The Caps can’t stop winning. I’ve seen them try to stop winning twice in the last week, but they lost at stopping winning, so they won instead.
Maybe they’ll stop winning at tonight’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers, but they’ll probably blow it again.
Puck drops at 8 PM, so get some dinner beforehand. Maybe some pasta primavera? Your call. I’m not the boss of you. Game’s on NBC Sportsnet (boooo!).
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 23-11-8 | 50.9% | 100.8 | 24.0% | 79.0% |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 17-19-7 | 48.4% | 100.3 | 23.3% | 74.0% |
Projected Lineup
Still no changes, per Alex Prewitt.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Burakovsky
Johansson – Kuznetsov – Brouwer
Laich– Fehr – Ward
Chimera – Beagle – Wilson
Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Hillen – Green
Holtby
Best Thing on the Internet Today
Special Agent Dale Cooper: I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. And I’ve started to focus out beyond the edge of the board. On a bigger game.
FBI Agent Roger Hardy: What game?
Special Agent Dale Cooper: The sound the wind makes through the vines. The sentience of animals. What we fear in the dark and what lies beyond the darkness.
FBI Agent Roger Hardy: What the hell are you talking about?
Special Agent Dale Cooper: I’m talking about seeing beyond fear, Roger. About looking at the world with love.
When I was a kid, that line was a joke. Now that I’m an adult, it’s the heart of seriousness to me.
Storylines
- It’s Holtby vs someone named Rob Zepp. This will be his third career NHL game.
- Vingan on Braden Holtby pwning noobs everywhere. Holtby, btw, ranks FOURTH among goaltenders since 2005.
- It’s looking dim for Dmitry Orlov’s season.
- Jay Beagle is a hot diggity dog right now. Pat Holden investigates the hot streak.
- After a cold welcome to start the season at Verizon Center, the Caps look for their 7th straight home win tonight.
- Nice piece by Kevin Klein on the massiveness and import of Ovechkin’s contract, which just turned 7 years old.
- Giving away Mathieu Perreault for basically nothing was one of George McPhee’s worst trades, but we’re still happy for lil Perry.
- Neil knows what’s up with the Caps’ winning streak. Hashtag sustainable:
So, about this #Caps run….. pic.twitter.com/V1CoxVfrQS
— Neil Greenberg (@ngreenberg) January 13, 2015
- I shared some thoughts about who’s hot and who’s not on my tumblr. Here’s the pretty table:
What You’re Missing on TV Tonight
AMC’s Seagal marathon continues at 8 PM with 1990’s “Hard to Kill,” which features the line delivered above. There’s so much good stuff in this movie.
