Tom Wilson leads warm-ups (From Capstagram)
A shorthanded Caps team is in Boston tonight to face the shorthanded Bruins. No one likes the Bruins. No one likes Brad Marchand. Marchand won’t play tonight. He’s suspended for being a nincompoop.
The Bruins sit in fourth place in the tightly packed Atlantic Division, where no team can seem to decide if they’re any good or not.
Puck drops at 7 PM. Time for a new streak.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 28-7-3 | 51.4% | 102.1 | 25.6% | 84.5% |
| Boston Bruins | 20-13-4 | 49.6% | 100 | 28.6% | 82.4% |
Projected Lineup
By way of the wonderful Isabelle Khurshudyan, who has a verified account and we don’t:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Burakovsky – Kuznetsov – Williams
Chimera – Johansson – Wilson
Laich – Sill – Galiev
Alzner – Niskanen
Orlov – Schmidt
Ness – Chorney
Holtby
Again I’m Right In My Analysis
Jeremy Roenick is spreading tidings of comfort and joy on Twitter today.
If my career was a joke then I'm really sorry about what u have had to endure during ur life. I hope it gets better https://t.co/oOjbxxVCkU
— Jeremy Roenick (@Jeremy_Roenick) January 5, 2016
You voted for him means you're a joke and have no respect for the game or system. No more time spent on you https://t.co/6oH7gMB339
— Jeremy Roenick (@Jeremy_Roenick) January 5, 2016
I don't listen to his podcast but I love that he listens to mine. He knows mine is better. Lol https://t.co/kXd3CYRdwu
— Jeremy Roenick (@Jeremy_Roenick) January 5, 2016
U obviously never saw John leclairs stick. Btw I didn't see a thank u in ur tweet but ur welcome https://t.co/RPuCGR6YUc
— Jeremy Roenick (@Jeremy_Roenick) January 5, 2016
I’m not sure what those tweets have done to your mind, so here’s a link to a Baby Einstein video to begin your recovery.
Storylines
- Latta out, Galiev in. Sill inexplicably in.
- The Caps are coming off consecutive losses for the first time ever this season.
- Our goalie is better than your goalie.
- Tom Wilson is making changes to his game because he has to.
- Ya boi Stringham is here with his take on the Caps passing data (We touched on this some in the week 10 snapshot.)
- The Caps and CSN are ramping up the hype for Ovi’s march to 500.
- Caps Outsider has a profile of Caps organist Bruce Anderson.
- Jaromir Jagr can’t stop won’t stop.
- Washington probably isn’t interested in Dystin Byfuglien. That article also has some provocative ideas about Boudreau’s coaching style in Anaheim and certain parallels we might remember.
NHL/NHLPA is meeting with all 30 teams to educate players on issues specific to domestic violence, sexual assault and sexual harassment.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) January 5, 2016
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