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    Caps vs Flyers Pregame: It Begins

    By Peter Hassett

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    April 14, 2016 4:08 pm

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    Photo: Chris Gordon

    Pitter-patter, let’s get at ‘er. The regular season is over and now the real dance begins.

    At 7 PM tonight, the Capitals and the Flyers will face off at Verizon Center (or on CSN-DC).

    You’ve been waiting for this since last May, and now it’s here. Crash the net.

    Team Record Possession PDO Power Play Penalty Kill
    Washington Capitals 56-18-8 52.0% 101.1 21.9% (5th) 85.2% (2nd)
    Philadelphia Flyers 41-27-14 50.1% 100.5 18.9% (11th) 80.5% (20th)

    Projected Lineup

    Judging by this week’s practice and assuming everyone’s healthy, here are the lines from Katie Brown. Get pumped.

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

    Orpik – Carlson
    Alzner – Niskanen
    Schmidt – Orlov

    Holtby

    Pictorially,

    ovehckinbackstrom  oshie

    burakovskykuznetsovwilliams

    chimerarichardsjohansson

    winnikbeaglewilson

    orpikcarlson

    alznerniskanen

    schmidtorlov

    holtby

    Sizing Up the Flyers

    Pat and Spenser laid it out for us.

    • At 5v5, the Flyers finished hot while the Caps had a late-season swoon.
    • Special teams might be where the Caps can wrest control of this series. (The analysis in here is amazing btw.)
    • Goaltending might seem like a big Caps advantage, but it’s really not.

    At least the Caps have all the Skintangibles.

    Storylines

    • Barry Trotz is keeping TJ Oshie‘s status on DL. Down low. Not disabled list.
    • Braden Holtby is dialed in.
    • Nate Schmidt speaks of the land of Prince and Bob Dylan and the Replacements.
    • Tom Wilson wants the Flyers to hate him. So there’s one victory already and the game hasn’t even started yet.
    • The very bright Rob Vollman urges us not to sleep on the Flyers.
    • Draxx them sklounst.
    • Predictions. Ian: Caps in 7. Peter: Caps in 5. Keith, a Coin: What the hell, Keith?!
    • You guys gave us your favorite pump-up songs and your pump-up videos.
    • If you’re not in the viewing area, you will be hearing a lot of Philly’s calls.
    • There will probably be a moment of silence tonight. We’ll be good. Promise.

    Caps fans, spread the word: If anyone in our house acts the way Penguins Fans did during a moment of silence, I will drop the gloves.

    — Wes Johnson (@WesJohnsonVoice) April 14, 2016

    • There’s a lot more, but just check out Japers’ links. I’m already exhausted.
    • And, if you’re at VC, be prepared for mups mups mups

    @JGreenberg81 If the Caps light 'em up- I think we should too! That's for you to play.

    — Bruce Anderson (@Bruce_CapsOrgan) April 14, 2016

    The Bandwagon

    All aboooooooooard!

    • Keith Olbermann
    • Keith Jones
    • Mike Milbury
    • Daniel-san
    • Alan Thicke
    • Scott Stevens
    • Elliotte Friedman
    • Nick Kypreos
    • And growing…

    Finally

    This has been the best regular season in Caps’ franchise history. Just two years after the team’s nadir, they’re back to being great and poised to make noise in the second season.

    2015-16: It’s been real. It’s been fun. It’s been real fun.

    Whatever happens next, this is my aesthetic:

    CRASH THE NET.

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