The view from Capitol Hill (Photo: Kevin Ford)
The National Weather Service determines a blizzard based on high wind speed, not snowfall. Everyone else knows we’re currently experiencing a blizzard here on the east coast. But as far as we know, the Washington Capitals are still on for tonight’s game against the Minnesota Wild.
If you’re going, bring a tauntaun and a rugby team. 7 PM, CSN, I guess.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 35-20-10 | 51.6% | 100.4 | 23.9% | 81.1% |
| Minnesota Wild | 34-22-7 | 52.8% | 99.0 | 15.2% | 87.0% |
These Are Probably Not Tonight’s Lines
Latta and Ovechkin weren’t on the ice this morning, so here’s how they looked, according to Prewitt.
Burakovsky – Backstrom – Johansson
Glencross– Beagle – Brouwer
Chimera – Fehr – Ward
Laich – Kuznetsov– Wilson
Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Gleason – Green
Holtby
Snowball Fight. Dupont Circle. 5:30 PM.
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Plus kids were sledding on the Hill. Today rules.
Juvenile delinquents sledded on the Capitol grounds today: http://t.co/pMKNOCk51I #SledFreeOrDie pic.twitter.com/6RU7b5YaUM
— Washington City Paper (@wcp) March 5, 2015
Storylines
Tonight’s #CapsWild game will be played as scheduled. Please be careful on your way to Verizon Center and allow extra time for travel.
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 5, 2015
…I don’t know about this. Please be safe, y’all.
- Ovi rules. We knew this, right?
- But Ovi took a maintenance day this morning. Trotz says he’s a game-time decision for tonight. Brooks Laich says he’s hurt.
- With Ovi’s status unclear, Andre Burakovsky is up– just in case. That’s an emergency recall.
- The Caps have signed Tyler Lewington to an ELC.
- On Mike Green and his partners over at Peerless.
- On Mike Green and his old-school stick over at right here.
- Brooks Orpik has been not bad in the last month.
- Trotz on scratching Brooks Laich:
https://twitter.com/alex_prewitt/status/573534978769862656
- Here’s how you actually defrag a computer:
What You’re Missing on TV Tonight
The Vampire Diaries, “Prayer for the Dying” 8 PM on the CW
Someone named Liv and someone named Luke try to convince their father to let someone named Jo and someone named Kai take their place in the merge ceremony. Meanwhile, someone named Caroline’s plan to cure her mother takes a devastating turn; and someone named Damon’s risky plan sends things spiraling out of control just before the merge, whatever that is.
Party: Saturday, March 21st at RFD!
