The Capitals won a tight, not particularly convincing road game on Thursday night. Tonight at 7 PM, the team continues its road trip with hopes of defeating the New Jersey Devils.
The Devils are a stingy team, best at suppressing shot attempts in both directions, so maybe practice your knitting during this one. It’s on CSN.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 11-10-4 | 52.1% | 98.7 | 27.5% | 74.7% |
| New Jersey Devils | 10-12-4 | 48.8% | 100.9 | 21.2% | 74.8% |
Projected Lineup
Via Mike Vogel, the lines are largely the same but for Kuznetov in for Burakovsky at 2c.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Johansson – Kuznetsov – Brouwer
Laich– Fehr – Ward
Chimera– Latta – Beagle
Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Schmidt – Hillen
Holtby
Best Thing on the Internet Today
DJ Earworm mashed up the top pop songs of the year. I know way fewer of these songs than I thought.
Storylines
- Barry Trotz intends to rotate rookie 2Cs Kuznetsov and Burakovsky.
- Jaromir Jagr says he feels good enough to play, but doesn’t know if he will.
- Mike Green wants to come back by Tuesday.
- EPIX in the house.
- BMac is ready to make some trades, allegedly. But who(m)?
- The NHL opened an inner-city rink in DC yesterday. More on that later.
- Gary Bettman didn’t have the best possible answer when asked about the state of sexism in the community.
- My fave facepuncher, George Parros, is retired. Great interview with Jen Neale of Puck Daddy.
- Bryz + Bruce = true love in Anaheim?
- Jonathan Bernier has no freaking clue who Nelson Mandela is. There’s ignorant and then there’s this.
What You’re Missing on TV Tonight
At 6:30 PM on ABC Family, it’s Toy Story 3! When Andy leaves for college, Woody, Buzz and the rest of his toys bide their time for about 90 minutes before making you bawl your stupid eyes out for the last 15.
