The Spirit of ’87

Happy Easter, which is traditionally a good holiday for the Washington Capitals, yes, definitely. The Capitals squandered a comeback and a chance to lock a playoff spot last night, but no worries– it’s not like the Wings are a strong 5v5 team with good coaching and a distinct home-field advantage.

Puck drop at 5 PM on CSN.

Projected Lineup

No morning skate, so here’s how the Caps lined up last night.

Ovechkin — Kuznetsov — Ward
Johansson — Backstrom — Brouwer
Glencross — Fehr — Chimera
Laich — Latta — Wilson

Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Green – Gleason

Holtby?

Best Thing on the Internet Today

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— Wu-Tang Financial (@Wu_Tang_Finance) April 5, 2015

Storylines

• I don’t know who is in net today. We might not know until 3 PM.
• Mike Green‘s Easton Stealth continues to produce.
• Michael Latta hasn’t scored this season. I still think he’s a gamer.
• Pittsburgh is close to blowing a playoff spot. And yet, if they make the dance, they’re still my pick to win the Cup– though maybe less so if Letang is out for awhile.
• Troy Brouwer has been getting results of late:

Since March 1, pretty good from that guy who inspires people to wear spandex. cc: @brouwerrangers pic.twitter.com/R4gcnDyeX4

— Pat Holden (@pfholden) April 5, 2015

• You can watch the entire Easter Epic if you hate yourself. (Though do check out a little bit– see how few checks they finish despite it being game seven for crying out loud.)

• Flashback to last May: “Alex Ovechkin to KHL would be blessing in disguise for Capitals” Haha, dummies.
• Glassdoor has an infographic of the best cities to get hired as an intern– Washington is one of the best, except one problem: An unpaid intern doesn’t get hired so much as they get indentured.

Programming note: Penultimate Snapshot on Monday.

Standings and Remaining Schedule

There are only three games left. Goodness gracious.

Ottawa faces Pittsburgh on Tuesday– that’ll be huge.

Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Wings