channel 1074
- DirecTV: channel 642-1
- Verizon Fios: channel 578
- GCL: Almost certainly blacked out
Nothing on TV Tonight So…
…Instead, here’s the genealogy of pretty much all the noble houses in Westeros.
You’re welcome.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Canes
