The Caps visit the Rangers in an absolutely huge, pivotal, supremely important, must-win battle for first place. Or, it’s November and, while it’s always nice to bank two points against a division rival, there’s hardly anything resembling a must-win this time of year. In fact, teams only face a must-win in the playoffs when they have already lost three games in a series. Or in the regular season if they are facing mathematical elimination from the playoffs. Nothing else is a must-win.
But anyways, it’s the Rangers, it’s MSG in NYC, and both teams are off to hot starts. So, this should be a fun one. You can find the action at 7 PM on CSN.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 8-2-0 | 55.5% | 101.4 | 24.1% | 87.1% |
| New York Rangers | 7-2-2 | 49.3% | 105.0 | 14.3% | 87.9% |
Projected Lineup
Per main dude Vogs
Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Oshie
Johansson – Backstrom – Williams
Chimera – Beagle – Burakovsky
Laich – Stephenson – Wilson
Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Orlov – Schmidt
Holtby
A Song About New York City
There are a lot of great songs about NYC. Here’s one called Cruel City by Augustines, with a video that was filmed in London.
Storylines
- John Carlson: Great player, hard worker.
- The season is a long road that’s off to a great start.
- Happy trails, Fedor!
- Forced to retire at the age of 19 due to concussions, Chandler Stephenson’s brother is living vicariously through the Caps’ 4th line center.
- Growing a mustache for Movember? Let RMNB help you.
- When I think of Halloween, I think of Tom Wilson and tigers.
- Taking a look back at Sergei Gonchar’s time in Washington.
- Something that doesn’t get talked about enough: The alarming rate at which young, ex-enforcers are dying.
Mulligan
Look, on Halloween, in this section of the pregame, we asked for you to leave pictures of your costume in the comments. Very few of you obliged. Let’s call a re-do, since many of you were likely out hitting the town instead of reading the pregame. So, how was your Halloween? Let’s see ‘dem pic, everyone.
