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.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 43-25-11 | 51.9% | 100.2 | 25.2% | 81.3% |
| Detroit Red Wings | 41-24-13 | 54.1% | 99.8 | 24.1% | 80.9% |
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?
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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
— pfholden.bsky.social (@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.
