This just screams hockey to me.
Tonight the Caps begin a three-game trip through Canada with a four-game win streak still active. The Toronto Maple Leafs are still not very good, but anything can happen on HNIC. It’s Holtby vs Bernier, so that’ll be fun.
Puck drops at 7 PM on CSN Plus.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 16-5-1 | 53.3% | 100.7 | 25.0% | 84.5% |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 7-10-5 | 48.3% | 99.9 | 18.8% | 81.7% |
Projected Lineup
No morning skate, so I’m just gonna make some stuff up. No idea who will be in net.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Johansson – Kuznetsov – Williams
Chimera – Beagle – Burakovsky
Laich – Latta – Wilson
Schmidt – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Orlov – Chorney
Holtby
Best Thing on the Internet
This retelling of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel thesis by CGP Grey.
Storylines
- Peter (hey, that’s me!) takes stock of the Capitals after 20 (and change) games and delivers a blistering hot take.
- Brian Boyle’s Braden-busting goal was not offside, but the Caps blew it anyway.
- The power play jumped 3.5 percentage points thanks to last night’s goals. Alex Ovechkin’s touch may have returned.
- Six down, 24 to go for TJ Oshie. Please.
- Brooks Orpik is skating …somewhere.
- Prepare to be angry at Marc Joannette and Rob Martell, your refs tonight.
- Brandon Dubinsky has been suspended one game for this hit on Sidney Crosby.
- Claude Julien does not want Brad Marchand as a son:
Here are Alain Vigneault's full comments this morning on Claude Julien, and no discipline for Matt Beleskey. pic.twitter.com/ubcnEnTme3
— Seth Rothman (@SethDRothman) November 28, 2015
Bun Bun Boop
I put whatever I want in the pregame and no one can stop me.
