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    Home / Pregame / Caps vs Flames Pregame: Take Three

    Caps vs Flames Pregame: Take Three

    By Patrick Holden

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    November 13, 2015 4:31 pm

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    Ovi doesn’t like Bieber’s new album (Photo: District Sports Page)

    Maybe tonight will be the night that Alex Ovechkin breaks Sergei Fedorov‘s goal scoring record. Or maybe Justin Williams will further sabotage his teammate’s attempt at history. Bovada odds on Williams being a spy were 20:1 at the start of the week but stand at 2.5:1 as of Friday afternoon.

    The good news for the Caps is that half the team could try to sabotage the effort tonight and they’d still have a good chance at beating the Calgary Flames. The Flames overachieved last season but were lauded for being “gritty” and having “character.” I suppose the reason they are 5-11-1 so far this season is because they just don’t have the will to win.

    Or, perhaps their good fortune ran out and this is who the Flames are. A look at the their rolling 10-game shot-attempt percentage since the start of last season is telling. At no point does their share of the shot attempts go above 50 percent.

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    The reliable crew/fam/squad on CSN has all of the coverage for the 7 PM tilt.

    Team Record Possession PDO Power Play Penalty Kill
    Washington Capitals 11-4-0 54.6% 100.2 22.4% 84.1%
    Calgary Flames 5-11-1 46.8% 95.9 17.4% 74%

    Projected Lineup

    No morning skate today, so we’ll assume no changes to the skaters unless told otherwise. Some potential changes: Brooks Orpik is another game-time decision, and Philipp Grubauer will likely man the crease.

    Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Oshie
    Johansson – Backstrom – Burakovsky
    Chimera – Beagle – Williams
    Laich – Latta – Wilson

    Schmidt – Carlson
    Alzner – Niskanen
    Orlov – Chorney

    Grubauer

    Music

    Baltimore band Wye Oak played with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra last night. Now I want a real recording of it.

    Storylines

    • Chandler Stephenson has been sent down to Hershey. Chris Brown was also sent down, but on a conditioning stint.
    • You still have time to help RMNB win the BOFA. Deez This would be greatly appreciated.
    • Our holiday sweatshirts, aren’t available forever so get one while you can.
    • The stars are indifferent to astronomy.
    • A topic we’ve covered here before, but this time it’s smart person Stephen Burtch examining where Ovechkin falls among the game’s greatest goal scorers.
    • Here’s another look at Ovi’s 15 shot game.
    • Do you like apples? How do you like Evgeny Kuznetsov‘s apples?
    • No, seriously, how do you like them apples?
    • The apples, man, do you like them?!

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