Having not played since Michael Scott was still on The Office, the Caps finally get back in action Wednesday night against the Red Wings. It’s been a while so you may be a little stiff. Stretch it out, Caps fans.
The Caps and Wings met last week. The Caps 5v5 effort was pretty meh, but the Wings overall have been a meh team so far in 2015-16. Detroit has been playing better hockey lately, as they’ve been the better possession team in each of their past five games, but they picked only two wins in that span.
The Caps need a better 5v5 performance. Oh, and I dare the Wings to let Ovechkin fire 4,307 shots again. If they employ the same strategy, you can take an Ovechkin record-setting goal to #thebank.
Puck drop is at 8 PM on NBCSN.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 11-4-1 | 54.8% | 100.1 | 22.4% | 84.8% |
| Detroit Red Wings | 9-8-1 | 49.2% | 100.4 | 17.2% | 82.8% |
Projected Lineup
Still Norpik, but he might be back tomorrow. Against Dallas. Possibly the fastest, most uptempo team in the league. We’ll cross that bridge if and when we come to it.
You’ll notice some changes to the top-six.
Per Isabelle, here’s how the team lines up tonight:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Johansson – Kuznetsov – Burakovsky
Chimera – Beagle – Williams
Laich – Latta – Wilson
Schmidt – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Orlov – Chorney
Holtby
I Said Stretch it Out
Oh, hey there Baltimore band Future Islands. Dance moves within that may helps you get limber.
Storylines
- You’ll have to forgive Evgeny Kuznetsov if he breaks into Wind Beneath My Wings tonight.
- The Caps team defense is leading the way so far this season.
- Hey Tom Wilson, you’re being watched.
- But really, the fact that Wilson is being watched is a bunch of bull. At least he got his own comic out of this ordeal.
- Breaking down some game tape of what makes Nate Schmidt so good.
- Nick Backstrom is so good at defense that, if the season ended today, he should win the Selke.
- Peter wrote something about virtual reality and I’m not really sure what any of it means.
- Congrats to Brooks Laich on NHL game number 700 tonight!
- The latest from Vogs includes a couple quotes about the Caps’ recent slow starts.
- Part of Barry Trotz’s coaching strategy is training the brains of his players.
