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    Caps vs Islanders Pregame: Four Moar

    By Peter Hassett

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    April 5, 2016 3:13 pm

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    Hear that sound? Sounds like the death rattle of the 2015-16 regular season. The Caps have four more games until the Next Thing begins. We can talk about that Next Thing later– for now we’ve got a date with the Islanders.

    Hang out with us at 7 PM on CSN please.

    Team Record Possession PDO Power Play Penalty Kill
    Washington Capitals 55-17-6 51.9% 101.0 22.8% (2nd) 84.4% (4th)
    New York Islanders 43-26-9 50.1% 100.5 18.7% (17th) 85.1% (2nd)

    Projected Lineup

    Morning skate was optional today, but here’s how they lined up yesterday. From Isa:

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

    Schmidt – Carlson
    Alzner – Niskanen
    Orpik – Orlov

    Holtby

    There’s also this:

    Backstrom is out. Looks like Latta will be in and Galiev will be out.

    — Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) April 5, 2016

    so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Playoff Matchup Update

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    Looking like Philly. Mmm Tony Lukes.

    Storylines

    • The Caps have been shooting blanks at 5v5 lately. They might not be able to rely on special teams tonight: the Isles are among the best in the league at killing penalties. So it’s time to turn that shooting slump around. Everything else is looking real good.
    • No Nick Backstrom until he’s 100%.
    • Braden Holtby goes for Martin Brodeur’s single-season win record tonight. Err… to tie it. You know what I mean.
    • We wrote two thoughtful pieces parsing the thought processes underlying the discussion of calling a player a “bust.” Here’s Myan’s piece, here’s mine. Hers is smart, mine is — hopefully– sorta funny.
    • The unsealed documents brouhaha told us the hidden story behind Ovi’s mirrored visor.
    • I’d write more, but today is nuts. Someone sideswiped my car (parked, unoccupied) and dipped out without leaving a note. Might be totalled. Plus I’m sick. Yech.

    #RMNB9 is on Saturday

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    You are invited.

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