Caps vs Maple Leafs Pregame: Let’s Get Weird and/or Awkward

By Patrick Holden

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March 2, 2016 3:30 pm

If you see me walking by

And the tears are in my eye

Look away, Broosky, look away.

Woah, didn’t see you there, internet people. You caught me singing to myself.

The Caps play against the Maple Leafs tonight and Brooks Laich is back in town. Tonight will be like the closure talk of a relationship. Let’s hope everyone agrees to try and stay friends. Connor Carrick is back, too. Daniel Winnik is like our new lover and we’re about to run into both of our exes while out on our first date. This could be weird. Or awkward. Let’s get weird and/or awkward.

The game is at 7 on CSN. BE THERE.

Team	Record	Possession	PDO	Power Play	Penalty Kill
Washington Capitals	46-12-4	51.5%	101.8	23.9% (1st)	84.1% (4th)
Toronto Maple Leafs	21-30-10	50.5%	98.8	14.4% (30th)	80.3% (19th)

Projected Lineup

No morning skate, so let’s speculate.

Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Burakovsky – Kuznetsov – Williams
Chimera – Johansson – Wilson
Beagle – Richards – Winnik

Alzner – Niskanen
Orpik – Orlov
Schmidt – Weber

Grubauer

Look Away

Storylines

Ian wrote about the Orpik/Orlov pairing and I think you should read it if you haven’t already.
If you’re into goodbye letters from your ex on Instragram, here’s Laich’s goodbye letter to Caps fans.
Braden Holtby takes aim at a spot on Team Canada.
Meanwhile, three of the Caps four Russians were named to Team Russia for the World Cup.
Check out Riley Barber winning AHL rookie of the month.
Evgeny Kuznetov is a 20-goal scorer.
Tom Wilson will hit the hair out of your helmet.

Oshie Goal Update

Remember that bet Peter and I made? I asked for an update in last week’s snapshot, but I don’t recall getting an answer. Say, is Oshie on pace for more or less than 30 goals?

Speaking of Peter, am I permitted to not rank foods in the pregames still? No time today, but #StayWoke for some correct food opinions in the near future.