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    Caps at Penguins Pregame: No Slouch

    By Peter Hassett

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    March 20, 2016 2:25 pm

    malkin-down

    This evening’s foe, the Pittsburgh Penguins, played yesterday, defeating the Flyers’ 4-1. A tired Penguins team might imply good things for Sunday’s game, but Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby played just 19:56 on Saturday– the first time he’s ducked under 20 minutes since Evgeni Malkin went out with injury a week ago.

    Don’t believe the hype. The Penguins have rebounded since canning Mike Johnston, and they’ve been genuinely fearsome since the trade deadline. This will be a tough game.

    Puck drop is at 6 PM on NBC Sports.

    Team Record Possession PDO Power Play Penalty Kill
    Washington Capitals 51-14-5 51.3% 101.8 23.2% (1st) 84.1% (4th)
    Pittsburgh Penguins 39-24-8 52.5% 100.4 17.8% (19th) 83.8% (6th)

    Projected Lineup

    No morning skate, but here’s how they looked against the Predators:

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

    Alzner – Niskanen
    Orpik – Orlov
    Schmidt – Chorney

    Holtby

    The Playoff Picture

    matchups-team-WSH

    From the great hockeyviz.com, the Caps are likely to play the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round. Neuvirth vs Holtby: your thoughts? (Assuming Mikey is fit to play.)

    The Eagle has Landed

    baby eagle born

    Err.. the second one’s been born, I mean. Here’s the live cam.

    Storylines

    • Evgeni Malkin is going to be out for a long while. And yet…
    • Since the trade deadline, the Penguins have had the best 5v5 shot-attempt differential.

    Three worst possession teams since the trade deadline: Rangers, Islanders, Devils.

    Penguins are first.

    — James Mirtle (@mirtle) March 20, 2016

    • The Capitals are 18th, with 48.2 percent.
    • Pat thinks Justin William is bacon bits. (That means he makes everything better.)
    • Amanda has some gorgeous photos of the Caps’ win over the Predators.
    • Adam Oates is on twitter. I hold grudges.
    • Holtby is gonna score a goal one day, but for now he’ll have to settle for this assist.
    • Deadspin has a piece about Kevin Spacey and the Panthers love fest. Good to read before that whole company goes bankrupt.
    • There’s a lot more in Japers Rink’s Caps Clips.
    • TJ Oshie cute fest on TV tonight:

    Watch Capitals Central @CSNMA at 10:30 p.m. for @JillCSN's piece on #Caps T.J. Oshie's experiences with fatherhood. pic.twitter.com/p82H8UCmkO

    — CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) March 20, 2016

    #RMNB9: O RLY?

    Please come. It’ll be weird if it’s just me and Ian arguing about Tom Wilson all night. (p.s. Nathan made the GIF and he’s very very proud of it.)

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