Hello. Let’s do hockey.
Tonight in Minny the Caps take on the Wild. I don’t like singular collective nouns for sports teams. What do you call a member of the Wild (aside from “member of the Wild”)? They’re not “a Wild.” They’re not “a Wildling.” Same deal with the Lightning. I guess each one of those guys is “a Bolt” at least.
Those team names are stupid. Therefore the Capitals should beat them tonight.
8 PM, CSN, crash net.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 38-23-10 | 51.3% | 100.4 | 25.7% | 81.1% |
| Minnesota Wild | 39-24-7 | 51.6% | 99.8 | 14.9% | 86.9% |
Projected Lineup
From morning skate, according to Alex Prewitt, plus my educated guess on defense.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Johansson
Glencross – Kuznetsov – Brouwer
Chimera – Fehr – Ward
Laich – Latta – Wilson
Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Green – Schmidt
Holtby
Here’s a Pic of Schmidt Not Smiling
Look at that intensity. Dude’s gonna score tonight. #Narrative
Storylines
- Check out how good Minny is at PK and how bad they are at PP.
- A tale in three acts: 1) Mike Green want to stay. 2) Mike Green is expensive. 3) …
- There’s also the thing about his sticks, but that story already has enough pageviews! I wanna see the dude score again tonight.
- Eric Fehr hates the shootout. That’s fine, but I hate ties. (I don’t actually hate ties, but I think ticket-buyers deserve to see a decision.)
- Nate Schmidt at home in Minny tonight! With Orpik seemingly back, you might think Schmidt would sit, but no! Gleason looks to sit. Injury, sentiment, or savvy player evaluation? You decide!
- F.O.T.B Ben Lutz on Evgeny Kuznetsov, a study in potential.
- Hilary Duff, split from Comrie, died her hair. Imma let her finish, but Katy Perry did the post-divorce hair dye first and best. Also: Zayn isn’t touring with 1D. Oh noes.
What’s the Best Music from Minnesota?
You have three options.
a) Bob Dylan
b) Prince
c) The Replacements
Vote in comments.
Party Imminent!
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