There are basically no stakes for tonight’s hockey game, the 81st in the Caps’ 82-game regular-season campaign. No stakes save one: Braden Holtby’s last chance at tying Martin Brodeur’s record for most wins in a single season.
Oh and also this: It’s #RMNB9! If you’re in the area, come to RFD and watch the game with us!
Puck drop for Caps at Blues is at 8 PM. Let’s dance.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 55-17-8 | 51.8% | 102.0 | 22.4% (4th) | 84.8% (4th) |
| St. Louis Blues | 49-23-9 | 52.7% | 101.0 | 21.8% (6th) | 85.0% (3rd) |
Projected Lineup
Are the Caps skating today? I don’t even know. Let’s pretend that this is the lineup for today.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie
Burakovsky – Kuznetsov – Williams
Chimera – Johansson – Wilson
Winnik – Richards – Beagle
Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Schmidt – Orlov
Holtby
#RMNB9 AHHHHHGEHGEGWEG
Party bullets:
- Everyone is welcome
- If you’re 21 or up
- No cover
- Located right by Verizon Center
- Folks will start arriving around 6:30 PM.
- There’s a Facebook thing for it
- We’ll be in the back room
- Designate a driver, y’all
- Ian does hugs
- Peter does not
- Hug policy for all other RMNBers is up for grabs
- If you’re gonna do social media things, please use the #RMNB9 hashtag
- Lots of beer
- Would someone bring name tags or something please?
- First five people who sing bailamos to me and then wait for a high five will get a free Kuzy koozie.
Storylines
- Hey, the Blues are pretty good at special teams. And they shut out the Caps 4-0 last time they met. Weeeeeeee!
- Braden Holtby: one win from Marty’s record
- Alex Ovechkin: three goals from hitting 50 for the 7th time (like Bossy and Gretzky)
- Barry Trotz: not a happy camper
- Dmitry Orlov: one game shy of 200 career NHL games, if he even plays
- Friend of the blog Derek Miller has some postseason optimism.
- This Derek Boogaard stuff is terrible and infuriating.
- This dog is Ovi.
- With Ottawa beating Boston, looks like we’ve got a date with Philly.
The Ovi Keg
