After coming off a win from last night, the Capitals continue their western Canada road trip in Calgary to face the Flames. Yes, I know. We are STILL on this road trip.
The Flames are having a little mini hot streak with three wins in a row, so you’ll want to tune in to see if we can put an end to it. They currently sit at 4-4-1, which is meh but also right behind us in the league standings. You’ll also be reminded about how much you miss Troy Brouwer, who is tied for second in team scoring with six points.
We begin at 9:30 PM on CSN. Hope you napped.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Calgary Flames | 4-4-1 | 48.27% | 102.1 | 11.4% | 73.2% |
| Washington Capitals | 4-2-1 | 56.37% | 102.0 | 14.3% | 76.2% |
Projected Lines
The Capitals did not have a morning skate today in Calgary, so it’s a little unclear what they might look like, but we do know that Trotz enjoyed the lines from last game. Holtby is expected to be in net instead of Grubauer. Taylor Chorney is also expected to make his debut during the western Canada road trip, so he could be in tonight:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Williams
Johansson – Kuznetsov – Wilson
Burakovsky – Eller – Oshie
Sanford – Beagle – Connolly
Alzner – Niskanen
Orlov – Carlson
Chorney/Orpik – Schmidt
Holtby
Halloween Candy
Thought I would let you guys know what my top five worst halloween candy is:
- Anything with raisins
- Smarties
- Almond joy (anything with coconut)
- Gum
- Anything with spice like fireballs or hot tamales.
What’s not on the list? Candy corn because it is very good, don’t even think about fighting me on this issue.
Storylines
- We won last night.
- This Caps fan has the greatest Halloween costume of all time.
- The Hershey Bears and our boy, Jakub Vrana, dominated.
- Karl Alzner scored his first goal since March 5 and it was a full-ice, empty netter beauty.
- Will Over Skill robe went to Marcus Johansson last night. He had 2 goals and an assist.
- Remember that kid that got Ovi’s stick in Edmonton? Yeah, he’s meeting Ovi tonight and it’s gonna be awesome.
- Hair 101: Taught by Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin
I’m losing sleep
My mother calls me an “old soul”. I enjoy old time-y jazz music, I have horrible knees and I like being in bed by 9:00pm. So, these western canada games are killing me and these are the ways I stay up:
- Drinking water and coffee. Mainly water.
- Don’t watch the game anywhere you can fall asleep, even though I fall asleep everywhere.
- Eat protein, NOT junk food.
- Walk around during intermission. I like to stress clean my apartment.
- My personal favorite, stay up so late that you lose all concept of time and fall into some sort of an abysmal existential crisis and question every single life decision you’ve made.
How do YOU stay awake?!
