Valentine’s Day didn’t work out well for the Caps, but they’re gonna have to get over it quickly. Reminds me of the Replacements’ song, “Valentine.”
Well if tonight belongs to you, tomorrow’s mine
I think Paul Westerberg meant something different by that, but last night certainly belonged to the Kings. Tonight at 8 PM on CSN, the Caps get a chance to own the day against the Ducks of Anaheim.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 29-17-10 | 52.0% | 100.3 | 23.2% | 80.3% |
| Anaheim Ducks | 35-14-7 | 51.6% | 100.1 | 18.3% | 81.0% |
Projected Lineup
I’m gonna write about this more in the Sunday snapshot (which will be released– confusingly– on Monday), but Barry Trotz’s lines had nothing to do with the Caps losing last night. Nothing.
The Caps won’t look like the same tonight, but here’s last night’s lineup anyway.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Johansson
Chimera – Kuznetsov – Brouwer
Laich – Fehr – Ward
Volpatti – Beagle – Wilson
Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Oleksy – Green
Holtby
Hillen and Peters will be in tonight, so expect changes.
RIP Steve Montador
Dead at the too-young age of 35, Steve Montador will be subject of conversation in coming days. His death is not considered a criminal matter right now. The guy’s in every other video on hockey-fights.com but I didn’t embed one of those above. For now, I want to remember him as a player and as a person.
Storylines
- Important note on the lines. Everybody plays!
Trotz said every guy would play on dad's trip. @LeRinkRat: per your article, Coach Trotz confirm "Salt" Peters in goal @ Anahiem tonight?
— Mike Vogel (@VogsCaps) February 15, 2015
- Prewitt’s postgame report on last night’s ugliness. The Kings were simply a much better team from top to bottom. At least we got Ovi vs Doughty again.
- Nashville is picking at the bones of Toronto: Franson and Santorelli join the playoff-bound team, Jokinen enters hockey hell. My take: Toronto can’t even sell off right. Word is they wanna ship off Bozak too. Do. Not. Want.
"It's okay, Olli, Toronto's not that bad." pic.twitter.com/ZoJgeBIZMB
— Peter Hassett (@peterhassett) February 15, 2015
- Two years ago we published our biggest story ever. Weird world. Thanks for the reminder, Sheena!
What You’re Missing on TV Tonight
The Walking Dead (9:00 PM on AMC)
I think last week’s episode was the best direction the show has had since Frank Darabont was fired at the beginning of the second season. We’re gonna have to catch it on DVR.
Stay warm, Caps fans.
